with Mark Moliterno

YogaVoice is the exploration of creativity and authentic expression through chant and song. Classical yoga principles and practices are synthesized with vocal techniques to enable people to connect to (and in some cases discover) their true voices. This weekend seminar will focus on understanding creative self-expression from a "whole body" viewpoint with an emphasis on the role of the chakras. Group chanting and singing will highlight the weekend. A great seminar for the trained and non-trained singer alike, as well as for yoga practitioners interested in chanting.

Weekend Intensive:
Friday, September 17 from 6:00-8:00 PM*
Saturday, September 18 from 10:30 - 5:30 PM
Sunday, September 19 from 12:30 - 5:30 PM

$225 pre-register, $250 (After September 10th)
(Scholarship money often available)

*Friday nights session is included in the weekend or can be attended on its own.
$20 preregistration, $25 drop-in (amount will be deducted from the $250 registration fee if you decide to attend the entire weekend intensive).

This session will cover:
Overcoming Performance Anxiety
"Self-expression is the essence of human creativity. Yet for many, performance anxiety can be a real impediment to the freedom of mind, breath, and body that is required for personal authenticity be it onstage, in the classroom, or at home. This two hour seminar will explore the roots of performance anxiety and how it manifests in the spirit-mind-body complex, and then discuss Yoga principles and practices to overcome the blocks that performance anxiety can generate. Singers, musical performers, public speakers, teachers, chanters, and anyone who has ever felt inhibited from creative self-expression will find the workshop stimulating and helpful.

Saturday and Sunday topics will Include:
• Chakras and creative blockages
• Yoga postures for expressive freedom
• Basic voice techniques
• Listening
• Facing performance anxiety
• Group singing and chanting

To register or for additional information,
email julierost@yogalifenh.com
or call 603-479-3865

 

Mark Moliterno, Artist/Educator
yogavoice@gmail.com
YogaVoice fanpage on facebook

In a recent conversation with Mark, Julie Rost asked "Why do you love sharing YogaVoice?" Mark replied, "YogaVoice began as an outgrowth of my own interest in Yoga in the context of my life as a professional singer and voice teacher. I began to see the connections between singing and Yoga and initially developed YogaVoice as a way to bring Yoga philosophy and practices to the singing world. I recognized that Yoga's approach to work and living can be very helpful in uncovering authenticity in our work as singers by identifying and removing blocks to the authentic voice; it's really apparent when personal and artistic authenticity is present in someone's performing. The work with singers has been transforming for many who undertake it and I believe it can someday make a serious, positive contribution to the singing industry at large.

Recently, I have found another application of YogaVoice for Yoga practitioners who are not trained singers, but who would either like to sing better, or who are interested in "finding their voice" in their communication and self-expression. I find that there are a lot of people who sang when they were young but who have long since stopped singing, or others who have noticed changes in their voices with age and want to try to regain some vocal flexibility. Yoga teachers, too, who would like to incorporate chanting and sound in their practice/classes find YogaVoice informative and helpful. In this context, we use chanting, simple songs, and group singing to learn about the voice and develop self-expression. We use Yoga's philosophy of the chakras to help us discover our energy blocks and to work toward balance and unity.

The main goal of YogaVoice is to help people grow and learn things about themselves through the medium of sound and voice. As they become more self-aware, they become better able to find their true voices in their lives and work."

Mark Moliterno holds the BM and MM degrees in Voice and Opera from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where his mentor was the famous vocal pedagogue, Richard Miller. He subsequently continued his formal musical studies at Rutgers University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Study in Aldeburgh, England, and the Hochschüle für Musik, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has enjoyed, and continues to maintain, an extensive performing career in opera, concert, and solo recital while being committed to his true passion and life's work as an educator.

Mark was first introduced to Hatha yoga in 1985 and has studied both viniyoga and Classical Hatha yoga. Mark is a certified yoga instructor at the 250 hr level through the YogaLife Institute of Pennsylvania and is currently working toward his 500 hr certification. His yoga mentor is Robert Butera, PhD.

As an Adjunct Associate Professor of Voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Mark teaches private voice and yoga for a wide range of students and educational programs. He is also a member of the teaching staff at the YogaLife Institute in Devon, PA. As a natural outgrowth of his background, interests, and expertise, Mark has developed YogaVoice^TM, the application of classical yoga principles and practices for the lives and work of performing artists. Additionally, Mark adapts the same information for house-holder yoga practitioners in an effort to help them understand and connect to their individual creativity and self expression in everyday life. YogaVoice seminars and training sessions are conducted in day-long, weekend, and week-long intensives.

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