Another article-interview cooked by my beloved wife. Now the article is about vocal improvisation with the story from Renée Benmeleh.
Full quotation out of on-line magazine MakingMusicMag.com.
The Transformative Power of Group Vocal Improvisation
by Elena Mariakhina
When vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Renée Benmeleh was three years old, her grandmother gave her a cassette of children’s music called Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor, which launched her love for music. Since then, music has always been within her. During difficult times, singing became her refuge, “a place of safety” where she could reconnect with inner peace.
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While studying at Mills College, Benmeleh became interested in dissonant, atonal, and polyrhythmic music. After years of participation is Molly Holm’s vocal improvisation ensemble, Flux, Benmeleh led a vocal improvisation class for the first time in 2011. Today, she facilitates drum circles, multi-age instrumental music workshops, and Berkeley Vocal Improv.
During monthly vocal improv workshops at Subterranean Arthouse in Berkeley, California, Read the rest of this entry »
