Join musician and researcher margomool for a collective reflection on what vocal embodiment means for queer and trans+ communities. Earlier this year, margomool led Queering the Voice at QUEERCIRCLE, a course that welcomed both professional and non-professional queer and trans+ voice users from diverse backgrounds. From this gathering, and through workshops with Trans Chorus, the Embodied Voice podcast has emerged.
This October we are releasing the three-part series, exploring how embodied vocalising can serve as a practice of collective healing and co-regulation. margomool will be joined by Nishma Jethwa of Healing Justice and course participant Lou Robbin for a conversation on how vocal somatics can nurture sustainable, community-centred spaces that support political and liberatory movements.
margomool (they/them) is a vocalist, facilitator, producer and researcher based in Lewisham exploring how music can be used as a tool for generating body autonomy and belonging. Over the past eight years, they have worked across the UK and Europe, specialising in supporting people who are queer, trans+, disabled, chronically ill and or neurodivergent to use their voice as a creative regulatory tool. In 2023, margo founded Trans Chorus - a vocal exploration space where trans+ folks can experience their voice in community and outside of gendered expectations.
Nishma (she/her/they/them) is Movement Medicine Programme Senior Lead at Healing Justice Ldn. Nishma has been a facilitator, educator and organiser for the last 10 years, working in movements and communities to transform oppressive structures. She is originally from London with roots and community in Gujarat and Mumbai. Over the course of her career, Nishma has worked within and at the intersections of digital rights, gender justice, labour rights, antiracism, generative conflict, transformative justice and community accountability.
Lou Robbin is a multidisciplinary artist and wellbeing practitioner interested in creative writing, performance, sound, and producing innovative projects and events. Centering care at the core of their work, Lou uses creative play to explore themes such as personal and structural change, mental health difficulties, otherness, and togetherness.