Baka Rainforest Singing with Su Hart Day 1

• Learn the joyful and fascinating singing of the African rainforest people.
• Open to all, regardless of vocal experience, in this workshop we will learn chants, songs and rhythms from the Baka tradition.
• This will be a unique vocal workshop, full of joy and fun, and with a special emphasis on cooperative listening and collaboration.

The Baka are egalitarian and their music is truly collaborative and incredible for building a sense of community and connection.
We will feel as if we have been transported to the magical soundscape of the rainforest and that we are communing with ourselves, each other and with nature – this is sustainability in vocal form!

Booking and info here.

SU HART - The Facilitator
Su Hart is a UK based dynamic choir leader and singer-songwriter and she’ll be visiting Dublin for two days to give these unique workshops. Since 1992 Su has been visiting the rainforests of Cameroon in Central African with husband Martin Cradick to learn from Baka singing, which has given her a greater understanding of the world of sound and sound making and also led to the creation of their internationally touring band Baka Beyond.

THE BAKA PEOPLE
The Baka are a hunter gatherer group (they used to be known as pygmies) and are known to be one of the most musical cultures on Earth and one of the first to sing. Their vocal music is mesmerising and hypnotic. Their multilayered polyphony (harmony) has accompanied daily tasks and ritual for millennia. In Baka culture, song builds community, heals illness and argument, soothes babies and the ‘Yelli’ yodel enchants the animals ensuring luck in the hunt. Their beautiful interlocking of sound and joyous accessible rhythm is fun and easy to learn. Su has been initiated by the Baka women to share this singing as the basis of her unique workshop. Royalties go back to the Baka for projects in the forest through the charity Global Music Exchange.

THE WORKSHOPS
We will have 2 days of workshops, you can chose to do one or both.
Saturday 23 September, 10.30am-5.30pm
Location: Carmelite Community Center, 56 Aungier St, Dublin 2.

Tea and coffee will be available for purchase or bring a flask. For lunch there are many local cafes or you can bring your own. Paid parking available locally and plenty of public transport links.

Sunday 24 September, 1pm-6pm
Location: St Paul’s Parish Centre, Adelaide Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin.
For lunch there are some cafes about 10 minute walk away or you can bring food. Tea and coffee provided.

BOOKING
Prices from €45, please save the date if you fancy immersing yourself in the luscious rainforest rhythms and harmonies of the Baka culture from Cameroon.

Advance booking is recommended for best value and to reserve your place as there is already a lot of interest in this event. Book here.