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Zuza Gonçalves
Sāo Paulo Brazil
Meet Zuza Gonçalves, the visionary co-creator behind the Música do Círculo project, the Circle Music Retreat Brazil, and the founder of Sampa Circlesongs. With over two decades of experience as a musician and artist educator, Zuza has been at the forefront of pioneering collective music experiences.
As an esteemed educator at the Sesc Vila Mariana Music Center and a member of the faculty for Bobby McFerrin’s Circlesongs Workshop at the prestigious Omega Institute in New York, Zuza brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the IFNL retreat. Drawing on the principles of Música do Círculo, he will guide us through an immersive journey of collective singing, fostering a space where voices unite and resonate in shared musical expression.
Zuza’s unique approach empowers participants to not only sing together but also to sing for each other, creating a transformative and interconnected musical experience. Join us at IFNL as we embrace the transformative power of music with Zuza Gonçalves as one of the teachers, where the joy of communal singing becomes a celebration of shared expression and connection.
Nick Demeris
New York, USA
Nick Demeris is a two time TEDx participant (speaker and host), actor, singer, and facilitator of community building through music, turning audiences into orchestras all around the globe.
In his fourth year as a singer, creator, and teaching artist at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Nick works with master musicians, Public School teachers, aspiring artists, and young people in the juvenile justice system, to improvise, write, produce, and record original music: National Youth Orchestra (USA), Boston Children’s Chorus, Commedia Dell’Opera – OTOYOTOY, ITAC 4, Future Music Project, and member of Moving Star Ensemble.
Nick travels the globe performing original music and teaching #humaninstruments workshops at retreats and conferences internationally. In the last three years alone he has toured this work to China, Thailand, Guatemala, Australia, Canada, Mexico, India, Denmark, Portugal, Hawaii, Colombia, Germany, and all across the U.S.
He has worked with Carnegie Hall, UNICEF, Target, Apple, Ogilvy & Mather, Spotify, Guild Mortgage, BGM (China), ITAC, Purpose Campaigns, Accept Email, the Big Quiet, 100kin10, the University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, Illinois State University, Love the 88, Esalen Institute, the Omega Institute, the World Social Forum (Montreal), Mixed Blood Theatre, Arena Stage, Shakespeare & Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Sydney Children’s Hospital (Australia) and Sesame Street (HBO).
Kees Kool
Arnhem, Nederland
Kees Kool is an experienced and gifted improviser. He started to improvise after meeting Bobby McFerrin in Omega 2005 He has gives workshops in Amerika, Germany, Italy, Ukraine and is a guest teacher at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Performing in the moment is what he loves, and loves to share.
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