Frankie Armstrong

Body-Breath-Voice online, Session 2 of 3
2023-06-16 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Online
We would like people to commit to all three sessions.
Letting the Breath In, Letting the Voice Out : It is self evident that our lungs and breath are crucial to giving full, expressive voice. Yet so many of us have restricted breathing, often without realising it, in our sedentary culture. We will use exercises to free our ribs, spine and hence lungs. This increases awareness of the diaphragm muscle, and of how this, together with the abdominal muscles, gives strength, stamina and resonance to the voice without strain. We will also play with exercises and songs that encourage increasing our range and ability to sustain sound.

Body-Breath-Voice online, Session 3 of 3
2023-06-23 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
We would like people to commit to all three sessions.
Let your Voice Soar: Most of us find ourselves with more tension than we might like in our throat and jaw. This session focuses on freeing the shoulders, neck, tongue, throat and jaw to help liberate sound and song.

Modular Voice Leader Training Part 2 (of 2)
2023-06-30 14:00 - 2023-07-03 15:30 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
More info here

Benefit Concert
2023-07-11 19:30 - 22:30 | Saint Germans Chrch, Metal Street, Cardiff, CF24 0JY, United Kingdom
Benefit Concert To Help Women in Crisis Far and Near
With:
Bread and Roses – Frankie Armstrong, Laura Bradshaw and Pauline Down
Bread and Roses is a feisty, folky, three-piece female voice and instrumental ensemble, with a passion for singing to promote change. We are Frankie Armstrong, Laura Bradshaw and Pauline Down.
The Oasis One World Choir
Oasis One World Choir is a community arts project welcoming people who have been displaced from parts of the world (due to oppression and violence) into a new community. We learn about and share different music and culture as we go.
The Oasis One World Youth Project
The Oasis One World Choir youth project have stunned us all with their fun, creativity and innovation and have created videos and performances to share their creations. We are delighted to share the rich and diverse culture that binds the choirs together in song.
Cath Little StoryTeller
Cath Little is a story teller who will be joining. Cath has a strong belief in the power of stories to connect us to one another, to the land, and to the people who once lived here.
We suggest a donation of £8 if you are able to afford this – otherwise any amount will be welcome. Donations will go to Care International, which focuses on crucial help for women and children in crisis due to war and natural disasters and Cardiff Women’s Aid who are a women’s equality organisation which exists to eradicate violence against women and girls and to support survivors.
There will be snacks available!

"Human Library”, Green Man Festival (Saturday)
2023-08-06 11:00 - 14:00 | Green Man Fesival, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, NP8 1LP
Frankie will be at the Einstein garden tent, at the Green Man Festival (on Friday and Saturday, 11am-2pm), as a ‘living resource (to talk to), and will also be singing at the Greenham camp.

"Human Library”, Green Man Festival (Friday)
2023-08-18 11:00 - 14:00 | Green Man Fesival, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, NP8 1LP

Thanks Folk for Feminism
2023-09-13 19:00 - 21:30 | Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY, United Kingdom
Thank Folk For Feminism and the English Folk Dance and Song Society present a second pop up folk club following the success of their first.

Hosts Lucy Ward and Pinky Ward invite you to spend the evening in their specially curated pop-up folk club with three fantastic artists: Nancy Kerr, Angeline Morrison and Frankie Armstrong!
This event will be streamed by Live To Your Living Room.
Thank Folk For Feminism is a platform for women’s voices and to further the conversations of both folk and feminism and explore how the two intersect. It is fun and uplifting but also at its core, Thank Folk For Feminism serves to encourage the folk scene to explore intersectional feminist issues and increase the range and diversity of women’s voices within the genre.

Voice Leader Training
2023-10-13 08:00 - 2023-10-20 17:00 | Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley, Hereford, HR3 6QF

Adventures in Voice - Imagination
2023-10-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Three sessions of 2 hours each (On Zoom) exploring the voice (maximum of 15 people) Fridays: 10am-12 noon – £45 for all three sessions; or £18 each
The themes are:

Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive – 27th October 2023
ReWilding the Voice – 3rd November 2023
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth -10th November 2023

Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive (27th October)
Bringing imagination to bear, whether in ‘warmups’ or song interpretation, brings qualities to the voice that ‘paint’ the meaning and mood of a song. Frankie offers some of the exercises and explorations that she has developed to help people bring the voice and songs fully to life.
ReWilding the Voice (3rd November)
A chance to play with breath, shakes, hiccups, yodels and slides, and improvise around the sounds we hear in other cultures that allow for more freedom and flexibility in their singing. We use songs and voices from around the world to inspire us to discover different timbres, ornamentation and scales from those we may be most familiar with. This is not about learning songs, rather it involves exploring vocal styles, such as snake lullabies, goat milking songs, mountain hollers, and of course working in the fields. There is no right or wrong, just the joy of exploration.
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth (10th November) An exciting way to expand vocal colour, range and expressivity. General body-breath-voice preparation leads into specific preparation for the particular Archetype/s to be explored using movement, visualisation, imagination and vocal exploration. Frankie then guides you through a story (the journey) which gives you the opportunity to inhabit the larger-than-life world of the timeless figures of mythology and legend and to discover the vocal qualities that they evoke.
For more information or to book: contact Frankie on 029 2048 0429
frankiearmstrong45@gmail.com or Darien on darien.pritchard@gmail.com
For Frankie’s biography, please look at: https://www.frankiearmstrong.uk/about/

