Artwork by Isabel Camps
Singing Without Sheet Music: Voice, Breath and Improvisation in the forest of Eben Ezer
Saturday 22 August 2026 | Moulin du Broukay, Eben-Emael (BE)
Two choirs, a community, one afternoon and a shared language that needs no words.
On Saturday 22 August, the L'Okapi Community comes together with two choirs from the Euregion: Ghanni Maastricht and Les Perles Noires from Liège. Together with everyone who feels like joining, we spend an afternoon exploring voice, breath, presence and collective improvisation.
No sheet music. No auditions. Just listening as the foundation.
What we do We begin with a vocal and body warm-up then we sing in the circle: improvising without notes, letting the sound emerge from what happens around us. Next, each choir teaches the other a song from its own repertoire. Those songs are performed live that same evening on the terrace, opening the festival programme.
After the workshop, we all sit down together for a community dinner.
Facilitators Charlotte Haesen, singer-songwriter, vocal coach and founder of L'Okapi Productions. She developed a methodology for experience-based workshops, grounded in Expressive Arts Therapy, positive psychology and peer-to-peer facilitation. Elisabeth Bonmariage, experience expert & conductor of Les Perles Noires since 2013 and music teacher. Her direction is built on mutual listening and musical precision, creating a space where every voice counts.
13:30 Arrival
13:45 – 16:00 Workshop
16:00 – 16:30 Sound check
16:30 – 17:30 Shared dinner
18:00 Concert on the terrace
Practical Free of charge, registration required. Open to all, 16 and up. No experience necessary.
Location: Moulin du Broukay, Eben-Emael (BE), 10 minutes from Maastricht and roughly 20 minutes by bike.
Register at aga@lokapimusic.nl with your name, telephone number, and whether you need transport from Maastricht.