Amatista Saavedra Lizama

Chile

I am an actress and also do voice acting. My vocal journey begins from a feeling of breaking, from a crack, and from the pain of feeling that my voice can’t deliver anymore. With much dedication and time, I have managed to transform my crack into gold, like the Japanese art of repairing “kintsugi.” It gave the courage to dive deeply into vocal exploration, into singing, into that feeling of discomfort that has healed my soul. Beyond seeking perfection or shining, I seek new forms of expression. However, I feel that in order to truly validate myself and follow the processes I want to implement, I require greater knowledge and a closer approach to voice as the main creative engine. I am confident that by putting voice and sound into practice, narratives and discourses can be created, even surpass the logical sense of things. Sound is, for me, one of the purest expressions, as it ends up creating meaning in everything without intending to signify anything.

Andrea Torres Novoa

México

I am Mexican but I live in Terrassa, a quiet city in Catalonia. I came here to study classical music, I studied classical guitar performance, then I studied music therapy. Finally, I trained as a Gestalt therapist. My experience giving birth was a gift from life where I could experiment with my voice, crossing the emotional thresholds that appeared and becoming more and more of a channel and give way to life. It was an experience of surrender. The voice also made the pain quite tolerable, allowing me to have a natural birth. And this experience, in which I experienced the voice in an intuitive and also instinctive way, has opened up an entirely new dimension for me that I was previously unaware of and in which I want to continue delving deeper.My most significant vocal desires are: to continue exploring my own voice, healing and creating through the voice, as well as to keep deepening as a health professional in this wonderful resource, and to feel more equipped to offer it in the therapeutic context.

Barbara Muñoz Morales

Chile

I dream that my voice and that of the children of Patagonia will spread to the world as a tool for healing and peace. I am a psychologist and a persistent singer, I have been independently trained in this art since I was little… We live with my children in Palena, in a Patagonian natural paradise, where distance and climate are factors that keep the community away from art, which is why I have been developing “My voice expands in Patagonia” for the past three years. I have been developing this methodology that combines psychology and singing for two years, but the challenges here are enormous and require greater management. In the choir, I accompany children from 7 to 18 years old, all in the same group, some boarders, others in residences. Some live in the countryside and speak very little, others need to talk and express a lot… and what I know, I have learned by searching, knocking on doors… At times, I feel like I’m running out of ways to continue collaborating and supporting their learning because I don’t quite know how to develop my own. That’s what I dream of, that’s what I’m looking for…

Belén Alejandra Álvarez

Chile

I feel that the search for what we say and how we say it modifies the listener. I am currently enrolled in a special bachelor’s program in the arts, and the research I am conducting as part of my thesis process is based on how radio and artistic work can be interconnected and explore vocal possibilities that allow for interactions and informative strategies towards those who listen, how to make the information conveyed have an urgent yet gentle character. That is why I would like to take the Rumbos course, which, as you say, awakens oral wisdom that has a lot of ancestral power and enhances this concern about emotional resilience.

Camila Arcos Larrain

Chile

In over 12 years of professional experience, I have dedicated myself to therapeutic work, early childhood education, mainly in rural contexts, and community cultural management. Five years ago, I became part of the Community Cultural Organization declared a Cultural Point in 2023 by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage. My most significant vocal desires revolve around cultivating my path as a communicator, therapist, and person who enjoys singing and exploring their voice. The more I delve into my sound, the more I feel I secure my steps in life, connect with who I am, and at the same time, feel that I contribute to the lives of others.

Cintia Vasquez

Argentina

I am a singer, actress, musician, and vocal training teacher for theater and singing at the National University of the Center of Buenos Aires Province. As a researcher, I study the relationship between listening, aurality, and voice on stage. My most significant vocal desires involve guiding creative work towards an organic, sensitive, situated place, conscious of the decisions an artist makes about their work. That is why I work on the sensitive critique of the sonic regimes we inhabit in each culture. I would like to take the course to enrich myself with other experiences, in other territories, with trained instructors.

Claudio Silva Rey

Chile

I have drawn inspiration for my singing from everywhere.

Every day I wake up thinking about vocal arts,

And the various vocal masters who have taught me classical or popular styles:

Cueca, waltz, tango, and bolero.

