2010 Programme

Our teachers this year are Sarah Pennington, Gilo, Dee Jarlett, Ali Orbaum, Su Lewis, Glen,

Wynona Kaspar and our special guest teacher Polly Bolton.

Dee and Ali have been arranging songs for choirs and teaching harmony together for 15 years. They co-direct Bristol’s huge and lovely Gasworks Choir, have performed with and directed the much acclaimed acappella groups Naked Voices and Sweet Soul Sisters, and organised and taught on Sing For Water West. They have also run numerous international singing holidays and workshops with the Sing Your Socks Off bunch. Popular for their fast and fun team teaching, and the quality of their arrangements, Dee and Ali love this particular Dorset spot and will be choosing some fantastic material for their first time at HeartSound.

Gilo and Sarah have been leading groups around Dorset and the UK for ten years. They also lead singing retreat weekends in various centres - and enjoy teaching sacred songs and chants from many different traditions. They are known for their gentle humour and spirit of fun. Gilo is coordinating the Voice Teachers' programme at this year's HeartSound.

Polly has sung for many years in folk and jazz bands. In 1995, she started teaching singing workshops, inspired by a Frankie Armstrong workshop she had attended a year earlier. She started a community choir in 1998 in Ludlow which is still going strong. Polly has written and arranged many songs for choirs and voice workshops and made several teaching CDs. In 1998 Polly built Oak Barn Workshop Centre on the site of her organic plant nursery, as a space to hold workshops and courses. For over 11 years she and fellow singer and Natural Voice Practitioner, Sue Harris, together with Milly Cain, have run singing retreats and summer singing camps. A full list of Polly’s recordings can be found on her website www.pollybolton.co.uk and details of her courses on www.oak-barn.co.uk

Su has been singing all her life. She sings with two choirs, performs regularly with a cappella group 'Bagatelle', and writes and arranges songs for small groups and choirs. She has been a natural voice teacher for 5 years, currently working with Island Voices, a Dorset community choir on Portland. At camp she will be teaching simple rounds and soulful songs with luscious harmonies.

Glen is teaching Dances of Universal Peace, a beautiful form of sacred dance that uses mantra, melody and simple body movements to bring participants to a state of joy and back in touch with their own true nature. Join Glen in an alchemical and ambrosial celebration of the sacred heart of Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism and the Abrahamic, Aramaic, Native American and Goddess traditions.

Wynona will also be leading Dances of Universal peace as well as facilitating the early morning session using Bhajans and meditation to bring us gently into each day.