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St. George’s is hosting a free YogaVoice workshop February 21 – 23, 2025. All are invited to participate. No previous experience with Yoga or singing required.
YogaVoice® is a personal transformation technology founded by opera singer and yoga teacher Mark Moliterno that helps you to find your deep, inner purpose and its clear expression. Time-honored yoga practices, yoga therapy techniques, and a wellness-based voice training method help you remove the obstacles that might be impeding your authentic voice. YogaVoice® training provides essential tools for cultivating an empowered voice in singing, public speaking, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
The YogaVoice® workshop, led by founder Mark Moliterno, takes place on:
- Friday, February 21, 7 pm – 9 pm: Introductory Lecture – How Yoga breathing and simple postures can improve singing, speaking, and overall health
- Saturday, February 22, 9:30 am – 4 pm: Yoga breathing and stretching techniques, finding your authentic voice, building a YogaVoice® practice
- Sunday, February 23, 1:30 pm – 4 pm: YogaVoice® review and group phonation practice, singing in large and small groups
For more information about YogaVoice®, visit their website.
To sign up, click here.
About Mark Moliterno:
Mark Moliterno, MM, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, YACEP, POLY, is an award-winning professional opera singer, voice teacher, yoga teacher/educator, IAYT-certified Yoga Therapist, workshop leader, and author. He is considered a thought-leader in the area of 21st Century vocal technology, a master teacher of both singing and classical yoga, and a specialist in helping people understand and connect to their authentic voices.
Mark holds the BM and MM degrees in Voice and Opera from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where his teacher and mentor was the famous vocal pedagogue, Richard Miller. His extensive performing career has taken him to many countries in a variety of leading operatic roles and as a concert soloist and recitalist.
Since 2009, Mark has also refined his gifts and skills as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. He is the Creator and Founding Partner of YogaVoice®, a unique personal transformation technology that combines several traditions of Yoga with Systematic Voice Technique, to develop authenticity and wellness in the art of singing and personal communication. A sought-after clinician, he presents YogaVoice® workshops internationally at professional conferences and gatherings.
Mark has published articles in YogaLiving Magazine and The Journal of Singing. He is a co-author of The Musician’s Being and The Musician’s Breath, and is the author and featured instructor of The Musician’s Breath Yoga DVD. He will be a featured author in an Oxford University Press book on 21st Century Vocal Pedagogy, due in early 2025.
Mark Moliterno was the recipient of the prestigious Patrick D Kenan Award for Vocal Health and Wellness from the Duke Voice Care Center (2019). He is a member of the Part-Time Faculty at The New School College of Performing Arts in New York City and maintains private voice and yoga therapy studios in New Jersey, New York City, eastern Pennsylvania, and remotely.
May we turn away
After being asked to consider becoming a candidate for vestry, I quickly realized that “yes” was the right answer. St. George’s has given me so many opportunities of spiritual growth. I fondly recall my time in “Pilgrim’s Class,” and the lovely challenges of EfM. We, at St. George’s are gifted weekly with extraordinary sermons, music, and formation gatherings. And then there are service opportunities like Monday Night Dinners and the Table that open our hearts and make us beloved community. If elected, I would be honored to support our current ministries, and to help to envision our future ones.
I moved to Fredericksburg 8 years ago and joined St. George’s about the same time. I was invited to St. George’s by friends who were members in the same /shared Episcopal community in Germany for many years. In that community I had the opportunity to serve in various roles on both the Parish Council and with the Bishop of the Armed Forces umbrella. Those experiences along with vestry memberships in 2 congregations in MD instilled a sense of community contribution and involvement in serving and increased partnership wherever you are” planted”.
I have not previously considered the Vestry because I felt I still was new to the Episcopal faith and the specific church. However, now that I have attended St. George’s for almost 7 years, and I have put down roots here in the area, I feel compelled to off er my time and insight to the church body. I have strong views on what I feel church should be in my 49 year old mind, and I look forward to finding out if that can be a reality.
I am a truly blessed individual and feel the need to share these blessings with others. My wife and I have found a home at St Georges. I would like to apply my experience to enhance the church’s effort to reach out and serve the broader community. I have been in leadership roles and have learned that leadership must also be performed with compassion. It is important to me that I practice the open acceptance and love for all individuals that I see at St. Georges.
The mission of the Episcopal Church, as stated in the Book of Common Prayer, speaks to my heart as it calls us “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” In step with that mission, I want to serve within my local community by supporting the creation & maintenance of community that is loving, liberating, and builds life-giving relationships with God, with each other, and with the earth. I feel called to lend my administrative gifts and energy toward supporting, aligning, and sustaining our local St. Georgian ministries with this mission
St. George’s beloved historic graveyard has recently received some much needed TLC. Recently, we had a special Graveyard Care Day to clean our historic stones. We have also been working with an expert in stone care and preservation to provide some additional care.
Calling in the Experts
St. George’s Episcopal Church will offer a free concert of Scary Music for Organ on Saturday, October 28 at 7:30 pm, featuring The Organists of St. George’s (Trystan Bennett, Brooks Kuykendall, Achim Loch, and John Vreeland).