• SINGING & VOCAL INSTRUCTION
• CHORAL CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS
• YOGA CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
• BODY, BREATH & VOICE INTEGRATIVE THERAPY
• BREATHING FOR HEALTH & VITALITY
• ARTICLES BY DAVID WILSON
• CONTACT / BIO / LINKS
  
  

VOCAL
INSTRUCTION

Mr. Wilson employs a multi-disciplinary approach that is unique in Canada.  Breath and Body awareness, Yoga, Qi Gong and energy work is employed to insure that as the student learns to sing in a confident, healthy and joyful fashion, that there is an improved awareness of the connection between the "confident expression of self" and inner growth and improved physical and mental health.

The goal is to access one's authentic and free voice through a three-step wholistic process designed to increase confidence, release stress and improve overall health:

• Movement and Breathwork, aimed at getting out of our own way
• Becoming aware of the proper musculature needed for free and joyous singing
• Strengthening our true expressive self

"All I have ever wanted to do was sing.  As I am over 60 years of age, and could not match pitch, I was told by my last teacher to "take up knitting".  Together, Mr. Wilson and I discovered that I was not tone-deaf at all, but that I had learned to shut off my ears and reverse my breathing, due to emotional abuse I suffered as a child.  Mr. Wilson led me through a process that helped me move past these troubles, joyfully, and safely. I can now breath powerfully and match pitch, and recently I passed my Grade 3 Toronto Conservatory Exam." - Starla. 

CONDUCTING
WORKSHOPS

Working with choirs on healthy vocal technique, and instumentalists on proper breathing technique, in order to more fully experience singing as a joyful and fulfilling activity. The use of stretching, posture, and body-awareness exercises are common, as we turn singing and playing into a full-body experience.  During this process we may discover that we have a greater gift for musical expression that we may realize.  Vocal and Physical warm-ups are included on this page.

"David makes you go away feeling better about music, the world and yourself."
                      Lori, Martini Recorder Quintet

YOGA CLASSES
& WORKSHOPS

Yoga Association of Alberta certified, with ten years of teaching experience.  David took his two-year teacher training program in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 1995-1997.  Primary influences are David McCammond, Esther Myers, and Violet Walton.  With a grounding in Iyengar training, David's classes are breath-based, with an emphasis on freeing the voice and the emotions, while searching for repose in the pose.  There is an attempt to integrate the power of the breath and voice into the movements.  Specialties include "Office Yoga", "Yoga for Musicians", "Yoga for Breath", "Yoga for Voice & Chanting", and "Partner Yoga".

BODY, BREATH & VOICE
INTEGRATIVE THERAPY

BBVIT is designed to free us from harmful mental, physical or emotional patterns that hinder us from functioning to the best of our ability. Self-awareness practices and sensory integration gives us the knowledge and training necessary to build a safe and transformative personal practice. This allows healthier, more natural patterns of thinking, moving, breathing, and expression to assert themselves, leading to increased self-esteem and improved health.

BBVIT is designed to assist with the following challenges:

Emotionally-focussed conditions: Performance Anxiety & Stagefright, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Depression, Mood Swings, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Hyperthyroidism, Difficulty with Concentration, Creative Blocks.

Physically-focussed conditions: Backaches and Spinal troubles, Repetitive Strain Injury, Aching Muscles, Chronic Pain, Headaches, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcers, Colitis, Acid Reflux, Heartburn, PMS, Insomnia.

Cardiovascular and Respiratory ailments: Asthma, Sinusitis, Bronchitis, Colds, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Heart Disease, Smoking-related, Costochondritis, Habitual Coughing.

Vocal difficulties: Voice Loss, Speech Impairments and Throat Ailments.

Step 1: Natural Breathing Techniques

Step 2: Interpretive Sound and Movement

Step 3: Cellular Memory Work

"When I left my session I was so energized I felt like I was walking on air."  - Bonnie

BREATHING FOR
HEALTH & VITALITY

Included is information and techniques for breathing work from three different traditions: Pranyama from India, Qi Gong from from the Traditional Chinese Medicine tradition, and Natural Breathing, from a Western European and North American outlook.

ARTICLES BY
DAVID WILSON

Included on this page are two published articles and two newspaper articles on Mr. Wilson's integration of yoga, vocal technique, breathwork, and their intimate connections to our emotions and health.

CONTACT
BIOGRAPHY
LINKS

A curriculum vitae and bio for David Wilson, as well as links to various sites of interest, as well as music organizations with which Mr. Wilson has been involved, or is currently involved.