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The Emboldened Voice Project with Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

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Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle
Publish Date
May 1, 2022

Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

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TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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INTRO: The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable January 5, 2022 9:41 pm

One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This meditation offers an opportunity to nurture and develop your inner sanctuary. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This meditation offers an opportunity to nurture and develop your inner sanctuary.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 1.1 – A Sanctuary for Creative Practice: The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable January 5, 2022 9:41 pm

One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This meditation offers an opportunity to nurture and develop your inner sanctuary. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This meditation offers an opportunity to nurture and develop your inner sanctuary.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 1.1 – A Sanctuary for Creative Practice (AUDIO ONLY): The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable January 5, 2022 9:41 pm

Our breath is the gateway to our expression. In this improvisational exercise we tune in to our breathing patterns, and use emotions to connect to our breath and expand our expressive palate. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

Our breath is the gateway to our expression. In this improvisational exercise we tune in to our breathing patterns, and use emotions to connect to our breath and expand our expressive palate.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 1.2 – Befriending the Breath: The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable January 5, 2022 9:40 pm

In this free-writing exercise we explore how our environment influences our creative flow. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

In this free-writing exercise we explore how our environment influences our creative flow.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 1.3 – Environment and Creativity: The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable January 5, 2022 9:42 pm

In this short meditation on presence, we call to mind one quality to carry throughout the remainder of the day. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

In this short meditation on presence, we call to mind one quality to carry throughout the remainder of the day.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON ONE DESCRIPTION: One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This lesson offers opportunities to develop an inner sanctuary along with awareness of personal responses to emotional stimuli. Through visualization, students practice finding sanctuary within themselves; breath and sound work offer opportunities to identify physical responses to various emotional experiences; free-writing allows for the student to open to their intuition and inner awareness; the final moment of presence supports the intent of the student to take with them anything they would like to bring into their day.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 1.4 – Moment of Intention (AUDIO ONLY CONTENT): The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable January 5, 2022 9:42 pm

One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This meditation offers an opportunity to nurture and develop your inner sanctuary. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON TWO DESCRIPTION: Most people are afraid of speaking their truth for fear of rejection. This lesson is one of empowering sounds. Together we explore a wide variety of “beautiful” and “ugly” sounds, playing with the texture, rhythm, and color, and exploring their personal sound bias. Improvisation and sound play through vocalization and gesturing aids in releasing previously held beliefs and holding patterns. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

One of the primary deterrents to creative fruitfulness is a sense of insecurity. This meditation offers an opportunity to nurture and develop your inner sanctuary.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON TWO DESCRIPTION: Most people are afraid of speaking their truth for fear of rejection. This lesson is one of empowering sounds. Together we explore a wide variety of “beautiful” and “ugly” sounds, playing with the texture, rhythm, and color, and exploring their personal sound bias. Improvisation and sound play through vocalization and gesturing aids in releasing previously held beliefs and holding patterns.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 2.1 – A Sanctuary for Creative Practice (Reprise): The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable November 30, 2022 10:02 am

Here we connect movement to breath and vocalization and stretch out our biases with sound play on opposites. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON TWO DESCRIPTION: Most people are afraid of speaking their truth for fear of rejection. This lesson is one of empowering sounds. Together we explore a wide variety of “beautiful” and “ugly” sounds, playing with the texture, rhythm, and color, and exploring their personal sound bias. Improvisation and sound play through vocalization and gesturing aids in releasing previously held beliefs and holding patterns. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

Here we connect movement to breath and vocalization and stretch out our biases with sound play on opposites.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON TWO DESCRIPTION: Most people are afraid of speaking their truth for fear of rejection. This lesson is one of empowering sounds. Together we explore a wide variety of “beautiful” and “ugly” sounds, playing with the texture, rhythm, and color, and exploring their personal sound bias. Improvisation and sound play through vocalization and gesturing aids in releasing previously held beliefs and holding patterns.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 2.2 – Breath and Sound Play: The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable November 30, 2022 10:01 am

In this free-writing exercise we explore our relationship with our voice and expression, exploring what makes us feel comfortable or uncomfortable to be heard. TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project LESSON TWO DESCRIPTION: Most people are afraid of speaking their truth for fear of rejection. This lesson is one of empowering sounds. Together we explore a wide variety of “beautiful” and “ugly” sounds, playing with the texture, rhythm, and color, and exploring their personal sound bias. Improvisation and sound play through vocalization and gesturing aids in releasing previously held beliefs and holding patterns. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques. Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

In this free-writing exercise we explore our relationship with our voice and expression, exploring what makes us feel comfortable or uncomfortable to be heard.

TEACHING ARTIST NAME: Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

PROJECT TITLE: The Emboldened Voice Project

LESSON TWO DESCRIPTION: Most people are afraid of speaking their truth for fear of rejection. This lesson is one of empowering sounds. Together we explore a wide variety of “beautiful” and “ugly” sounds, playing with the texture, rhythm, and color, and exploring their personal sound bias. Improvisation and sound play through vocalization and gesturing aids in releasing previously held beliefs and holding patterns.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Embolden your creative spirit, embody your breath and extend the expressive possibilities of your voice! Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle leads a journey of vocal expansion and personal empowerment through improvisation, breath work, movement, sound meditation, and extended voice techniques.

Learn more about the Empire State Creates program at www.nycaieroundtable.org.

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Lesson 2.3 – The Illusive Voice, Friend or Foe?: The Emboldened Voice Project

New York City Arts in Education Roundtable November 30, 2022 10:02 am

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The Lesson Plans

Lesson 1: Creating a Safe Space for Creativity

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Lesson 2: Loud and Proud

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Lesson 3: The Many Voices in My Head

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Lesson 4: Writing My Song

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Lesson 5: My Voice in the World

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About Dr. Tiffany Du Mouchelle

Soprano, Tiffany Du Mouchelle ushers the voice into new realms of expressivity through performance in over 100 different languages, exploring the genres of classical, world, contemporary, cabaret, and theatrical works. Recipient of the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant for American Opera Singers, Du Mouchelle is a founding member of Aurora Borealis, a duo with percussionist Stephen Solook, and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Center for Contemporary Opera, Yellow Barn Music Festival, Skålholt Summer Music Series in Iceland, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and American Composers Alliance, and in such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center, Disney Hall, The Consulate of the Republic of Poland, and The New York Historical Society.

In collaboration with the cultural diplomacy organization Cultures in Harmony, she has served as an instructor of voice, musical outreach specialist, and performer for projects in Cameroon, Tunisia, Egypt and Papua New Guinea. In her voice studio, her students include classical singers, contemporary art music specialists, Peking opera singers, Classical Hindi Music specialists, jazz, blues, and Afro American genre musicians from Sierra Leone, China, Tunisia, France, India, and beyond. Dr. Du Mouchelle’s research in performance practice and creative empowerment led her to develop Expression and Creativity Experimental Learning Laboratory (EX.C.E.L.L.), an artist collaborative whose programs focus on supporting creatives of all disciplines to empower and liberate their artistic voices. Du Mouchelle serves as the director of the vocal performance program and opera workshop at University at Buffalo, where she also teaches “Break on Through”, a creative empowerment course for performers.