Voices of Spirit 2022
Intensive courses, workshops and events to participate in
Also in 2022 Voices of Spirit offers a comprehensive program to join in. Trying new things, improving skills, pushing boundaries and having lots of fun – that’s the focus of our intensive courses lasting several days and our workshops.
Information will be added on an ongoing basis.
Intensive courses
During this four-day workshop, the participating ensembles will work intensively on sound quality and interpretation of selected pieces. They will be accompanied and coached by one of the best vocal ensembles of today: VOCES8. The workshop will end with a joint concert with VOCES8 in the beautiful ambience of the Minoritensaal.
Time: 4 days| 25.5. – 28.5.2022
Course location: Schloss St. Martin, Graz
Participation fee: 150 Eur per person | 120 Eur students (<27 y.) | max. 1.000 Eur per ensemble
Final concert: Sat. 28. May | 21:00 | Minoritensaal, Graz
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The Master Class in Conducting with Barnaby Smith offers dedicated choir conductors the opportunity to hone their choral conducting skills in theory and practice. You can expect instructive and exciting days under professional supervision, crowned by a brilliant final concert in a unique ambience.
time: 4 days | 25.5. – 28.5.2022
Course location: Schloss St. Martin, Graz
Participation fee: 250 Eur per person | 150 Eur students (<27 y.)
Final concert: Sat. 28. May | 20:00 | Minoritensaal, Graz
Three days of fun and lots of cool music. That’s what you can expect at the workshop with Paul Smith. Using the VOCES8 method he developed, he will work with the children on a varied program of pieces ranging from early music to African tunes and pop songs. The focus is on sound work in the tradition of English choral music and rhythmic work using body percussion. After the exciting and intensive rehearsals, the result will be presented together with VOCES8 in the Minoritensaal, one of the most beautiful concert halls in Graz.
time: 3 days |26.5. – 28.5.2022
Course location: Musikgymnasium Dreihackengasse, Graz
Participation fee: 20 € per singer
Final concert: Sat. 28. May | 16:00 | Minoritensaal, Graz
Arranging for Choir: How do I get started? In this four-day intensive course, participants will receive valuable tips from renowned Berlin composer, arranger and choir director Carsten Gerlitz. During the practice-oriented workshop, the resulting arrangements can be tried out with a studio choir. At a final concert on Friday evening in the Minoritensaal, the participants can present their arrangements to the audience.
Time: 3 days| 25.5. – 27.5.2022
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory, Graz
Participation fee: 200 € per person (150 € students <27 y.)
Final concert: Fri. 27. May | 18:00 | Minoritensaal, Graz
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This three-day intensive course focuses on various styles from jazz to gospel to pop. In groups and individual lessons, participants practice microphone technique, stage composing and work on two prepared pieces. The intensive course ends with a groovy concert on Friday evening at tubes.
Time: 3 days | 25.-27.5.2022
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 200 € per person (150 € students <27 y.)
Final concert: Fri. 27. May | 22:00 | tubes, Graz
Improve your own sounds and get practical tips from the pros – this and more is what this three-hour intensive workshop with beatboxer Ivory Parker has to offer.
Time: 27.5.2022 | 14:30 – 17:30
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 50 € per person
Final concert: Fri. 27. May | 22:00 | tubes, Graz
Workshops Thursday May 26th
Workshop with Birgitta Wetzl
Choral sounds adapted to the desired genre – that’s what this exciting workshop with Birgitta Wetzl is all about. Pop should not sound like classical music, musical not like folk music and old music not like romantic! Each genre has its own special sound qualities, which can be learned by each singer through exercises.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 9:30 – 10:20
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
More information to follow.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 10:30 – 11:20
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Workshop with Michael Schadler, BA MA
On the 350th anniversary of Heinrich Schütz’s death, the choral conductor, organist and church musician Michael Schadler, together with singers from the Graz Vocal Ensemble, will present exemplary vocal compositions by the grand master of musical rhetoric. Participants will be invited to trace the close connection between words and music in Schütz’s music while singing. Practical performance tips will round off the workshop and encourage participants to include this ingenious music in their concert programs even more than before.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 11:40 – 12:30
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Workshop mit Carsten Gerlitz
In a reading session, choir directors and interested singers should get to know as many new arrangements as possible in a short time. We will give each piece seven minutes, including some considerations for your own rehearsal: What are the hard parts? What do I pay special attention to? What do I start the rehearsal with? What is the form, the idea of the piece? And then we sing it, sometimes in its entirety, sometimes in excerpts. New fodder for my choir… there may be something to discover here.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 12:40 – 13:30
Course location: Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
More information to follow.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 14:30 – 15:20
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
More information to follow.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 15:30 – 16:20
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
More information to follow.
Time: Thu. 26.5.2022 | 16:40 – 17:30
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Workshops Friday May 27th
More information to follow.
Time: Fri. 27.5.2022 | 9:30 – 10:20
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Foto: Roland Marx
Workshop with Marieluise Marchel
Let the voice run free and just sing! What is completely natural as a child, we unlearn in the course of our lives. Why is that? And above all, how can we correct it? These and many other exciting questions are the focus of the workshop with vocal coach and singer Marieluise Marchel. Rediscovering the voice as a natural instrument, motivating, strengthening and implementing it in practical work with the choir: Singing naturally – of course!
Time: Fri. 27.5.2022 | 10:30 – 11:20
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Workshop with Edgar Wolf
Choral singing in the third stage of life. This means moments of happiness and challenges in equal measure. In this workshop, participants will receive practical tips on singing and rehearsing with a choir in the “Roaring Sixties”, as well as practical assistance and the right choice of literature for what is perhaps the most enjoyable time of a choir’s life.
Time: Fri. 27.5.2022 | 11:40 – 12:30
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Workshop with Ivory Parker
Who hasn’t wanted to try out how beatboxing actually works? In this workshop, everyone can tickle the beat out of their own voice, under the guidance of a full professional of the genre: Ivory Parker.
Time: Fri. 27.5.2022 | 12:40 – 13:20
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Workshop with Vesna Petković
In this workshop, the name says it all: Serbian-born and renowned jazz singer Vesna Petković takes participants on an interactive journey full of musical discoveries. No more shying away from odd rhythms! A workshop – spirited and touching – like the music of the Balkans itself.
Time: Fri. 27.5.2022 | 15:30 – 16:20
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
More information to follow.
Time: Fri. 27.5.2022 | 16:40 – 17:30
Course location: Fux-Saal, Johann Joseph Fux Konservatorium, Graz
Participation fee: 15 € per person
Festival ticket packages
With our festival ticket packages you get access to all workshops and concerts. Choose from one of the four options and benefit from a great music experience at a great price!
General pass
- all 14 workshops (Thu+Fri)
- + all 7 concerts (Thu-Sat)
- + Choral Morning (Sat)
Concert pass
- all 7 concerts (Thu-Sat)
- + Choral Morning (Sat)
Workshop pass
- all 14 workshops (Thu+Fri)
- + Choral Morning (Sat)
Streaming pass
- all 14 workshop livestreams (Thu+Fri)
- + Choral Morning livestream (Sat)