Music Training & Coaching
Music Coaching & Training in Cork
I am now developing a variety of Coaching and Training packages, some of which include supports for new groups and leaders.
In addition I organise workshops and events, bringing in visiting facilitators, so keep an eye out for opportunities to work with some great new leaders and educators. I all my offers, I work with an informal approach without using written music notation and formal music educational approaches. Click here to see all blog posts about my Coaching and Training packages and offers.
This short video taken with a group from Naas is a taste of a 3 hour harmony singing workshop specifically designed to embrace a wider community of people with varied singing experience. It also included a facilitated discussion on networking and vocal health.
Community Choir Consultancy
With more than twenty years in the Community Choir sector, with setting up groups and developing a wide range of the skillsets and supports involved in creating a healthy approach of group work, I am now making myself available for consultation. I provide courses and training events which can be tailor designed to encompass your specific requirements, and can cover a variety of topics and different levels of singing ability. I offer support to the visualisation of groups and projects, holding a healthy awareness on the potential of longevity and desired outcomes. If you are in need of support with any specific area for an event or group, do get in touch and let’s see how I can help.
“Caz has encouraged me to take up a leadership role within our choir, mentoring and supporting me to lead vocal warm up sessions, conduct and teach songs. She has been excellent in helping me to learn these skills comfortably, helping to build my confidence in this role to the point where I can now lead a class in her absence. Through Caz’s Singing Leadership training sessions I hope to build on these skills further and install the healing power of song into the younger generation.”
– Lisa Canty West Cork, 2016
Bespoke Coaching Sessions
Coaching and Training sessions can be designed or themed to meet the needs of your group or event, and can be designed as a one-off workshop, or over a period of time for the longer and deeper journey. Topics include:
- Group Harmony Singing (World Folk, Funk, Gospel, Eastern European, contemporary pop, African….and more!)
- Your Personal Musical Journey
- Working with Harmony and Arrangements
- Songwriting for Groups and individuals
- Introduction to ‘Leading Groups in Song’
- Community Choir Leadership
- Improvisation
- Identifying and arranging songs for a-capella
- Using musical instruments in group work – Community Band
- Abdul the Camel: Music, costume and storytelling, interweaving and using multiple art mediums and techniques.
The Creative Voice Project
An expansive, ‘next-level’, group-coaching experience for the more advanced female singer who is ready to be stretched further than the regular choir format and would like to open up opportunities for exploring new territory in voice work. Guest Musicians and Professionals also feature as part of the project. In addition to the groups, the project offers occasional, stand alone workshops and events offered to the wider community. Members will enjoy diverse opportunities in which to perform, and the long term vision is to develop a high quality vocal group for performance work. Original songs, and the creation of new material is very much supported within this project.
