Anne Sophie Masson was born in France in 1974. She spent her childhood in Normandy. At 18 she left home with a percussion instrument, an accordion and her voice.
Self-taught, she began studying periodically with the Roy Hart Theatre in 1999. She worked with an Alès-based theatre company where she performed in several shows. She formed a company “Les Orifices” in 2000 and after that a sensual, humorous, duo – singing French songs – “Les Tzigales” which toured for ten years.
In 2013 she joined the recently created Roy Hart Teacher Training programme, participating in 7 10-day sessions over 3 years. At the same time she started to do some voice teaching. During this time she met a professional storyteller Olivier Sessa with whom she began to collaborate, first accompanying him with her voice and instruments, and then creating shows with him. She created her own solo musical story-telling performance.
In 2017 she inherited Astrid Julien’s barrel organ. She is currently an “intermittente du spectacle” or professional performer. She has been teaching voice and rhythm for the past few years. Improvisation is what she loves most. She plays the N’goni, the Darbouka, the diatonic accordion, and she makes her own musical instruments. For her there are as many voices as there are stars in the sky…
She teaches in French and English.
She has trained with the following Roy Hart Voice Teachers:
Saule Ryan, Carol Mendelsohn, David Goldsworthy, Marianne Le Tron.
Contact
E-mail: annesophiemasson@yahoo.fr
Website: www.cieboldair.fr