Voice Behind the Scenes - vocal workshop for a young singer

Adam Czapla i Kasia K8 Rościńska po raz drugi wspólnie dla młodych wokalistów.

This is a duo who have spent "hectoseconds" talking about the voice, dozens of joint educational trips in Poland and abroad, collaboration on television programs such as the The Voice series, and stage and vocal cooperation. In everyday life they are friends.

If you are between 13 and 20 years old, you sing and want to develop broadly and holistically in your singing — this invitation is for you.

Our greatest assets are multitasking and a coherent vision of working with the voice — we are vocal coaches with many years of experience and at the same time active singers working successfully in the music industry. We have collaborated with some of the biggest stars of the Polish music scene, well-known producers and record labels (more about us at the end in the bio).

We join forces to invite you to an extraordinary, intimate weekend with the voice. 'Voice Behind the Scenes' and literally in the kitchen. To maintain an individual approach to each participant and a maximally practical character of the meeting, this invitation is addressed to only 10 people aged 13 and up.

The whole event will take place in truly homely conditions at my vocal studio near Warsaw.

The workshop will concern the integration of body, voice and emotions. This is an invitation to look broadly at cause-and-effect and dependencies that govern the voice, while combining vocal training with performing songs and stage practice.

Each participant will work in a group and in individual lessons observed by the rest of the group in small subgroups of a maximum of 5 people.

• free body and breath as the foundation of a healthy voice
• the nervous system and its influence on the body and voice; a sense of safety as the basis for truly speaking up
• a stable and free vocal tract as the basis for good resonance
• resonance - the source of healthy vocal power
• expressive voice - what is it really?
• feeling and style - what a vocalist needs to truly be themselves and sing with an authentic voice, regardless of musical genre
• repertoire, i.e. a song tailored to you; how and what to 'dress' your voice in
• correct English pronunciation and its connection to style
• spontaneity and vocal creativity - musical play with sound within a shared jam session

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE MAY 16-17

• (Saturday)
• 10:00-10:15 - arrival of participants
• 10:15-14:00 - block I
• 14:00-16:00 - lunch break (shared lunch of participants with the leaders on site)
• 16:00-19:00 - block II
• 19:15 - collection of participants by guardians
• (Sunday)
• 10:00-10:15 - arrival of participants
• 10:15-14:00 - block I
• 14:00-15:30 - lunch break (shared lunch of participants with the leaders on site)
• 15:30-17:30 - block II
• 17:45 - collection of participants by guardians

Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance.

DEAR GUARDIANS - during our workshops we recommend rest and sightseeing of spring Warsaw :) We will provide healthy snacks, drinks and lunch for participants; just bring them at the designated start times and pick them up at the end according to the workshop schedule.

Do you have additional questions, want to sign up?
Write to warsztatyac@gmail.com (in the email subject please write: participant's name and surname, 'Głos od kuchni 16-17 maja')

WORKSHOP PRICE: 1300 zł includes:

• 13 hours of vocal practice in a very intimate group with two leaders
• including guaranteed individual practice with each leader in subgroups of up to 5 people
• participant's certificate
• teaching materials
• a limited, elegant notebook 'Rozmyślnik'

CATERING: on site as part of the workshop we provide:

• healthy snacks, drinks during breaks
• two shared lunches of participants with the leaders

Payment for catering: 150 zł - payable in cash on site.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

• 500 zł - deposit payable within 3 days of confirming registration by email
• 800 zł - remaining amount payable by April 25

Bank details:
Adam Czapla Vocal Studio
Account number: 56 8741 0004 0080 5689 2000 0010

In the title please enter: 'Name and surname, Głos od kuchni 25-26 kwietnia'

After making the payment, please send confirmation to the email: warsztatac@gmail.com

- The deposit is non-refundable unless another person takes the place of the person canceling.
- In case of cancellation 10 days before the workshop date or less, 50% of the workshop price is refundable, unless another person takes the place of the person canceling.

Registration for the workshop is equivalent to acceptance of the above terms.

It is possible to issue an invoice for the workshop part. In that case please inform us when registering.

Who are we?

ADAM CZAPLA:

I know well what the inability to express oneself, a tight throat or blocked emotions are. From a young age I liked to sing — it gave me great joy. However, going on stage and speaking up, opening emotionally in front of people was torment and great stress. My adventure with the voice therefore began with searching for solutions for myself. I have been in the process for many years — it continues. During this time I have managed to travel an extraordinary journey into my own interior, to my voice. Understanding myself better, I began to share my experience with others — that's how my adventure as a voice coach began.

