Re-wilding The Voice with Frankie Armstrong
2021-04-17 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
This is a chance to play with Breats, Shakes Hiccups, Yodels, slides and improvise around the sounds we hear in other cultures that allow for more freedom and flexibility in their singing. We will 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 will not be about learning songs, rather it will be exploring vocal styles, such as Snake Lullabies goat milking songs mountain hollars and of course working in the fields. There will be no right or wrong, just the joy of exploaration.
Anyone interestedd please email Frankie : frankiearmstrong45@gmail.com
If anyone needs a concession then this can be negotiated.

Body-Breath-Voice course
2021-05-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
The Earth in our Voices: This session focuses on the importance of feeling ‘grounded’ (exploring the role of the lower half of the body) for our voices to flow freely through our whole body. Our ancestors lived closer to the earth, which gave their voices power and depth. We will use exercises, and songs and chants from cultures that still have this relationship to the earth.

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.

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.

Body-Breath-Voice course
2021-05-29 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
3 sessions of 2hours with Frankie Armstrong and Darien Pritchard
29 May, 12 June, 26 June (11am-1pm)
Please contact us for more details.

An evening with Frankie Armstrong
2021-05-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Homestage
Homestage (link tbc)

ReWilding the Voice
2021-06-05 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Please contact us for more information.

We Are Family: The Special Bond of Singing
2021-06-08 19:00 - 21:00
An exploration of the history and politics of community singing
inspired by the film ‘Men Who Sing.’,

Post-industrial traditions of singing rooted in the labour movement and the folk history of voice – a discussion with Frankie Armstrong and Val Regan, Natural Voice Network and Dave Camlin, Royal College of Music.

Frankie and friends
2021-06-25 19:30 - 21:00
MPD/CND Cymru
Frankie and friends – Concert of Welsh musicians for Musicians for Peace and Disarmament / Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Wales

An evening with Frankie Armstrong
2021-07-01 20:00 - 21:00 | Homestage
“On Thursday 1st July at 8pm, streamed online, Home Stage are thrilled to present an exclusive insight into the life of a key figure of the British folk scene. Known for her powerful soprano voice, evocative storytelling and social campaigning, we are delighted to welcome the one-and-only Frankie Armstrong. Along with archival recordings from her past, witness never-seen-before performances of Frankie’s repertoire as well as surprise appearances from some exciting guests….”

Natural Voice leaders Training - Modular
2021-07-16 - 2021-07-19
Module 1: 16th to 19th July 2021 and Module 2: 6th to 9th August 2021

Frankie with Green Ribbons - London
2021-07-24 19:30 - 22:00
Concert, live
London (7.30pm)
Frankie with Green Ribbons (Debbie Armour, Alisdair Roberts and Ben “Jimwoo’ Webb)

Frankie with Green Ribbons - Cardiff
2021-07-25 19:00 - 22:00
Concert, live
25 July (tbc)
Cardiff, Wales (7.30pm)
Frankie with Green Ribbons (Debbie Armour, Alisdair Roberts and Ben “Jimwoo’ Webb)

Voice Workshop for Sidmouth Folk Festival
2021-07-30 08:00 - 2021-08-04 17:00
Online Workshop
30 July – 4 August
Frankie will be doing a Voice Workshop for Sidmouth Folk Festival (exact date & time tbc)

Frankie with Robb Johnson and Mike Reinstein - Brighton
2021-08-05 19:30 - 23:00
Concert, live
5 August
MPD, Brighton (7.30pm)
Frankie with Robb Johnson and Mike Reinstein in a live concert for Musicians for Peace and Disarmament in commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima – later to be put on youtube

Walk to Greenham Commemoration -Cardiff
2021-08-26 19:30 - 23:00
Walk to Greenham commemoration
Frankie taking part in 40-year commemoration of the start of the Greenham peace march, starting in Cardiff, Wales

Adventures in Voice
2021-09-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Online

Natural Voice Leaders Training - Week long residential
2021-10-08 - 2021-10-15 | Abbey Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4AF
Abbey Sutton Courtenay:
• 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.

