THE WORKSHOP WILL COVER

• active "forest" listening
• forest vocal technique, breath control, voice placement and vocal release work
• songs - from baby-soothing to spiritual
• multi part singing - densely textured songs with overlapping, polyrhythmic interdependent parts
• co-operative musical games and movement
• Yelli singing - forest yodelling for animal enchantment

The workshops will be tailored to the needs and abilities of those taking part and can include a slide show, DVD, discussion, stories, composition and improvisation.
(For summer camps instrument making and Baka camp building are available).

As Su returns to the forest on a regular basis and learns new material from the source, her workshops are continually and vibrantly being re-invented.

"Singing the Baka songs with Su and listening to her stories connects me to our human potential for deep listening and sensitivity. In Sheffield in the 21st century this is such a moving and powerful way to remember our connectedness. It works every time." Helen Lyle. Community choir leader.

"What Su brought us was unique. Her style is captivating and from the heart. I feel like I've learned to listen for the first time." Participant.

"It works on so many levels. I was literally entranced and can now take part in singing in a new way." Participant.

"After attending singing workshops for 20 years in the UK and abroad I rate Su Hart as one of the most exceptional leaders, in league with the stellar and best." Alison Burns. Songwriter, workshop leader, community choir director.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.baka.co.uk   See films at www.1heart.org/video
email su@baka.co.uk phone +44 1225 331 636

SUPPORTING MATERIALS

HEART OF THE FOREST
Field recordings from Su Hart and Martin Cradick's first trip to stay with the Baka in 1992. Gentle music played on forest-made instruments. Childrens song, water drumming, mesmerising women's singing. Soaked in forest sounds - soothing & melodic.

GATI BONGO
Contemporary guitar-based songs written by the Baka at Gbiné and with traditional Baka singing and rhythms.
Recorded using a solar panel and computer in the rainforest. Very uplifting.

BEYOND THE FOREST
Music inspired by the Baka women and using their vocal performances. Yelli singing in a modern context. Have the roots of reggae been discovered in the African rainforest?

SPIRIT OF THE FOREST
Based on acoustic jams in the forest. This is the first Baka Beyond album and the one that enabled Global Music Exchange to be founded and help the Baka make a better life for themselves in a rapidly changing world.

THE JOY OF SINGING
For teachers. A collection of tried and tested follow-up songs including 3 Baka songs. Recorded in parts and with a booklet of written music and ideas for follow up and developement. Suitable for all ages.

BAKA IN THE FOREST
Magical night time recordings made deep in the rainforest as the women call the forest animals. Chill out to the forest sounds.

BAKA DVD
A collection of short films of Baka music, projects (such as the building of their music house), life in the forest and trips that the Baka have made out of the forest with GME