I studied voice at dozens of trainings, courses, conferences and workshops with specialists from around the world. Currently my vocal mentor is Austrian singing teacher and phoniatrist-ENT Dr. Hubert Noè. I look at the voice holistically, reaching out to collaborations with specialists from fields such as speech therapy, osteopathy, acoustics, psychology and phoniatrics.

I graduated specializing in Multimedia Techniques at the Faculty of Mechatronics of the Warsaw University of Technology. I also trained at the Krakow School of Jazz and Popular Music.

On my path so far I have had the opportunity to work with thousands of voices at various levels — from speakers, through amateur/hobby singers to well-known music artists.

I am co-author of the book 'Niezbędnik mojego głosu: o odzyskiwaniu wrażliwości na siebie i swój głos', published in 2024 by Ścieżki Mocy.

As a voice coach I had the pleasure of supporting and accompanying artists such as Roksana Węgiel, Viki Gabor, Sara James, Blanka, Stefano Terrazzino, Kuba Szmajkowski and Włodzimierz Dębowski (aka Paprodziad), as well as theatrical and musical artists.

As a vocalist and backing singer I have collaborated, among others, with Ania Karwan and Marta Gałuszewska.

Collaborating with labels such as Universal Music Polska and Warner Music Poland, I assisted on dozens of studio recordings and work on singles/albums both as a vocal coach and choir arranger and supporting vocalist.

You can hear my voice in the background of songs such as 'Zaskakuj Mnie' by Marcin Sójka or 'Forever and a night' by Viki Gabor.

As a vocal coach I worked on recordings of songs such as 'Superhero', 'Getaway', 'Ramię w Ramię' – Viki Gabor; 'Somebody' – Sara James; 'Solo' – Blanka.

I worked on nine editions of The Voice Kids and seven editions of The Voice Senior as a vocal coach and supporting vocalist, and also as a consultant supporting The Voice of Poland.

I was also a vocal consultant in preparing Polish representatives for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest (2018–2021 – including two winners of that contest) and the adult Eurovision (2023).

For years I was associated with the choir Sienna Gospel Choir and the formation Sienna Singers, with which I reached the semifinals of the ninth edition of Mam Talent.

Currently I actively sing, run individual training, voice rehabilitation, and travel around Poland conducting courses, workshops and trainings.

My meetings with thousands of voices show me that, more or less consciously, everyone is looking for the same thing — they want to express themselves through their voice, they want to speak up and be heard. Because everyone has a voice, but we have different access to it.

KASIA K8 ROŚCIŃSKA:

A vocalist, vocal coach, lyricist, backing singer, composer, music and vocal producer, pedagogue.

In her vocal activity she took part in several song festivals, accompanied artists on their albums, recorded duets, backing vocals, and participated in well-known musical projects such as Tribute to Michael Jackson, Tribute to George Michael, Tribute to Whitney Houston, U2 Symfonicznie and many others.

She released a solo album 'K8 o'clock'.

She has sung with, among others: Kuba Badach, Krzysztof Krawczyk, Stan Borys, Kayah, Peja, Mezo, Ten Typ Mes, Anna Jurksztowicz, Michał Urbaniak, Ania Karwan, Kasia Wilk, Audiofeels.

As a vocal coach she supports both active stage artists and beginners; she has worked with, among others, Natalia Kukulska, Kuba Badach, Ania Karwan, Edyta Górniak, Marcin Maciejczyk, Roksana Węgiel, Viki Gabor, Mateusz Damięcki.

She supports artists during vocal recordings as a vocal producer, consultant and reviewer.

She participated as a vocal coach, consultant and backing singer in ten editions of 'The Voice of Poland', in 'The Voice Senior', 'The 4 - Bitwa o sławę', the 3rd edition of 'Bitwa na głosy' and as a supporting consultant in 'The Voice Kids'.

For years she has offered individual consultations for singers, actors and everyone who wants to free and develop their voice.

She also runs many workshops on topics such as voice emission, English in singing, style in singing, how to free the voice, how to write lyrics in English, how to work in the studio.

She is co-author and co-creator (with Antoni Sobucki and Lidia Słoniewska, Daniel Moszczyński, Sąbułki Production) of a project helping children from orphanages to develop, called 'Wierzę w mój głos', funded by the Culture Support Fund, hoping to expand this activity nationwide.

In her work she focuses on voice physiology, the singer's psyche, precision of vocal work, but also looks holistically at the relationships between body and psyche. She uses knowledge from physiology, physiotherapy, speech therapy, osteopathy, linguistics and psychology.

Professional motto: 'You don't set the voice, you free the voice.'