Before you enter the studio, pick up the pen, the brush, the spade or sit at the piano, how do you prepare? Explore the foundations of artistic practice through breath, centering, movement and non-singing voice work. Be prepared to connect and to play.

Why and who? Expand creative possibilities through practices is at the heart of all artistic work. Cultivating Creative Practice is suitable for creatives of all stripes, including but not limited to singers, dancers, actors, visual artists and body and somatic workers.

Wear comfy clothes appropriate for movement. Participants can register online.

Misha Penton is a contemporary opera singer, artistic director, performance creator and writer. Her work explores the intersection of new music and new opera performance, voice-scape composition and bel canto and extended vocal techniques. She is the founder and artistic director of Divergence Vocal Theater, an ensemble dedicated to collaborative, boundary-pushing performances featuring opera, new music and multi-performing arts.

Penton's teaching and coaching work is informed by contemplative practices, yoga, classical voice technique and theater voice training. Her mentoring specialties focus on individual artistic development for all creatives, contemporary classical voice repertoire interpretation and voice exploration for singers and actors, professional strategies and personal image communication for performing artists, social media management, artist DIY public relations, and comprehensive creative project development from conception to fruition.