Vox Voices has always been a space for women to gather, a space to sing and also to breathe, move and connect. A welcome weekly retreat for many of the regulars. When lockdown began I had no idea if it would be possible to keep the spirit of the workshops alive via an online platform. Or even if I could keep the regular group connected.

Vox Voices has now become something new, it is still a space to connect with a collective of women who want to continue to sing for their own well-being and also simply to learn a range of a cappella world folk songs. It is admittedly very different from feeling the vibrations of collective sound in a room however the pure act of singing has been proven to do us no end of good physically and emotionally, something we all need right now. It is very different from the lived experience yet there is still something special about these online workshops.

The positive side to this virtual world is that we have expanded from a local community to an internationally one and it is growing. As is the current ethos of Vox Voices the group remains a size that allows everyone to get to know each other, have a chat, stretch, breathe, sing and have some fun.

We have been singing part songs from Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe alongside British folk tunes and some close harmony jazz songs.

Zoom link for June workshops

All workshops are run through Zoom and as many of you may know there is no platform yet created that allows group sound to happen simultaneously. However, I have my loop pedal on the go so as we learn, the vocal parts are layered up and zoomed live into your living room to sing along with.

Come and join, tell friends around the world! No prior singing experience required and now you need not even feel self conscious as we can’t hear each other when we sing anyway :-)

Email if you want to know more before trying it out.

Hope to see you there,

Tara x