Adventures in Voice - ReWilding the Voice
2023-11-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom

Adventures in Voice - Voices of the Archetypes of Myth
2023-11-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom

Cellar Upstairs Folk Club
2024-01-08 20:00 - 23:30 | Cellarupstairs, Alpaca, 84-86 Essex Road, London, N1 8LU, United Kingdom
Frankie Armstrong has been singing professionally since 1964, and has sung and run workshops all over Europe, North America and Australia, working in every kind of setting from hospitals to the National Theatre in London. She began running her pioneering voice workshops, based on ethnic styles of singing – where singing is as natural as speaking – in 1975, and is the president of the Natural Voice Network. Her singing of the big traditional ballads is famous, but she also performs political, lyrical and comic songs, among others; www.frankiearmstrong.com
Access: The club is in an upstairs room
Entrance: Pay on the door (cash only), no need to book. Members: £7, non-members: £9, except on nights marked *, when it will be £8 and £10 respectively.
Information: e-mail cellarupstairs@aol.com, organiser 020 7281 77

Rewilding the Voice, Brisbane
2024-02-02 08:00 - 17:00
Rewilding the Voice
24th March 2024, 10am – 4pm
The Women’s Space, Brisbane

Frankie in Australia 2024!
2024-02-06 - 2024-04-15
Frankie will be in Australia between 6th February 2024 and 15th April 2024
During her stay in Australia Frankie will be taking part in concerts and running workshops. If you’d like to find out more about this either email Frankie on frankiearmstrong 45@gmail.com
After 6th February if you want to call Frankie please call her on 0410 709 506

Her life in art - in conversation with Mark Cain
2024-02-09 19:30 - 22:30 | PS Art Space, 22 Pakenham St, Fremantle, PS Art Space, 22 Pakenham St,, Fremantle, Australia
Frankie Armstrong – Her life in art – in conversation with Mark Cain
At the PS Art Space, 22 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Time: 7:30pm tickets at the door – $20/$12 concession
Radio event with music and audience

Frankie Armstrong live at Branka’s – with Philip Griffin & Jude Iddison
2024-02-10 18:30 - 23:00 | Branka Coffee, 35 Bishop Street, Jolimont, Australia
At Branka Coffee, 35 Bishop Street, Jolimont
Doors open 6:30pm, concert at 7:30pm – tickets at the door – $30/$20 concession

Frankie Armstrong with Philip Griffin & Jude Iddison
2024-02-11 14:00 - 22:30
House concert Frankie Armstrong with Philip Griffin & Jude Iddison
Where: South Fremantle – concert location details on enquiry (via sms, please) 0409 110 645
Time: Arrival from 2:00pm, concert at 3:00pm – tickets at the door – $30/$20 concession

Sydney Women's Concert
2024-03-22 19:00 - 22:30
19th March 2024
Sydney Women’s Concert
For more information please contact Christina Mimmochi on christinamsings@gmail.com

ReWilding the Voice
2024-03-23 10:00 - 16:00 | Womenspace, Brisbane, Australia
a Day Workshop ‘Rewilding the Voice’
with FRANKIE ARMSTRONG – “The Godmother of the Natural Voice movement”
This ‘Rewilding the Voice’ workshop will not be about learning songs, rather it will be exploring vocal styles, such as snake lullabies, goat milking songs, mountain hollers, and of course working in the fields. There will be no right or wrong, just the joy of exploration.
Fee $80. Places are limited to 20 women – contact coordinator@womenspace.org.au
WHEN: Sunday 24th March 2024, 10am – 4pm
WHERE: SANDBAG, 153 Rainbow Street, Sandgate

Live concert with Sarah Hopkins and Ann Bermingham
2024-03-26 07:00 - 21:00 | Womenspace, Brisbane, Australia

If You Can Talk, You Can Sing - Ireland
2024-05-03 11:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
More information here.

Working with groups on tuning and blending sound
2024-05-14 10:30 - 16:30 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
This workshop training day with Frankie and Sarah will include discussion on issues of training and pitching that arise in natural voice workshops. We will explore the relationship between tuning issues and blending of voices and introduce some structures and exercises to use with groups to develop awareness around tuning and blending.
This workshop is paired with one on the following day on dealing with challenging situations in workshops.
£50 per day or £85 for both.

