The VOCES8 Method

Start the school day with a musical wake-up for voice body and mind-The VOCES8 Method is an innovative new system which enhances neurological development helping to deliver improved academic results. Based on research by the Institute of Education it contains group activities based on rhythm and melody which are designed to develop key learning skills and improve students? academic learning processes for all subjects. ? Suitable for small groups or whole-school participation.? Requires no musical expertise or expensive equipment.? Supported by free online training videos.? Backed up by CPD training sessions led by members of VOCES8.? Aninteractive app enables students to explore the activities for themselves.

Five dance-inspired movements for SATB and Piano-Written for SATB choir and piano with optional audience participation Pas de deux is a work consisting of five movements by Paul Smith the co-founder of VOCES8 and author of The VOCES8 Method. The movements can be performed individually or as one complete work. Pas de deux is inspired by the dance duet found in ballet and the music takes the duet element of the dance to create a relationship between the performers and audience enabling interaction between them and giving the option for performers and audience to make music together. Suitable for all ages this piece offers opportunities both to create and to perform informed by Paul Smithâ??s expertise in leadingparticipatory music events with hundreds of thousands of people around the world. A five-movement work inspired by the dance pas de deux Incorporates a wide range of musical styles from contemporary classical to traditional Zulu Encourages a musical interaction between performer and audience Suitable for singers (and audiences) of all ages Incorporates well-known themes from the ballets of Tchaikovsky Paul Smithâ??s Pas de deux is part of the Edition Peters Choral Workshop Series.