CPR Workshops archive
GIVING VOICE 11 - JONATHAN HART MAKWAIA (USA) [April 2009]
YOUR VOICE AND MUSIC
 
THREE DAY WORKSHOP
FRIDAY 24 - SUNDAY 26 APRIL
Jonathan Hart Makwaia has been teaching voicefor over 30 years, leading workshops and seminars in more than 20 countries.
Stepson of Roy Hart, Jonathan grew up in 60’s London around the work of the Roy Hart Theatre beginning voice training with the group at age 14. He moved with the company to southern France in 1975 shortly before the death of Roy and Dorothy Hart. Between 1975 and 1988 he served as composer, musical director and performer in most of the Roy Hart Theatre’s productions including De Vive Voix, chosen by the Ministry of Culture to represent France on a tour of South America 1979, Kaspar (1st prize Rencontres Charles Dullin in Paris 1984), OBIE award-winning Pagliacci in New York 1985 and Moby Dick (Jean Vilar prize in Montpellier 1988). In 1977 he spent a year in Tanzania developing the relationship with his biological father David Kidaha Makwaia, chief of the Sukuma tribe and exploring East African culture.
During the 1980s Jonathan began performing solo concerts for voice and piano. Integrating contemporary and classical influences withexperimental and African vocal styles he evolved his own genre. He has performed music from his CD The Wild is Rising (2000) and other original works in the US, England, Wales, Holland, Italy, Germany and France. In 1988 Jonathan moved to New York City where he has been active as a composer, director, performer, and teacher, presenting solo concerts, defining his personal vision of the voice as well as collaborating with artists and pioneers from various fields. He continues to teach and present new work at the Roy Hart Centre in France each summer. Since 1988 he has been on the faculty of the Experimental Theater Wing at New York University
The workshop explores the unique qualities of your voice, (range, character and natural music) and develops the discoveries within musical structure. Exercises include solo and ensemble work, creating in the moment and playing with pre-existing music. Jonathan’s work is rooted in Roy Hart Theatre training, focusing particularly on the dynamic between performer and form.
Additional documentation on GIVING VOICE 11 - JONATHAN HART MAKWAIA (USA) is available:
Giving_Voice_Brochure_PDF.pdf
Giving_Voice_Application_Form.doc
 (To
read an Adobe PDF file you will need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat
on your computer. Download a free copy of this programme from Adobe
at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html )
Other workshops in the archive
|
