Frankie Armstrong

Voicing the Vision - Master classes
2024-09-12 - 2024-09-14
European Consortium for Arts Therapies Education conference, Gwent, Belgium

Voicing a Vision – Singing truth to power
We are, sadly, living through dark times, so we’re all faced with how to respond individually and collectively. Can we find a voice that feels truthful, that expresses our power and our vulnerability, and that can feel strong in protest and in lament?

Frankie will offer her style of voice-work, a natural style based on traditional and ethnic cultures who sing as naturally as they speak. Her approach engages the whole body and invites us be in touch with the earth.

Singing is one of the most time-honoured forms that give a sense of communion and community and enable us to give heightened expression to archetypal human experiences and emotions. We know that singing generates energy. In this context, we can use it to face the dark, to express our dissent and to voice our vision of a more just world.

Modular Voice Leader Training - Part 1 (of 2)
2024-10-04 00:00 - 2024-10-07 00:00 (Europe/London)
More details here

Adventures in Voice - 1 - Imagination and the Voice
2024-10-18 01:00 - 12:00
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 –18th October 2024
ReWilding the Voice – 25th October 2024
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth – 1st November 2024
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
2024-10-25 10:00 - 12:00
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 –18th October 2024
ReWilding the Voice – 25th October 2024
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth – 1st November 2024

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
2024-11-01 10:00 - 12:00
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 –18th October 2024
ReWilding the Voice – 25th October 2024
Voices of the Archetypes of Myth – 1st November 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.

Modular Voice Leader Training Part 2 (of 2)
2024-11-15 00:00 - 2024-11-18 00:00
More info here

Adventures in Voice Berlin, Germany
2025-01-25 - 2025-01-26
Weekend workshop with Frankie Armstrong and Darien Pritchard

10am – 5pm
25th & 26th January 2025
For more information https://arthaus.berlin/workshops.html
Frankie is delighted to be working with Darien in Berlin, running a weekend Adventures in Voice course.
It’s being organised by theatre director/teacher Rachel Karafistan who did a Voice Leader’s training with them, and is now a director of Arthaus.Berlin Theatre School.
Please pass on this information to any German contacts who you think might be interested.

Adventures in Voice Workshop in Bergen, Holland
2025-04-12
Adventures in Voice bringing voice and song fully alive
Contact for further information and bookings:
Kamala Raymakers
tel. 06 22318829

kamalaraymakers@quicknet.nl

'The voices of the archetypes of Myth' workshop in Bergen, Holland
2025-04-13
Frankie Armstrong with Darien Pritchard
Workshops in Bergen, Holland
The voices of the archetypes of Myth
Contact for further information and bookings:
Kamala Raymakers
tel. 06 22318829
kamalaraymakers@quicknet.nl

Adventures in Voice - 3 part workshop
2025-04-25 10:00 - 12:00
Adventures in Voice 3 Part Workshop
Apr 25,
May 9,
May16
2 hours each, (10am-12 noon)
Workshop
Workshops

Adventures in Voice - 3 part workshop - 2 of 3
2025-05-09 10:00 - 12:00

Adventures in Voice - 3 part workshop - 3 of 3
2025-05-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY, United Kingdom

Natural Voice Leaders Training 2025 (Six day course)
2025-05-24 - 2025-05-30 | Wortley Hall, Sheffield, S35 7DB, United Kingdom
DATES: Saturday 24th May to Friday 30th May 2025
TIMES: The course starts with supper at 2.30pm (tbc) on the first day. We finish after lunch, at 2pm on the final day.
VENUE: Wortley Hall, Sheffield, S35 7DB www.wortleyhall.org.uk/
COST: The course fee is £995, including all teaching, refreshments and lunch each day. N.B. Accommodation is not provided but is available locally (see below). To reserve your place please send your booking form and a non-refundable deposit of £300. Final payment is due 4 weeks before the course starts.
ACCOMMODATION: The course is non-residential. You will need to arrange your own accommodation. This is available on-site at Wortley Hall. To discuss or book this contact www.wortleyhall.org.uk or ring 0114 288 2100. Camping is also availa-ble at Wortley Hall or locally and there are a number of B and Bs in the area.
ACCESS: For access enquiries, contact Frankie Armstrong on 029 20480429
LOCATION: Detailed information about Wortley Hall can be found at:
www.wortleyhall.org.uk.

Adventures with Archetypes Myths and Legends
2025-07-06 - 2025-07-12 | Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley, Hereford, HR3 6QF
July 6th to July 12th 2025

Week long intensive workshop exploring the physicality and vocal qualities using the universal aspect of figures from the world’s mythologies.

TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD**
$1110.00, single room/$975 shared room (£890 pounds/£775)
Yurt or bell tents [with proper bed]. $650/£510
COURSE LIMITED TO 14 PARTICIPANTS
IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT SHEILA GORDON sheilamg@stedwards.edu
*The workshop is available to all levels of experience. We welcome teachers looking to further their pedagogical skills. First level toward certification available. This workshop can comfortably accommodate only 14 participants, so please reserve your space early. To hold your place in the workshop please make a deposit of $300.00 by February 15, 2025.
**PARTICIPANTS WILL BE HOUSED at Kinnersley castle. Meals (fresh, organic vegetarian fare) are included in the cost.

Concerts and workshop at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2025
2025-08-01 - 2025-08-08 | Sidmouth Folk Festival, Sidmouth, EX10 8XR
All day event (Frankie’s exact dates tbc)
Concert and workshop
2025 line up

Trad Night Concert
2025-09-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY, United Kingdom
Frankie is the September guest for the monthly Trad Night concert organised by EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society), who awarded her a Gold Badge in 2018 for services to community voice development and traditional song.

Natural Voice Leaders Training 2025 (Part 1 of 2 )
2025-09-24 - 2025-09-27 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
DATES: Part 1: Wednesday 24th to Saturday 27th September 2025 AND Part 2: Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October 2025
Each module starts at 2pm on the first day and finishes at 2pm, after lunch, on the final day.
VENUE: The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB
COST: The total course fee is £780. This consists of:
A non-refundable deposit of £300 to reserve your place. Final payment is due 4 weeks before the course starts.
More info here

Natural Voice Leaders Training 2025 (Part 2 of 2 )
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-26 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
DATES: Part 1: 24th to 27th September 2025 AND Part 2:23rd to 26th October 2025
Both long weekends start after lunch at 2pm on the Friday. We will work from 9.30am to 6pm on the Saturdays and Sundays and finish at 3.30pm on the Mon-days.This course is non-residential.
VENUE: The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB
COST: The total course fee is £780. This consists of:
A non-refundable deposit of £300 to reserve your place. Final payment is due 4 weeks before the course starts.
More info here
