Date: Tuesday 29 October 2024
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Location:
Michael Heron Lecture Theatre,
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About the event
Join ENO Singing for Breathing facilitator, Amy Hollinrake Tune ,to gain a better understanding of breath control through the use of voice:
- learn breathing techniques
- release physical tension
- enjoy the fun and therapeutic benefits of singing.
ENO Breathe is an award-winning breathing and wellbeing programme developed specifically for people recovering from COVID-19, who are still suffering from breathlessness and associated anxiety. Delivered by ENO in collaboration with Imperial College Healthcare teams entirely online, the programme focuses on breathing re-training through singing.
All welcome. No prior experience or interest in singing required to take part.
Join us to release your tension, learn about singing for breathing and have fun.
About the event facilitator
Amy Hollinrake is a folk singer and alumni of City Music who is currently working with the ENO on a programme to help long COVID patients with breathing through song. Alongside her work with the ENO she is also a professional vocalist, (singer-songwriter and session singer), researcher (critical perspectives on gendered archetypes in folk songs and ballads) and vocal coach.
She is very interested in singing for wellbeing and mental health benefits, as well as the importance of breath for respiratory health and associated anxiety. She has run wellbeing workshops recently with Meta and Google incorporating this and worked in other community music facilitator roles such as for the Irene Taylor Trust.
She is a songwriter interested in the therapeutic impacts of creating original songs and music.
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Contact Details
openspaces@sgul.ac.uk