Silence CALendar

Doors: 7PM
Show: 8PM
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 

Claire Maeve:

Claire Maeve is a musician based in Guelph ON. She writes lyrical and melody-driven songs about longing, loneliness and accepting your own range of feelings. Performing with vocals, guitar and occasional violin-loops, her songs have been described by listeners as “elemental” and “alive”. 

Bandcamp: www.clairemaeve.bandcamp.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairemaevemusic/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaireMaeveMusic

Youtube recommended videos:
The Days of Trying: https://youtu.be/OjFj7dF9U44
Could Be in the Coffee: https://youtu.be/ny2IcDW650U 

Kelly McMichael:

Kelly McMichael (from Peterborough ON, based in St. John’s NFLD), is known for her commanding stage presence and versatile songwriting. Her expressive abilities as a multi-instrumentalist and vocal chameleon make her an in-demand performer and collaborator. Kelly has toured North America and Europe with Sarah Harmer, Rouge, Regina Gently, Gentleman Reg, The Burning Hell, Allie X, and The Hidden Cameras and recently she has been prioritizing her own project.

Kelly's debut LP 'Waves', on the 2022 Polaris Prize Shortlist, was recorded in St John’s NL with co-producer/engineer/drummer/inventor Jake Nicoll (The Burning Hell), featuring other local heroes Sarah Harris, Maria Peddle and Mara Pellerin. The album has received international praise for rich production, displaying a timeless range of rock and pop sounds with playful melodies and dreamy textures that touch on retro psychedelia. Clever, sensitive and defiant lyrics push past pain and struggle to celebrate friendship and resilience. The content flows between heavy and light, moving through pleasing and thoughtful sonic arrangements like mixed weather with cathartic release. 

Now carrying the momentum of two MusicNL Awards, the East Coast Music Award for Best Rock Album, and the new support of Newfoundland label LHM Records, Kelly McMichael is poised for action.

Website

Bandcamp

Twitter

Instagram

Facebook

Soundcloud

Spotify

Youtube recommended videos:
Stepping Stone Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a5jl5u1Ih4
Out The Window Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8BbHujvgmI

Persian traditional music has been shaped based on the extracted rhythmic patterns from Persian Poetry. Flexibility of these patterns allows performers/songwriters to choose whether they want to use the way of free-rhythmic or more metronomic.

In this workshop Reza Yazdanpanah who has been a 32-year experienced music instructor both at universities and different music schools in Iran and Canada, will be offering a workshop demonstrating different Persian rhythmic patterns including asymmetric vs symmetric patterns from Persian traditional music that are related to Persian poetry patterns on two different Persian drum- Tombak (hand drum) and Daf (frame drum).

Anyone can attend regardless of their level of knowledge and/or technique. you can bring any drums from any cultural backgrounds. 

Cost per person: $30

Just bring yourself and enjoy!

Body and voice: let’s free your voice!

Do you know your voice? This 3-hour workshop is a place for you to take your time to connect with your body sensations and free your voice. This exploration will start with a meditation followed by body movements inspired by methods such as Feldenkrais and Alexander. You will release body tensions and play with your vocal sounds and your vocal possibilities. 

• Bring your Yoga Mat, a water bottle, and a blanket. Snacks and Tea will be provided. 

Ticket Prices (excl HST): $30 Suggested donation or PWYC

Registration Opening Soon! 

Admission: Anyone interested in the infinite power of the human voice.

Age: + 16 years old 

Seats: 12 maximum 

Time: 9 am to 12 pm (19/07 – 02/08  - 23/08)

Location: SILENCE 46 Essex St, Guelph, ON N1H 3K8

REGISTER HERE.

About your instructor: 

Erwan Noblet

I am an explorer who seeks authenticity, human connection, meaning and excellence in my work. Passionate about transmission, pedagogy is the keystone of my professional career.

After five years as a singer in different musical groups (see CV ), I decided to learn how to teach voice while developing my artistic projects. I studied voice science and voice pedagogy with Allan Wright (TCM teacher training), François Vallade, Nathalie Bonnaud, Cécile Bonardi, Monique Thomas ... In parallel I self- produced two EPs with my group Layenn, co-wrote the musical piece Concert Room and participated in the creation of the improvised show Airs de Rien with the collective Les Paillettes.

Then I went to the United States to study with Professor Ingo Titze (eminent American voice researcher) for 2 months and traveled alone from Canada to Bolivia for the next 10 months. A revitalizing, inspiring journey rich in encounters.

