Romana Alarcón
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
ARCHETYPE: Mother. Grounded voice devotee. Nourishing and life protector. Body caretaker.
PERSONAL JOURNEY: My name is Romana Alarcón, and my arrival in the world of voice was by chance, a chance that today makes me sure of what I came to this life for. For this, I have experienced that, by uniting corporal and vocal techniques and methodologies with emotions, the voice reaches a vibrational point where everything is possible: the change and liberation of the one who sings or emits the sound and the openness and receptivity of the listener.
I was born in 1976 in Ceuta, Spain, and raised in Tetuan, Morocco. I started singing in the church choir. Soon, the music teacher talked my parents into studying singing because I had an amazingly accurate tuning. While soaking up the culture, I began studying music and the body.
When I was thirteen, I moved to Málaga, Spain, in 1989. There, I studied at a music school, where I was taught to breathe and strengthen my diaphragm. Two years later, I passed the exams and entered the music conservatory.
I always wanted to be a nun until I understood I could serve others without being one. Life gave me the opportunity to work for ten years with HIV patients. In 1999, I graduated in pedagogy.
In 2000, my steps took me to Senegal to learn traditional songs from different teachers. Thanks to this long learning journey, I gained a deep understanding of the body and its relationship with different musical styles. This knowledge brings richness, connection, and freedom to everything I express when I sing. My influences are Arabic, Flemish, Lithic and African.
In 2004, when I was living in Madrid, I sold my car, bought a van, took my dog and my music, and moved to Ibiza without knowing anyone. To this day, I still live on this wonderful island.
Thanks to my ability to bring, share, and connect my voice to different areas and styles, my creations and collaborations can be part of different types of performances, rituals, and musical styles. Among my collaborations stand out Heart Ibiza by Cirque du Soleil, flamenco shows with the Teresa Rojas company, events by the Ritual Ibiza production company, and creations with Bedouin, Paax Tulum, Be.lanuit, and John Kintar.
My other passion is my work as a vocal instrument luthier. In this role, I facilitate and coach singers, dancers, actors, and people with vocal pathologies, assisting them in their preparation, recovery, improvement, and staging.
In 2005, sacred medicines appeared in my life through my friends. Four years later, in 2009, I put myself at the service for the first time in a ceremony guided by Dr. Josep Maria Fábregas. It was then that I realised that I could be of service and sing –my two great loves. These two, along with being a mother, make me live the clarity of what I came to do in this world, in this life.
I love singing for others and being able to care for them and accompany them with my songs and my presence. I truly feel that my singing is medicine. When I am present at a ceremony, I can feel what the person needs and how I can shed light with my voice in those moments of darkness that they are experiencing.
ROLE: Guardian and musician of sacred ceremony space.
PERSONAL JOURNEY: My name is Romana Alarcón, and my arrival in the world of voice was by chance, a chance that today makes me sure of what I came to this life for. For this, I have experienced that, by uniting corporal and vocal techniques and methodologies with emotions, the voice reaches a vibrational point where everything is possible: the change and liberation of the one who sings or emits the sound and the openness and receptivity of the listener.
I was born in 1976 in Ceuta, Spain, and raised in Tetuan, Morocco. I started singing in the church choir. Soon, the music teacher talked my parents into studying singing because I had an amazingly accurate tuning. While soaking up the culture, I began studying music and the body.
When I was thirteen, I moved to Málaga, Spain, in 1989. There, I studied at a music school, where I was taught to breathe and strengthen my diaphragm. Two years later, I passed the exams and entered the music conservatory.
I always wanted to be a nun until I understood I could serve others without being one. Life gave me the opportunity to work for ten years with HIV patients. In 1999, I graduated in pedagogy.
In 2000, my steps took me to Senegal to learn traditional songs from different teachers. Thanks to this long learning journey, I gained a deep understanding of the body and its relationship with different musical styles. This knowledge brings richness, connection, and freedom to everything I express when I sing. My influences are Arabic, Flemish, Lithic and African.
In 2004, when I was living in Madrid, I sold my car, bought a van, took my dog and my music, and moved to Ibiza without knowing anyone. To this day, I still live on this wonderful island.
Thanks to my ability to bring, share, and connect my voice to different areas and styles, my creations and collaborations can be part of different types of performances, rituals, and musical styles. Among my collaborations stand out Heart Ibiza by Cirque du Soleil, flamenco shows with the Teresa Rojas company, events by the Ritual Ibiza production company, and creations with Bedouin, Paax Tulum, Be.lanuit, and John Kintar.
My other passion is my work as a vocal instrument luthier. In this role, I facilitate and coach singers, dancers, actors, and people with vocal pathologies, assisting them in their preparation, recovery, improvement, and staging.
In 2005, sacred medicines appeared in my life through my friends. Four years later, in 2009, I put myself at the service for the first time in a ceremony guided by Dr. Josep Maria Fábregas. It was then that I realised that I could be of service and sing –my two great loves. These two, along with being a mother, make me live the clarity of what I came to do in this world, in this life.
I love singing for others and being able to care for them and accompany them with my songs and my presence. I truly feel that my singing is medicine. When I am present at a ceremony, I can feel what the person needs and how I can shed light with my voice in those moments of darkness that they are experiencing.
ROLE: Guardian and musician of sacred ceremony space.