ACCESS: For access enquiries, contact Abbey Sutton Courtenay direct.

Abbey Sutton Courtenay, 01235 847401 admin@theabbey.uk.com
• 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 can help to facilitate lift sharing close to the course time.
TIMES: The course starts with supper at 6.30pm on Friday 8th October, 2021. You can arrive from 4pm to settle into your room. We finish after lunch, at 2pm on Friday 15th October 2021.

COST: The total course fee is £1470. This consists of:

A non-refundable deposit of £300 to reserve your place.
A further payment, minimum £500 by 16th July 2021
Final payment to be paid by 13th August 2021.

Body-Breath-Voice course
2021-10-23 11:00 - 13:00 | Online

Body-Breath-Voice course (3 x 2 hours)
2022-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Body-Breath-Voice course (3 x 2 hours), 10am-12noon on Saturdays
– January 22nd, February 5th, February 12th
With Frankie Armstrong and Darien Pritchard

MAW live concert (Musicians Against War)
2022-02-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Cornerstone Arts Centre, 25 Station Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7NE
Frankie is taking part in An Evening of Music, Poetry and Talk – Celebrating Women’s voices in protest- alongside the exhibition ‘the Glorious Art of Peace’ see flyer and link

Green Ribbons concert
2022-03-12 07:30 - 21:15 | Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
Concert – Frankie with Green Ribbons
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Place, Cardiff

Green Ribbons workshop on unaccompanied singing
2022-03-13 14:30 | Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, N1 9AG
Workshop by members of Green Ribbons

Peggy Seeger and Calum McColl concert
2022-03-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, N1 9AG
Green Ribbons opening concert for Peggy Seeger and Calum McColl

Adventures in Voice (3 x 2 hours)
2022-03-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Adventures in Voice (3 x 2 hours), 10am-12noon on Saturdays
– March 19th, March 26th, April 9th

MPD concert (Musicians for Peace and Disarmament)
2022-03-24 19:30 - 22:00 | Online
Frankie with Rory McLeod, Jim Woodland Janet Russell and choirs, and Michael and Reina Reinstein
Online concert to celebrate the first meeting of the nations which signed up to Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in January 2021.

Reimagining Ageing
2022-03-25 18:30 - 22:30 | Persistence works Studios, 21 Brown St, Sheffield, S1 2BS
Frankie is singing as part of closing celebrations for the photographic exhibition Hidden Depths – photographed by Laura Page
info@artspace.org.uk

Guest singer at Cellar Folk club
2022-05-07 20:15 - 22:00 | Calthorpe Arms, 252 Grays Inn Road, London, WC1X 8JR
Frankie is guest singer at Cellar Folk club
(Tube stations: King’s Cross, Russell Square and Chancery Lane.)

Voice Leaders Training (Part 1)
2022-05-13 00:00 - 2022-05-16 00:00 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
May 13-16 Voice Leaders Trainings (modular , second module 1-4 July)
(2x Friday 2pm-Monday 3.30pm)
Bristol
Led by Frankie and Sarah Harman, with visiting tutor Darien Pritchard
details training page
https://frankiearmstrong.uk/eaders-training/

Voice workshop at Tate Modern
2022-06-10 00:00 - 2022-06-11 00:00 | Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
June 10-11 Voice workshop as part of International Festival run by TPT (The Performance Theatre) at Tate Modern

Voice Leader Modular Training (Part 2)
2022-07-01 00:00 - 2022-07-04 00:00 | The Gasworks Studio, 27 Narroways Rd,, St. Werburghs, Bristol, BS2 9XB, United Kingdom
1st to 4th July 2022

Voice workshops and concerts at Sidmouth Folk Festival
2022-08-02 00:00 - 2022-08-03 00:00 | Sidmouth Folk Festival, Sidmouth, EX10 8XR
Frankie will be taking part in Sidmouth Folk Festival, (July 29-August 5)
