ABOUT CHARLIE
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ABOUT CHARLIE ***
Thank you for visiting Holistic Vocal Productions.
My name is Charlie Bonnin and I am excited to share with you my passion for singing. My journey into the world of singing began at the early age of 10 months old when I began matching pitch with my mom, and I have been singing ever since.
I come from a multi-generational family of singers, and musicians from both my mother’s and father’s sides of the family. So needless to say, I feel that music, particularly singing, is engrained in the fabric of my being. I began performing on stage at 6 six years old, and never stopped. I received my BFA from Emerson College in performing arts with a concentration in musical theater, and most recently played the role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, by Andrew Lloyd Weber.
My passion for teaching was cultivated while living in Hawaii, and volunteering at Kalani Oceanside Retreat, in 2008. I offered private lessons, and held weekly singing/harmonizing workshops. It was there that I discovered my talent for helping others discover and improve their voices.
So you may be asking, “What exactly is Holistic Voice? What does that have to do with healing wisdom, and how can that benefit me?”
I use the word holistic in the sense that I approach the development of the voice as it relates to the balance of the whole body, mind and spirit.Through my own training, experience and research, I have found that this way of vocal training to be a most effective way of truly connecting to the voice on the deepest levels. Instead of merely focusing on only the mechanics of singing, we learn to see how our thoughts and feelings also effect the health, quality, and use of the voice. By learning to sing, while cultivating inner awareness, we start to associate inner focused calm and wellbeing with singing, and speaking.