Festival Of Contemporary Music For All Celebrating New Music

The Sanctuary, Ascension Church Hulme, M15 5TQ

7:00PM (Door 6:30PM) | Saturday 23 March 2024

Ticket £6, available here

This special programme of music encapsulates everything CoMA Manchester is all about. Curated and created by our own members with contribution from guest artists, Of a World that Travels ensures a unique evening of musical wayfaring: from reinterpreted Monteverdi, through sound & visuals inspired by vintage television, to an inward search of true activism – all whilst we momentarily take a break by the seaside. 

Expect the playful, with meditation, laughter, and chat. 

FEATURING NEW MUSIC BY

URI AGNON | NATALIE SUMMERS | SAM LONGBOTTOM | JANE FLETCHER 

PRESENTED BY CoMA MANCHESTER & DARREN GALLACHER (PERCUSSION)

Culture Dance Fitness

Radical Reading Room

Share your stories of Home with artists Alicia, Anton, and Carl, making music and poetry for and about Hulme. Come for as long as you like - all welcome. No need to book. No musical experience needed! Under 12’s must be accompanied by an adult.

The Women In Me

Goofus Theatre

Goofus workshop. Ascension Church. 21st Feb at 11am and 2pm lasting 90 minutes each slot. Families welcome.

Goofus performance. Ascension Church Hulme. 18th Feb at 1pm. Families welcome.

North Showcase - Future Voices

Soul Sounds - Natural Voice Communal Singing

Soul Sounds is a monthly communal singing group led by Damien Mahoney, using the Natural Voice approach. Natural Voice (NVN) is a network of people who work with song and voice, believing that singing is everyone's birthright, regardless of musical experience or ability.

Natural Voice is about celebrating the voice you were born with, rather than trying to train it to an ideal of perfection. It's about building non-judgmental, accepting communities that sing together.

'If you can talk, you can sing!' (Zimbabwean expression)

For our ancestors, chants and songs would accompany every kind of activity. Individuals and communities expressed emotions through their songs – joy and celebration, grief and despair. Songs fulfilled a myriad of purposes both practical and profound.

Coming together as a community to reclaim this vital form of expression is a powerful way to loosen and release emotional blockages in the body. It can be particularly helpful for issues relating to communication, creativity and connection to others.

A session will often involve some physical movement, toning and voice warm ups. The musical pieces are often short, using simple call and response chants and songs from around the world.

FACILITATOR:
Damien is a Manchester-based musician and producer. He trained as a Natural Voice Facilitator with Frankie Armstrong and has also trained with Phoene Cave (The Musical Breath), Jenni Rodditi (Vocal Tai Chi) and Guillermo Rozenthuler (Circle Singing / Training For Vocal Leaders).
Passionate about the healing power of sound, Damien regularly provides live music for therapeutic events including meditation, dance, breathwork and yoga sessions, retreats and ceremonies. This work includes the live improvisation trio, The Order Of Love. He also writes, produces and sings for the band Caulbearers.
He is the curator of Music As Medicine, a live music event aiming to bring communities together through music & dancing, drawing on world influences and encouraging collaboration and improvisation between artists.

“Natural Voice is about each of us finding a way of connecting to our unique, authentic voices which can help us feel more alive, energised and expressive. My role is to help guide people through this process so we can connect with the healing power of our own and each other's sounds. There is no need to know musical theory, or be able to read music. The songs and sounds we share are generally learned by ear, in the oral tradition.”

***the session will start at 7pm but please arrive from 6.45pm***

£7.50 advance tickets (+bf) & £10 on the door

VENUE:
Ascension Church in Hulme is a warm, inviting space close to the city centre, with plenty of room for participants and is wheelchair accessible.

Soul Sounds - Natural Voice Communal Singing at Ascension Church Hulme, Manchester on 14th Dec | Fatsoma

Advice Van

PLACE: Ascension Church

DATE: 10/01/2024 & 14/02/2024

TIME: 12noon till 4pm 

Soul Sounds - Natural Voice Communal Singing

Lineup

Damien Mahoney

Soul Sounds - Natural Voice Communal Singing

Soul Sounds is a monthly communal singing group led by Damien Mahoney, using the Natural Voice approach. Natural Voice (NVN) is a network of people who work with song and voice, believing that singing is everyone's birthright, regardless of musical experience or ability.

Natural Voice is about celebrating the voice you were born with, rather than trying to train it to an ideal of perfection. It's about building non-judgmental, accepting communities that sing together.

'If you can talk, you can sing!' (Zimbabwean expression)

For our ancestors, chants and songs would accompany every kind of activity. Individuals and communities expressed emotions through their songs – joy and celebration, grief and despair. Songs fulfilled a myriad of purposes both practical and profound.

Coming together as a community to reclaim this vital form of expression is a powerful way to loosen and release emotional blockages in the body. It can be particularly helpful for issues relating to communication, creativity and connection to others.

A session will often involve some physical movement, toning and voice warm ups. The musical pieces are often short, using simple call and response chants and songs from around the world.

FACILITATOR:
Damien is a Manchester-based musician and producer. He trained as a Natural Voice Facilitator with Frankie Armstrong and has also trained with Phoene Cave (The Musical Breath), Jenni Rodditi (Vocal Tai Chi) and Guillermo Rozenthuler (Circle Singing / Training For Vocal Leaders).
Passionate about the healing power of sound, Damien regularly provides live music for therapeutic events including meditation, dance, breathwork and yoga sessions, retreats and ceremonies. This work includes the live improvisation trio, The Order Of Love. He also writes, produces and sings for the band Caulbearers.
He is the curator of Music As Medicine, a live music event aiming to bring communities together through music & dancing, drawing on world influences and encouraging collaboration and improvisation between artists.

“Natural Voice is about each of us finding a way of connecting to our unique, authentic voices which can help us feel more alive, energised and expressive. My role is to help guide people through this process so we can connect with the healing power of our own and each other's sounds. There is no need to know musical theory, or be able to read music. The songs and sounds we share are generally learned by ear, in the oral tradition.”

***the session will start at 7pm but please arrive from 6.45pm***

£7.50 advance tickets (+bf) & £10 on the door -
Soul Sounds - Natural Voice Communal Singing at Ascension Church Hulme, Manchester on 16th Nov | Fatsoma

VENUE:
Ascension Church in Hulme is a warm, inviting space close to the city centre, with plenty of room for participants and is wheelchair accessible.

Sound Bath

Come to relax, restore your vitality and find peace of mind emerged in nourishing sound landscape. Tickets on the door: £15/£12 (concession) cash or card Info: Please bring yoga mat and blanket (to stay warm). Queries: embodiedsound@protonmail.com Alina: 07544494893