“This is the time, this time,” says the famous icaro Rosa Giove. This time, this time to open up to your authenticity, your sensitivity in your voice, in your singing, in your breathing. To discover and encounter what is most precious, what is most delicate – the truth of your own song. A free song. A true song. A song that has regained its power and direction. The song of a woman who is no longer afraid, but sings and dances her life, in harmony with her intuition.
We invite you on a journey through polyphonic songs to awaken your voice and deepen your breathing, relax your body, and discover sounds within yourself and in the space around you. We will also sit in a circle to support each other in finding your own melodies, just waiting to be realized. The workshop is conducted using Alina Jurczyszyn’s original method of practicing with voice, body, and breath, inspired by, among others, The workshop will be conducted with the Gardzienice Theatre and the paramusical practices of the Jerzy Grotowski Institute in Wrocław. The material for the workshop will be traditional and improvised songs. Participants are not required to have musical experience, but rather a desire to express themselves through sound and the musicality they carry within themselves.
More about the workshops: http://laboratoriumpiesni.pl/warsztaty/
WORKSHOPS LEADERED BY:
Alina Jurczyszyn (Aja Piesionka): Woman of Song, founder of the Song Laboratory, has dedicated her life to exploring the extraordinary material of sound and traditional songs for almost twenty years. She travels around the world (including the USA, Japan, England, India, Turkey, Israel, and most European countries), leading workshops, giving concerts, and collecting songs at their source. A graduate of the Gardzienice Theatre, she also directs musical performances. She has recorded ten albums (including the Song Laboratory album “Rasti” – nominated for a Fryderyk Award in 2020) and written the book “Unleash Your Song.” In recent years, she has been practicing healing songs and music therapy using her instruments: medicine drums, rattles, shruti boxes, bells, lyre, flute, ukulele, and bowls.
Kamila Bigus: violinist, graduate of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (Interfaculty Institute of Art Sciences); vocalist and musical arranger in the Tri-City ensembles Song Laboratory and Annutara, co-leader of the Song Laboratory vocal workshops in Poland and abroad, including the United States, Japan, India, Turkey, Portugal, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland; She has participated in numerous recordings for bands such as L.U.C., Symphonic Theater of Dreams, Crane Days, False Month, and Miejscovi. She is an illustration artist under the name “My Gold Medicine” and a graphic designer for albums by Laboratorium Pieśni (Rasti), “He oyate,” Annutara (Po drum), and False Month (Forty winks). She also creates illustrations and music under the name “My Gold Medicine.” Her solo album “Underwater” is available at:
mygoldmedicine.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/mygoldmedicine
Laboratorium Pieśni: a female-based group of singers from the Tricity region, arranging traditional polyphonic songs from Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Serbian, Polish, and many others. Songs of the World perform both a cappella and accompanied by shamanic drums and other ethnic instruments (including shruti boxes, bells, rattles, flutes, kalimbas, and bowls), bringing a new dimension of vocal improvisation to traditional songs, inspired by the sounds of nature, often intuitive, wild, and feminine.
The group has toured over 20 countries with concerts and workshops (including the USA, Japan, England, Scotland, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Spain, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and France). The music video for the Belarusian song “Sztoy pa moru” has reached over 10 million views, and the group has over 140,000 followers on Facebook. Website: www.laboratoriumpiesni.pl
FB: https://www.facebook.com/laboratoriumpiesni/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fEWQOwUD4
REGISTRATION AND FINANCE:
Early Birds – PLN 990 (PLN 490 deposit) until December 31, 2025
Regular Price – PLN 1,090 (PLN 590 deposit)
Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, confirmed by payment of the deposit.
Refunds are only possible until February 21, 2026; after this date, the deposit is non-refundable and covers the costs of organizing the workshop.
Please pay the remaining amount in cash before the workshop.
The workshop will take place in Krakow | KONTAKT, Space of Movement, Dance and Music, Szpitalna street 40, Kraków
Info and REGISTRATION: Sandra | EMAIL: warsztatydzwiekiglos@gmail.com
The workshop is intended for adult women (no children). We have a maximum of 20 places.
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS:
What should you bring to the workshop?
– Notebook and pen
– Drinking water, preferably a thermos of hot tea
– Comfortable clothing
– If you have one, you can bring a comfortable seat cushion
MEALS: Participants are responsible for their own lunch. You can bring your own lunch or eat at nearby restaurants (the workshop is located in the city center).
SCHEDULE:
The weekend workshop includes 10 hours of practice. We begin at 11:00 AM on Saturday.
Participants are requested to arrive no later than 10:40 AM; we aim to begin promptly.
SATURDAY (March 7)
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Bodywork (including violin training with Kamila Bigus), breathwork, voicework, and polyphonic singing
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Lunch break
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Polyphonic singing
SUNDAY (March 8)
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM – Bodywork, breathwork, voicework; song circle
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Lunch break
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Polyphonic singing
■ We also invite you to a relaxation concert! Saturday |07.03.26| 8:00 PM | Krakow | KONTAKT, Space of Movement, Dance, and Music, Szpitalna Street 40