Welcome to Orchard of Pomegranates!
About OoP:
“As an independent artist of many years, I know how lonely our individual processes can feel. How lost we can get inside ourselves when we’re dreaming up a new work. I wanted to make a space that is not ‘goal-oriented, but rather, practice-focused. Where we can show up tangled and imperfect and work through our own creative processes while witnessing others’ as well”
~Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Orchard of Pomegranates Founder
Orchard of Pomegranates is a creative lab where artists gather on-line and in-person to grow their artistic potential.
Whether you’re looking for one-on-one mentorship or vocal coaching, seeking a community of like-minded creatives or desiring new tools for your songwriting, vocal improvisation and Deep Listening – this is the place for you!
Look at our calendar to find out about our monthly online offerings, seasonal in-person retreats, masterclasses and concerts and check out the works we produce on the Orchard of Pomegranates label!
About OoP’s Founder - Ayelet Rose Gottlieb:
Ayelet’s story is an intricate one, interwoven with stories of immigration, collaboration and creation. Born in Jerusalem, this Montréal-based artist is a composer, improviser, performer, dreamactivist and Deep-Listener. She is a mother to three small children and to eleven albums as a band-leader or co-leader. Among her many collaborators are composer John Zorn, ETHEL string quartet, dancer-vocalist Susanna Hood and Palestinian poet Naomi Shihab Nye.
A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Ayelet is certified in Jeannie Lovetri’s Somatic Voicework™, The Lovetri Method. She is also a Deep Listening practitioner, certified by Pauline Oliveros’ Center for Deep Listening. Aside from her work as a musician and mentor, Ayelet engages in video-editing, hand-drawing animations, painting, collaging, poetry writing and translation (Hebrew-English).
For more info, please visit www.ayeletrose.com
Some of our inspirations:
What is the difference between hearing and listening? Can you imagine listening beyond the edge of your own imagination?
Jazz is a music that combines so many opposites - and once you find that balance, then you have a guideline - between freedom and discipline, between rhythm and melody, between body and spirit, between mind and instinct.
We can’t teach somebody else to sing. They have to teach themselves to sing. All we can do is point out the shortest road to Rome. And there’s more than one way to go.
