{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Musical By Nature: A Conversation With Zuza Gon\u00e7alves","description":"Dear friends, &amp;nbsp; It is such a pleasure to share this conversation with Zuza Gon\u00e7alves. &amp;nbsp; I met Zuza at the Bobby McFerrin Circlesongs School, and was so moved by his presence, his kindness, the way he moved around the room, and how he led us in movement, song and body-percussion. It felt to me like original human music. &amp;nbsp; Zuza has been exploring alternative ways to collective music making for more than 20 years, integrating vocal improvisation, body percussion, movement, dialogue, cooperative practices and collaborative methodologies to&amp;nbsp; promote experiences where music and human connection are interconnected and feed off each other. &amp;nbsp; Born and raised in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, Zuza has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Music (composing and conducting) and a graduate degree in the Pedagogy of Cooperation.&amp;nbsp; He is the co-creator of M\u00fasica do C\u00edrculo, part of the faculty at Bobby McFerrin's Circlesongs School, at IBMF (Ghana edition) and travels internationally for festivals and workshops on M\u00fasica do Circulo. &amp;nbsp; In our conversation, we speak about vocal improvisation as ancestral practice, and how we are all musical by nature. We speak about the challenges that arise when we outsource our musicality to a small number of perfomers, and don't experience ourselves as being a part of music being made in daily life. &amp;nbsp; We also explore the value of play and improvisation, an how essential these qualities are for learning, and meeting challenging times, and how rarely modern adults get to experience play and improvisation.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Zuza also guides us all in a wonderful improv practice to sing and play along with.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; To find our more about M\u00fasica do C\u00edrculo and the upcoming retreats and trainings you can visit https:\/\/www.musicadocirculo.com &amp;nbsp; To find out more about the Circlesongs School you can visit https:\/\/circlesongs.com &amp;nbsp; Also Zuza mentions The Well, a global vocal improvisation network https:\/\/thewellvocal.com &amp;nbsp;  And here are links to other circlesongs\/ vocal improv resources: &amp;nbsp; http:\/\/www.judivinar.com https:\/\/www.rhiannonmusic.com https:\/\/gaelaubrit.com http:\/\/www.joeyblake.com https:\/\/www.destaniwolf.com https:\/\/www.christianekaram.com http:\/\/www.rizumik.com\/ https:\/\/www.jaospina.com https:\/\/www.varijashree.com https:\/\/www.goussycelestin.com\/works  https:\/\/vocaltoning.net ","author_name":"Embodiment Matters Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/bodyhappy.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31329697\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/172092867"}