At the end of this trip, I seized the opportunity to continue my studies in the United States and obtained a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy at the University of Shenandoah in Virginia. The talented and passionate teachers encouraged me to answer an important question: why do you sing? Obviously, I need connection with others and with myself. The voice allows you to reveal yourself, to assert your identity and to create a deep bond with the collective.

At the same time, I studied with mentors like Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon in New York and Chicago and taught free vocal improvisation "Circle Singing" at Shenandoah University. These experiences fueled my passion for music and voice work.

 Today I continue to explore, meet and work with educators from all over the world and put myself at the service of singer, actor, orator to explore this deep and authentic link that exists between the voice and our inner music.

Circle Singing: let’s improvise!

Let’s create music collectively in the present moment. You don’t need to be a professional singer to join this playful workshop; we will communicate through games, including sounds and body percussions. You will be able to express your “inner score” by assigning different loops of undomesticated sounds, melodies, and rhythmic patterns to their partners in any style of music. 

• Bring a water bottle. Snacks and Tea will be provided. 

Ticket Prices (excl HST): $20 Suggested donation or PWYC 

Admission: Anyone who wants to make music collectively.

Age: + 8 years old 

Seats: 20 maximum

Time: 7 to 9 pm (19/07 – 26/07 – 02/08 – 23/08 – 30/08)

Location: SILENCE 46 Essex St, Guelph, ON N1H 3K8

REGISTER HERE.

About your instructor: 

Erwan Noblet

I am an explorer who seeks authenticity, human connection, meaning and excellence in my work. Passionate about transmission, pedagogy is the keystone of my professional career.

After five years as a singer in different musical groups (see CV ), I decided to learn how to teach voice while developing my artistic projects. I studied voice science and voice pedagogy with Allan Wright (TCM teacher training), François Vallade, Nathalie Bonnaud, Cécile Bonardi, Monique Thomas ... In parallel I self- produced two EPs with my group Layenn, co-wrote the musical piece Concert Room and participated in the creation of the improvised show Airs de Rien with the collective Les Paillettes.

Then I went to the United States to study with Professor Ingo Titze (eminent American voice researcher) for 2 months and traveled alone from Canada to Bolivia for the next 10 months. A revitalizing, inspiring journey rich in encounters.

At the end of this trip, I seized the opportunity to continue my studies in the United States and obtained a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy at the University of Shenandoah in Virginia. The talented and passionate teachers encouraged me to answer an important question: why do you sing? Obviously, I need connection with others and with myself. The voice allows you to reveal yourself, to assert your identity and to create a deep bond with the collective.

At the same time, I studied with mentors like Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon in New York and Chicago and taught free vocal improvisation "Circle Singing" at Shenandoah University. These experiences fueled my passion for music and voice work.

 Today I continue to explore, meet and work with educators from all over the world and put myself at the service of singer, actor, orator to explore this deep and authentic link that exists between the voice and our inner music.

Jeremy Young is a sonic artist and electroacoustic composer from Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, and a member of Sontag Shogun and Cloud Circuit among other projects. In 2021, Young released, Amaro, a solo LP built around electroacoustic compositions and improvisations using oscillators and tape, organized in duet performances with multidisciplinary artists Pauline Kim Harris (String Noise, John Zorn), Ida Toninato (Ensemble Supermusique, Jane/KIN), Markus Floats (Constellation), Dolphin Midwives (Beacon Sound), Deanna Radford (Cloud Circuit), Johannes Bergmark (Fylkingen), filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa, and the legendary Vito Ricci. 

Here at Silence, Young will perform improvised collage sketches for solo guitar on 1/4" magnetic tape using two open-reel machines and 42~ tape loops, based on source material from his latest record, August Tape Sketches, which came out in 2022 on Meakusma.

Tickets available soon. 

“When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave them who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth” (Rumi)

Rumi's Masnavi contains countless contemplative stories that introduce us to Rumi's thoughts and beliefs. Stories through which he highlights the needs of humankind from Rumi's lifetime till the lifetime of present complicated human beings.

Reza Yazdanpanah is a local musician with Persian music background. Before the pandemic, Reza was presenting regular monthly shows with the title of " Persian music and poetry" introducing different great Iranian poets through music, reading poems, and telling stories. 

Starting from Sunday, August 28, 2022, at 2:30pm Reza will be performing on the last Sunday of each month. In this new series, Reza will be focusing on Rumi and telling stories of Rumi's Masnavy through music, singing, and narrating. The upcoming shows will be called "Reza & Rumi".

Please join Reza for a deep listening context, listening to remarkable stories of Rumi and swimming into the transformative sea of Persian music and poetry!

Tickets $25/pwyc

Singers: let’s get rid of vocal fatigue!

