Exploring the spaces between life and music

Exploring the spaces between life and music.
An embodied practice exploring the relationships between land, body, improvised voice, movement, rhythm, co-creation and responsive scores and ritual.

About

The Musical Body brings together body, breath, voice, rhythm, music, imagination, our living environment/land within and around us and intention in a living, co-creative practice. Drawing on vocal improvisation, movement, listening, experiential education and musical forms and relational practices, extended vocal techniques, and responsive ritual, participants explore voice in relationship to life itself.

Held in small groups, the practice invites deep listening — inwardly, relationally, and toward place and people — attuning to what wants to emerge. It centeres shared presence, responsiveness, and music-making as a living, relational process.

Camps & Immersions.

The Musical Body comes alive through intimate camps and immersive experiences for small groups of 6–12 participants. These gatherings are playful, spacious, and deeply experiential — shaped by the people, the land, and the moment.

Core practices include:

  • Embodied voice and rhythm

  • Movement and vocal improvisation

  • Experiential musical structures and co-creative emergent ritual

  • Play, presence, and relationship in the here and now

Upcoming

2026

July NSW Immersion 6-9

September The Musical Body Camp

Past

2026 April. The Musical Body Camp. Guest Facilitator Moe Clark.

2026 January. The Musical Body Camp. Guest Facilitator Ria Soemardjo

2025 September The first - The Musical Body Camp. With Guest Facilitator Chiara Cortez.

2023 After giving birth to her son, Charlotte began inviting guest facilitators so she could continue offering longer residential camps. The vision was to delegate parts of The Musical Body program to aligned facilitators (sharing key modalities or teachers), creating a balance between teaching and time with her son across one–two week camps.

Plans made to begin a year long immersion and facilitator esque type training through The Musical Body Process.

2022 Charlotte does an Australian tour leading Taketina and The Musical Body in Warrnambool, Fremantle, Bermagui and NSW.

2019 More retreats and workshops in Melbourne and The Singing Shack. And Charlotte completes her Taketina teacher training.

2013 + 2017 All The Way In studies with Rhiannon

2011-2023 Charlotte leads improvised singing and movement workshops in NSW and Victoria

2011 Embodied Voice weekly classes and retreats led in Melbourne and Newham as 4-5 day residential and 2-3 hour a week for 8 weeks series. The Singing Shack open for business and leading camps and retreats in nature and studio staying close to Mount JimJim between Cobaw and Macedon Ranges

2010 Tamalpa Life/Art Process Studies and registration with ISMETA as practitioner and Somatic Educator/Therapist

2006-2017 Charlotte teaches music, movement, outdoor education, camps, before and after school, works as a CRT, music teacher in schools, leads drumming workshops.

2006 Charlotte studied Experiential Education, Nature Education and specialised in body based music, drumming, creative movement and creative singing, vocal play and group song-writing leadership with groups which she brought to camps and leadership programs

2003-2009 Charlotte spent time volunteering and facilitating groups and studying experiential education approaches to dance therapy and play in Costa Rica, Peru and Chile then completed Dance Therapy studies in Australia

2001 Charlotte attended Discovery for Teens camp and decided she wanted to develop camps / facilitate as her life passion and contribution to the community

1990 Charlotte started meeting with her favourite tree on Wurundjeri land, Newham, Macedon Ranges, listening and singing with

Who It’s For

Shower singers, seasoned improvisers, artists, teachers, facilitators, and anyone curious about voice, embodiment, and co-creation. No experience is required — just curiosity, openness, and a willingness to listen, move, and play.

The Musical Body Camp

  • "An experience of deep listening - to myself, to others, and to something larger moving through us.”

    Prue

  • “Playful, grounding, and profoundly alive. My relationship to voice has completely shifted.”

    Rachel

  • "Every detail was thoughtfully executed. I felt so welcome even though I thought I wasn't creative/couldn't sing"

    -Sara

  • A deep, nurturing and playful space

    Charlotte holds a deep, nurturing and playful space for everyone to find their voice. This isn't just about singing though, it's about innovation and creative flow. Working with a group to find flow together, safely challenging yourself to unleash more joy. I have been improvising with Charlotte for about 4 months now and I absolutely love it! (Kiri)

