The Art of Improvisation
with David Darling and Silvia Nakkach
We are all born with the innate ability to sing, to dance, and to live a celebratory creative lifestyle. Music is one of the most natural ways through which we can heal and celebrate our spirit. Singing, chanting, drumming, and playing the piano or any instrument allows us to nurture a loving relationship with oneself through music. Success in music does not depend on the quantity of notes, rather, the quality of one’s presence or consciousness during the moments we participate with our notes and sounds. This creates personal music-making.
This workshop provides a humorous and energetic environment for practicing exercises that will deepen our relationship with our own natural musical self. Through improvisational techniques and musical gestures from the music of India, Brazil, Africa, and the West, students discover how distant worlds of music complement and complete each other, engaging in optimally balanced left and right brain activity. This all-levels workshop is designed to help you develop confidence through creating a positive musical experience and cultivating a balanced approach to a long-term musical journey.
Click to read biography of David Darling
Click to read biography of Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT
