Chris Tonelli

Chris Tonelli is a soundsinger, improvising choir conductor, and philosopher and historian of vocal practices. His book Voices Found: Free Jazz and Singing provides a history of free jazz vocal and choral practices. He teaches music at the University of Groningen and has founded three improvising Vocal Exploration Choirs in Guelph, Ontario, St John’s, Newfoundland and Groningen, The Netherlands.

Improvisational Soundsinging – Groningen Choir

Where rehearsals are “confidence laboratories” and every improvisation is a safe space for reflecting sounds of the human experience.