Embodied Voicework Through the Lens of Jewish Practice
A workshop with Lisa Sokolov
Saturday, Nov 9th
10 AM - 5PM
The Hidden Temple
221 Pine St Suite #320, Florence, MA
Sliding Scale $120-180, scholarship available
Join musician, composer, music therapist, professor and cantorial student, Lisa Sokolov for an introductory immersion into voice, body, and spiritual practice. Drawing on developmental movement, deep listening, playful non-verbal dialogue, and her exprience as a Jewish prayer leader, Sokolov will use her Embodied VoiceWork technique to explore non-verbal singing as prayer within the context of sacred practice.
Embodied VoiceWork is a transformational physical, psycho-spiritual practice used in Arts Education, Music Therapy and Human Potential work. This play explores the power within freeing one's voice and exploring the language of non-verbal improvisational singing. Through opening consciousness, breath and tone into the body, we lay pathways for communication with ourselves, each other, music and the divine.
The group will be limited to 15 people. Participants should wear clothing in which they can comfortably roll on the floor. The workshop is open to people of all religious and spiritual backgrounds.
Event presented by:
The Voice of Embodied Prayer: A Concert featuring Lisa Sokolov
Saturday November 9, 7:30pm
Temple Israel, 27 Pierce St, Greenfield, MA
Suggested donation: $20 advance / $25 at the door / No one turned away for lack of funds
On the evening of Saturday November 9, acclaimed New York-based vocalist, composer, and cantor Lisa Sokolov will present a concert of original sacred music for voice and piano. This event will offer an intimate glimpse into Sokolov’s unique approach to integrating Jewish religious song into contemporary musical performance, through improvised and composed pieces drawing on jazz, experimental, and liturgical music. The beautiful, resonant sanctuary at Temple Israel is the perfect venue to enjoy this special musical offering.
The evening will begin with a short participatory experience facilitated by local musician and Weathervane Arts director Jesse Olsen Bay, leading the audience in singing niggunim, Jewish wordless melodies, often used as a form of prayer.
About Lisa Sokolov:
As a frontline New York jazz vocalist, improviser and composer, Sokolov’s has received great acclaim, including Best CD of the Year (“Presence”) and “Best of the Decade” by Downbeat Magazine. She has performed on many world stages, including Montreaux Jazz Festival, Opera House of Lyons, the Spoleto Festival, The Vision Festival, Havana International Jazz Festival, Alice Tully Hall, and Symphony Space. Her recordings have received wide acclaim.Her recent work has focused on integrating Jewish religious song into contemporary musical performance, including an acclaimed rendition of the liturgical, sacred prayer “Kol Nidre” on her newly released CD “A Quiet Thing”. Her work as a lay cantor has been featured in a CBS Special, “Sacred Art; Ancient Voices”. Sokolov has been a professor at NYU for 38 years, where she teaches her method of Embodied VoiceWork. A renowned vocalist, improviser, composer, she has performed on many world stages. Her recordings have received wide acclaim. Her book Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing was released by Barcelona Publishers in 2020.