Carnatica's 2 day voice management & care workshop Aug 9,10

[Sharanya Krishnamurthy]

Have you ever wanted to have a golden, honey-dipped voice? Wondered how your
favourite playback singer’s voice never fails to touch the deepest chords in your heart?
Wished you could sing with the azhutham that most Carnatic music ragas demand? Have
a recurring voice problem that simply refuses to vanish?

Here’s a one-stop solution to all your voice needs! Voice care, cure, culture, management
and fitness, all rolled into one --- that’s The Voice Gym for you!

To give you a sneak preview, the School of World Music & Dance and Carnatica are
organizing ‘The 100% fit voice’, an interactive two-day voice management and care
workshop and conference, featuring the who’s who in the field! This mega event is open
to all Carnatic and playback singers, teachers, music students and…everyone who uses
their voice!

Details of the event:

School of World Music & Dance in association with Carnatica presents
An interactive 2-Day Voice Management and Care Workshop and Conference a path-breaking, revolutionary and first-of-its-kind

‘The 100% fit voice’ & Inauguration of The Voice Gym --- The complete voice fitness, training, management,
care and cure center! August 9th and 10th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Ragasudha Hall, Mylapore

Workshop and conference featuring: voice culture expert T. Unnikrishnan (Aspects of voice
culture and care), popular Carnatic and playback singer P. Unnikrishnan (Importance of healthy
voice for a musical career), voice expert Prakash Boominathan (Voice analysis and analytical
study of sound production), yoga expert Venkataraman (Breathing exercises and techniques) and
Sriram Parasuram (Vocal dynamics), K.N. Shashikiran (Voice Management exercises)

All are welcome!

[mankuthimma]

And I always thought azhuttam came from the Heart , not the Voice Box .
Be it Kishore Kumar or MDR 8)
But I guess I am digressing . The first three paragraphs put me off.
Anyway best wishes for the event.

[Nick H]

Well, it's marketing speak, eh?

How often do we bemoan the lack of voice culture and training in carnatic music? Such training can only be a good thing.

Of course, if it is not in the heart, it cannot be sung, but if it is in the heart then surely there is always scope to sing it better and/or with less strain on the singer?

I've posted the story about God's choir. It is a great story, and those who want to open their mouths and give voice to their joy, their praise, their love, should not be shy to do so. Those who want to sing as a profession, however...