Dealing with challenging situations in workshops and choirs
2024-05-15 10:30 - 16:30 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
This one-day workshop with Frankie Armstrong and Sarah Harman will offer the chance to avoid, minimise and deal with difficult situations that might arise in choirs and workshops. We will use planning , case studies and assertiveness techniques to explore practical ways to address challenges. You will have the opportunity to rehearse creative solutions to everyday issues in leading groups.
Please note, this workshop is twinned with that on ‘Tuning and blending’ the previous day..
£50 per day or £85 for both.

Mayven Festival
2024-05-16 08:00 - 2024-05-17 17:00
16th & 17th May 2024
Mayven Festival
Frankie will be singing on running a voice workshop
More information will be upcoming on the website
Further information soon

Frankie will be guest teacher for the Voice Study Centre
2024-05-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom

Voice Leaders Training (Residential week)
2024-05-31 00:00 - 2024-06-07 00:00
Led by Frankie and Sarah Harman, with visiting tutor Darien Pritchard
details training page
TIMES: The course starts with supper at 6.30pm on the first day. You can arrive from 4pm to settle into your room. We finish after lunch, at 2pm the final day.

VENUE: Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley, Hereford, HR3 6QF
COST: The total course fee is £1470. This consists of:
A non-refundable deposit of £300 to reserve your place. Final payment to be paid 8 weeks before the course starts.
ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation is in twin or single rooms in the Abbey’s guest house. Bathrooms are shared and some rooms have sinks.
FOOD: is delicious, freshly cooked vegetarian.
For Special Diets, contact the Abbey at least one week before the course. Abbey Sutton Courtenay, 01235 847401 admin@theabbey.uk.com
ACCESS: For access enquiries, contact Abbey Sutton Courtenay direct.
LOCATION: Detailed information on Abbey Sutton Courtenay can be found on their website www.theabbey.uk.com. The nearest bus and train stations are at Didcot Parkway (from where a taxi or bus can be taken). We will give you fellow parti- cipant’s contact details close to the course time to facilitate lift sharing.

Adventures in Voice - 1 - Imagination and the Voice
2024-06-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Three Online voice workshops x 2 hours each
Fridays: 10am-12 noon – £45 for all three sessions, or £18 each

The themes are:
Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive
ReWilding the Voice
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth
Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive
Bringing imagination to bear, whether in ‘warmups’ or song interpretation, brings qualities to the voice that ‘paint’ the meaning and mood of a song. Frankie offers some of the exercises and explorations that she has developed to help people bring the voice and songs fully to life.

Adventures in Voice - 2 - ReWilding the Voice
2024-07-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Three Online voice workshops x 2 hours each
Fridays: 10am-12 noon – £45 for all three sessions, or £18 each

The themes are:
Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive
ReWilding the Voice
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth

ReWilding the Voice
A chance to play with breath, shakes, hiccups, yodels and slides, and improvise around the sounds we hear in other cultures that allow for more freedom and flexibility in their singing. We use songs and voices from around the world to inspire us to discover different timbres, ornamentation and scales from those we may be most familiar with. This is not about learning songs, rather it involves exploring vocal styles, such as snake lullabies, goat milking songs, mountain hollers, and of course working in the fields. There is no right or wrong, just the joy of exploration.
This is not about learning songs, rather it involves exploring vocal styles, such as snake lullabies, goat milking songs, mountain hollers, and of course working in the fields. There is no right or wrong, just the joy of exploration.

Adventures in Voice - 3 - Voices of the Archetypes of Myth
2024-07-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Three online sessions of 2 hours each exploring the voice (maximum of 12 people)
Fridays: 10am-12 noon – £45 for all three sessions, or £18 each
The themes are:
Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive – 28th June 2024
ReWilding the Voice – 5th July 2024
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth – 12th July 2024

Voices of the Archetypes of Myth
An exciting way to expand vocal colour, range and expressivity. General body-breath-voice preparation leads into specific preparation for the particular Archetype/s to be explored using movement, visualisation, imagination and vocal exploration. Frankie then guides you through a story (the journey) which gives you the opportunity to inhabit the larger-than-life world of the timeless figures of mythology and legend and to discover the vocal qualities that they evoke.

Voicing the Archetypes of Myth
2024-07-17 10:00 - 17:00 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
This workshop provides an exciting way to expand and liberate vocal colour, range and expressivity. It uses movement, imagination and storytelling to access a wide range of vocal qualities and expression through exploring figures that inhabit the world’s mythology, such as The Huntress, The Trickster, The Child, The Mother and The Crone. These archetypes are not a character or caricature but a particular aspect or quality in all of us.
For information please email Frankie Armstrong – frankiearmstrong45@gmail.com