I remember fondly imitating Gardel at El Colón theater in Argentina.

How wonderful to become a professional song bird!

And to keep learning, to overcome obstacles.

Esperanza Ulloa

Chile

Since I was a child, I have liked singing. My first memory is that my grandmother Irís told me I sang “Pim pom is a doll” when I was three years old, and I was already quite in tune back then. Music helped me overcome family difficulties, issues of abandonment, and it also made me love myself a little more… I felt that I had a gift, which was singing. Then I studied musicology and pedagogy, as I felt that I didn’t just want to be a singer, but also to share with many people who couldn’t afford to study music. As a teacher, what I have enjoyed the most is working with people with intellectual disabilities, as I feel it is an overlooked segment that has many creative possibilities and who greatly enjoy music. The interest I have in studying with Rumbos is to combine the musical and interpretative aspects, one of the shortcomings I have when it comes to the stage. The method used, I believe, could be therapeutic for me and for teaching music to other people.

Javiera Carrasco

Chile

I started studying theater in 2020 during the pandemic, and I became interested in singing. I was always terrified of singing, just the thought of it made my hands tremble and my heart race. I took singing lessons, but the problem wasn’t my voice; I knew my voice was fine. The problem was that I was afraid to do it in front of people. In April 2023, I had a car accident that left my body with limited mobility due to pain, so only my voice remained, and theater pushed me to explore it. The knowledge you could provide me is invaluable. Internalizing different vocal methodologies is what I need in order to later share voice knowledge to others.

Maria Isabel Ortega

Chile

I have sung since I was a child, but I have always heard negative things about my voice because, being so young, I had a very deep voice, which was unusual. I have always been in search of my true voice, because with the harsh words I was told at some point, I have never freed my voice. I have been covering it up with a false voice that I feel isn’t mine, but rather the one others want it to be. I already took the first step, which is to recognize and accept what has happened to me throughout my life, but now I need to work on it, on my voice…

Maria José Parga

Chile

I am a woman, a mother, a performing artist, and a teacher. My research on the infinite relationships between voice and body, between sound and movement, has held a very significant place in my professional and artistic life. The classroom has been for me an unparalleled laboratory, in methodological and artistic terms. However, I believe it is time to give myself the opportunity to once again transcend my limits. It is time to renew knowledge, and even to “discipline intuition.” I also wish to re-explore my singing voice, as I have been fortunate enough to personally feel how it opens unexpected and intimate paths; delving deeper into this is a permanent desire, and I sense that your guidance will be precise and loving.

Nayelhy (Naye) Montaño

México

I am an actress and teacher, two roles that allow me to explore the connection between the body, the voice, and emotions. My greatest vocal desire is to continue my formal training in this area, not only to enrich my own vocal expression and authenticity but also to accompany others in their processes of self-discovery. I aspire for my voice to be an instrument that communicates with clarity, truth, and emotion, both on stage and in teaching.

Poly Nicole

Chile

I love singing and composing, and expressing myself through my voice. I am dedicated to the musical production of independent artists, and I am currently producing my own instrumental compositions. I have been writing lyrics for new songs and I would like to incorporate my voice into my creations for the first time. Five years ago, due to my absolute dedication to motherhood after giving birth to my children, I stopped making time for vocal exploration. Now that my children have grown up and are more independent, I finally have time to focus again on music creation. It’s a space that I miss a lot. My voice has transformed considerably during this period of time, and I would like to give it back the space it deserves.

Sebastian Baeza

Chile

I have kept a secret from the vast majority of those who know me: My greatest dream is still to sing. Despite growing up terrified of my voice, constantly hearing criticism about how it should sound, how much volume I should use, and even the ideas that accompanied my sound every time I opened my mouth. I know this because today I am a professional actor and during my university years, I managed to get rid of several ghosts around my voice; however, others still accompany me in the present. I dedicate myself to teaching 12th grade and I see how my students also fight a battle when it comes to making themselves heard, and I try to help them as best as I can with the tools I have to overcome their fear, and it is so comforting to see how they succeed. I want to know and inhabit the entire spectrum of my voice and trust, but that requires training and knowledge.