This 4-hour workshop is an opportunity for you to get vocal tips to sing more healthily and meet other singers in your community. Each of you will have the chance to sing a challenging song from your repertoire (covers or original compositions) and get personalized feedback on vocal technique. All contemporary music styles are accepted (pop, indie, jazz, soul, rock, gospel, metal, funk…). 

• The room has a piano and music gears, but please bring your other instrument (if you accompany yourself) or a backing track (in a USB key), a microphone (covid19 restrictions), and a water bottle. Snacks will be provided (Daniel, is it possible?).

Ticket Prices (excl HST): $40 Suggested donation or PWYC

Admission: Any singers interested in getting vocal technique improvement. 

Seating capacity: 8 people maximum. 

Age: + 16 ears old 

Time: 9 am – 1 pm (26/07 – 30/08)

Location: SILENCE 46 Essex St, Guelph, ON N1H 3K8

REGISTER HERE

About your instructor: 

Erwan Noblet

I am an explorer who seeks authenticity, human connection, meaning and excellence in my work. Passionate about transmission, pedagogy is the keystone of my professional career.

After five years as a singer in different musical groups (see CV ), I decided to learn how to teach voice while developing my artistic projects. I studied voice science and voice pedagogy with Allan Wright (TCM teacher training), François Vallade, Nathalie Bonnaud, Cécile Bonardi, Monique Thomas ... In parallel I self- produced two EPs with my group Layenn, co-wrote the musical piece Concert Room and participated in the creation of the improvised show Airs de Rien with the collective Les Paillettes.

Then I went to the United States to study with Professor Ingo Titze (eminent American voice researcher) for 2 months and traveled alone from Canada to Bolivia for the next 10 months. A revitalizing, inspiring journey rich in encounters.

At the end of this trip, I seized the opportunity to continue my studies in the United States and obtained a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy at the University of Shenandoah in Virginia. The talented and passionate teachers encouraged me to answer an important question: why do you sing? Obviously, I need connection with others and with myself. The voice allows you to reveal yourself, to assert your identity and to create a deep bond with the collective.

At the same time, I studied with mentors like Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon in New York and Chicago and taught free vocal improvisation "Circle Singing" at Shenandoah University. These experiences fueled my passion for music and voice work.

 Today I continue to explore, meet and work with educators from all over the world and put myself at the service of singer, actor, orator to explore this deep and authentic link that exists between the voice and our inner music.

Circle Singing: let’s improvise!

Let’s create music collectively in the present moment. You don’t need to be a professional singer to join this playful workshop; we will communicate through games, including sounds and body percussions. You will be able to express your “inner score” by assigning different loops of undomesticated sounds, melodies, and rhythmic patterns to their partners in any style of music. 

• Bring a water bottle. Snacks and Tea will be provided. 

Ticket Prices (excl HST): $20 Suggested donation or PWYC 

Admission: Anyone who wants to make music collectively.

Age: + 8 years old 

Seats: 20 maximum

Time: 7 to 9 pm (19/07 – 26/07 – 02/08 – 23/08 – 30/08)

Location: SILENCE 46 Essex St, Guelph, ON N1H 3K8

REGISTER HERE.

About your instructor: 

Erwan Noblet

I am an explorer who seeks authenticity, human connection, meaning and excellence in my work. Passionate about transmission, pedagogy is the keystone of my professional career.

After five years as a singer in different musical groups (see CV ), I decided to learn how to teach voice while developing my artistic projects. I studied voice science and voice pedagogy with Allan Wright (TCM teacher training), François Vallade, Nathalie Bonnaud, Cécile Bonardi, Monique Thomas ... In parallel I self- produced two EPs with my group Layenn, co-wrote the musical piece Concert Room and participated in the creation of the improvised show Airs de Rien with the collective Les Paillettes.

Then I went to the United States to study with Professor Ingo Titze (eminent American voice researcher) for 2 months and traveled alone from Canada to Bolivia for the next 10 months. A revitalizing, inspiring journey rich in encounters.

At the end of this trip, I seized the opportunity to continue my studies in the United States and obtained a Master of Music in Voice Pedagogy at the University of Shenandoah in Virginia. The talented and passionate teachers encouraged me to answer an important question: why do you sing? Obviously, I need connection with others and with myself. The voice allows you to reveal yourself, to assert your identity and to create a deep bond with the collective.

At the same time, I studied with mentors like Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon in New York and Chicago and taught free vocal improvisation "Circle Singing" at Shenandoah University. These experiences fueled my passion for music and voice work.

 Today I continue to explore, meet and work with educators from all over the world and put myself at the service of singer, actor, orator to explore this deep and authentic link that exists between the voice and our inner music.