Adventures in Song

Annemarie Willems facilitates singing workshops/projects for organisations and company events.

Singing on the workfloor

Pardon??
Singing?
At work?
With colleagues?

Yep! 

Maybe it needs some getting used to, but singing together with your team/colleagues is a unique and exciting form of teambuilding. And it is also relaxing and fun!

A shared adventure

When a bunch of colleagues rehearse a song together, they share an adventure. Wholly unprepared. And often with no previous experience.

During a short warm-up, prticipants shake off the day’s work-related stress. After some breathing excercises everybody is centered and once the vocal chords have been hummingly loosened, the different voices start rehearsing their parts (e.g. a simple canon).

What transpires?
Everyone can sing! 

Fair enough, some people need to lose some inhibitions, but singing clears the air… literally:

• It helps clear the head and airways: it is relaxing and meditative.
• It breaks the ice.
• It is an outlet for impressions and emotions.
• It stimulates mental and emotional energy.
• Singing together enhances team spirit and cohesion (the ‘us’ feeling…)
• It also enhances trust in self and others: if the team succeeds in singing a multipart choral work, then surely that next project has a similar chance of success

Exciting/relaxing intermezzo

Annemarie’s singing workshops could take the form of a an exciting or relaxing 1.5hr intermezzo during a company event like a seminar, workshop or training day. 

Another alternative is the so-called ‘ad-hoc choir’ where, in a few rehearsals with a number of employees, Annemarie works towards a breathtaking performance for colleagues.

And if the enthusiasm catches on, no problem… within a very short time Annemarie is able to get up to 600 people singing a canon together!

The options are endless…

Curious?

Up for an adventure with a difference? Annemarie Willems is available to come by and discuss the possibilities for your event.