Nov 22, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
Some lifeboats that might actually save you in daily real singing life…from “Fifty Boats” by Nan Shepherd, photo by Kimberly Barber My teacher, Neil Semer, often tells me that I’m a “lifeboat person”. What he means by that is that I...Nov 15, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
Food for Body Thinking (Bessel van der Kolk’s groundbreaking book) Anyone who knows me knows about my respect for the body’s wisdom. It’s the cornerstone of my pedagogy in the studio and a passionate research interest, and of course there’s a...Nov 8, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
“Noticing the (w)hole in me”: Photo by Kimberly Barber, Edmonton, October 18, 2019 I’m reflecting today on lessons learned while teaching. This whole past weekend, I was working with (mostly) non-singers. They were a group of 30 some folks, close to...Nov 1, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
The Weight of Oneself (Elmgreen and Dragset), Lyon, France, August 2019. (photo: Kimberly Barber) For the last 3 summers, I’ve taught voice at the Académie de Fourvière in Lyon, France. It’s a summer program offered through the Conservatoire de Lyon where I teach an...Oct 18, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
Hearts tied on the pedestrian bridge across the Saone River in Lyon France, August 2019 (Photo: Kimberly Barber) In the aftermath of my participation in the cross-Canada Mysterious Barricades concerts (www.mysteriousbarricades.org), I’ve been thinking a lot about the...Oct 11, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
THE KLEENEX BOX ON MY PIANO, COMPLETE WITH A HEART-CENTRED SCULPTURE (PHOTO: KIMBERLY BARBER; SCULPTURE BY JANA PHILIPP) So there’s an elephant in the room. Relationships. That behemoth that, in our world as social creatures, dependent on one another for nurturing,...