PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY --- Gavin Frank  

My journey with music began at the age of 10 when I took up the piano. I then went on to sing in my local church choir as a boy treble.
This gave me an opportunity to sing in awe-inspiring buildings such as Westminster Abbey and York Minster, which had a profound impact on me spiritually.

My musical training continued throughout my childhood and I went on to study a music degree at Colchester where free composition and performance were my main options. During my life as a student I became interested in meditation and personal development and this began to feed into my everyday life, forcing me to face up to the reality that the classical music world was not for me.

I moved up to Scotland and became interested in using music and sound as a source for healing. Then, after a two-year period of travelling around the world, living in community, and exploring the freedom of improvisation and street performance, I realised I needed more structure in my life.

This led me to working with Chloe Goodchild. Chloe showed me a very powerful and groundbreaking way of working with the voice. I have been studying with her for 9 years and have completed the "Naked Voice" and "Facilitator" trainings and am now an accredited "Naked Voice Introductory Teacher". This work has brought about great change in my life, and enabled me to access depths within me I never knew existed. I feel so grateful to be working with the voice in such a profound and creative way.

I have had the privilege of working with many people from all walks of life for the last 9 years and I'm particularly inspired by the uniqueness of each voice i encounter. I encourage individuals to breath, take time, listen to their heart, challenge themselves; always reminding them of the deep listening field which enables them to befriend, embody and express their heart's longing through the medium of sound and body.

Participants experience simple tools that support and enable them to develop and deepen their relationship with their voice, and are encouraged to cultivate a sustaining, nourishing practice. I facilitate with humor, integrity, spontaneity, and passion and offer a safe space for the exploration of authentic sound.

I also perform in an eclectic musical duo called MADRUM (www.madrum.com).  We have just released our debut CD "SOMA" (see www.myspace.com/somacd )