Chloe Goodchild

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Chloe Goodchild
Occupation(s)Singer, author, educator
Instrument(s)Singing
Years active1976–present
Website thenakedvoice.com

Chloe Goodchild is a musician, performer, and recording artist.

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Education

Chloë Goodchild studied music, English and education at the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia from 1972 to 1976 and qualified as a music and English teacher.

Career

In the 1970s, Goodchild travelled in Africa, India, Turkey, Europe, USA and Canada. She was influenced by Anandamayi Ma. As a result, Goodchild developed a method of sound and voice, which in 1990 she named the Naked Voice. This combines Indian philosophy and classical music teachings with Japanese martial art movements.

Goodchild has worked with politicians, high-security prisoners, [1] Jerry Hall, [2] [ better source needed ] Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Close, and Angelo Badalamenti. [3] She has performed in several cities internationally, including New York in 2001, [4] Edinburgh, [5] [ dead link ] and Dublin in 2012. [6] As a composer, her music is on the soundtrack of Jane Campion's Holy Smoke! [7] [ better source needed ] and in a celebrity performance of The Vagina Monologues in Madison Square Garden. [4]

Goodchild's solo and compilation albums include Devi, Fierce Wisdom, A Thousand Ways of Light and the Grammy Award-nominated Sura. Goodchild and the Rumi poet, Coleman Barks, recorded two Rumi albums: There is Some Kiss We Want and The Glance. Goodchild has collaborated and recorded with composer John Tavener.

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References

  1. Moore, Wendy (11 February 2001). "Health: Singing lessens stress – From the Observer – The Observer". The Guardian.
  2. "Publicity". thenakedvoice.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014.
  3. "Pop Albums: 'There is no distance, irony or even anger in Smith's responses here, and the overly indulgent lament for Kurt Cobain -". The Independent.
  4. 1 2 "Female Musicians Join Anti-Violence Benefit". Billboard.
  5. "Fascinating and feminine". The Scotsman.
  6. "Unholy row over visas casts doubt on healing power of yoga festival". The Irish Independent. 22 July 2005.
  7. "Holy Smoke (1999)". IMDb.