  • Has been invaluable to me both personally and professionally

    I have had the absolute privilege to collaborate with and be mentored by the beautiful Charlotte Roberts. As a musician, Charlotte's guidance and tailored improvisational approach has been invaluable to me both personally and professionally. I had the pleasure of observing and collaborating with Charlotte in her 'Embodying Voice' course as part of 'The Musical Body' work, where she supported the integration of my instrumental music seamlessly, providing and enjoyable, safe space for myself and her group participants. Charlotte's facilitation of vocal improvisation work is so refreshing for me as a singer/songwriter; she has enabled me to gain inspiration for songwriting/music making from the every day experience. She has a true knack for spontaneity, and drawing themes and ideas from basic concepts, and has equipped me with tools around presence, belief and healing through my music. I truly feel Charlotte's work is essential for the beginner through to the professional musician, and could be further applied in the educational, therapeutic and in diverse community settings. I would encourage anyone out there who is wanting to get in touch with their true inner creative nature to consider working with the captivating, gentle, loving, warm, quirky and fun, Charlotte Roberts! (Liana)


  • Fun and playful techniques for singing, listening and creating together

    The Musical Body is my favourite way to spend a Wednesday night. In a supportive environment, we learn fun and playful techniques for singing, listening and creating together. Lottie's facilitation style encourages everyone to participate and grow. Come play! (Nina)

  • Rich rhythms emerge, incredibly moving sound is created, hilarious moments, songs are invented, beautiful story telling

    Charlotte meets us in each session with a sense of preparation rich in idea and imagery. I love her way of holding space for us, so supportive. She brings structure, ease and flexibility and is deeply responsive as we enter via the body and voice work into a thrilling space. Here anything can happen, rich rhythms emerge, incredibly moving sound is created, hilarious moments, songs are invented, beautiful story telling.... when a non singer friend of mine finally got herself to a circle singing session I'd been recommending for ages, she said "oh my god it was so much fun, playing, I loved it, I'm hooked now, why didn't you tell me ...." I said I did, I did!! We shouldn't keep this stuff to ourselves it's soooo good (Lindy)

  • I felt nourished, re-connected to my intuitive sound, playful and energised!

    I LOVED my experience of The Musical Body! Charlotte has a beautiful way of guiding an emergent space with thoughtful prompts and gentle suggestions for group involvement and interaction. It was an honour to bring my Tea Ceremony into the space, creating space to sit in stillness and silence before exploring through movement and sound. I felt nourished, re-connected to my intuitive sound, playful and energised! Thank you, Charlotte! (LindZee)

  • Brilliant at her work, 100% recommend without any second thoughts! (Nargis)

  • Heartfelt

    What a beautiful, heartfelt and inspiring weekend. I felt I got to express my uniqueness within a group, were we held each others differences and desires through sound. What wondrous delight! (Amber)

  • Playful, ecstatic, inclusive

    This was an experience which brought me many times to a deep, full place of appreciation. It reminded me of what a joy it is to be alive by putting me right in the middle of the blissful peace, happiness, enthusiasm and well-being which exists within us all. Playful, ecstatic, inclusive. Charlotte Roberts is a magical person, a rare and precious genius. (William)

  • Bodies and their surrounds, the country and the earth

    Charlotte is a gifted improviser, musician and facilitator. She is passionate and dedicated to encouraging people to connect to their bodies and their surrounds, the country and the earth. It was a joy to be in my body, sounding and singing in connection with other people. (Jacinta)

  • Nourishing and easeful

    Charlotte has a wonderful intuitive approach to encouraging and guiding our bodies to move and make sounds together. It’s really nourishing and easeful. I am so grateful to be able to explore and discover my voice in this way. (Jane)

  • Explore my voice and movements of my body

    Charlotte with her respectful and stimulating way makes me feel comfortable to explore my voice and movements of my body. I love the exercises in the class and how she conducts them. A great professional. (Tiago)

  • Joy, connection and creative flow

    Charlotte is a dynamic and passionate teacher who has a deep commitment to exploring and sharing her gifts and experience in the musical and embodiment realms. She has a wonderful capacity to inspire joy, connection and creative flow in her work. Highly recommended! (Andy)

The Musical Body

Australian Community

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Led by Charlotte Roberts

Charlotte Roberts is a facilitator, vocal artist, composer, mentor, and mother with over 20 years’ experience guiding people in body, voice, music, and co-creative process. Her approach is warm, intuitive, and grounded, supporting participants to trust their own musical intelligence and explore voice as a living, relational practice.

Australian Vocal Improvisation & Body-Music Network & Community

I have a vision for a steady regularity of vocal Improvisation & Body-Music happenings, communities, gatherings, classes, & festivals that are steeped in listening, play & co-creation throughout Australia.

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Global Vocal Improvisation Network

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Contact

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