by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Jul 11, 2020 | Liberty Singer, Workplace Singing
There’s always a handful of people in an organisation, who say very little either in social situations or meetings. Someone without a voice. But what if there was a way to give them the confidence to speak and be heard? One of my private singing clients was...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Apr 5, 2020 | Community, Liberty Chorus, Liberty Singer, West Bridgford Liberty Singers
It wasn’t something any of us planned and yet we’ve managed to make it work! In the last couple of weeks, I’ve managed to move my community choir to a paid online membership group via Facebook, I’ve met with my smaller choir via zoom and...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Mar 20, 2020 | Community, Liberty Singer
Jackie Shears and I have worked together to create a 20 minute podcast talking about how we can best stay connected during these tricky times. We may or may not end up in hysterics…. Staying connected.
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Mar 13, 2020 | Liberty Singer
I’ve been working with a singing client on a song for the past 4 weeks and the song has got stuck in my head. I’ve learned it on bass and been jamming with Rich on guitar. There’s something about the penultimate line in the song which has really...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Feb 10, 2020 | Liberty Singer, Workplace Singing
… to ourselves and each other. Photo credit Ursula Kelly @studiosoftbox It’s becoming a bit of an art, this listening. We try to do it whilst doing a few other things at the same time (cooking, driving, watching TV, scrolling or even working.) When was the...
by Kari Olsen-Porthouse | Feb 3, 2020 | Liberty Singer, Workplace Singing, Workshops
What do we do when we feel pain? Reach for the paracetamol? Try not to think about it? Try to focus on a different task to take our minds off it? Do a bit of yoga? Last week Steph McGovern did a project on the BBCs ‘Easy ways to live well’ which involved a group of...
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