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Love your team

Team-building with ColLABorate may be the most important investment you'll make this year


Build your team
When your team works together on a fun, creative project they learn to recognize each other's strengths and build each other up. 
Increase productivity
Problem-solving as a team improves communication and trust which helps your employees and coworkers work more efficiently together.
Show your love 
By supporting your team with an engaging and exciting group activity, you foster a culture of appreciation which boosts morale throughout the office.

ColLABorate is a creative, musical team building experience that utilizes design thinking to bring coworkers together to create something unique and present it to fellow participants. It's fun, interactive, and imaginative. Your team will carry the friendship and collaborative energy for months or years. It is truly and unforgettable experience. 
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What will my team gain from ColLABorate?

- Design thinking: Participants learn to parse out the building blocks of a song and assemble them into a whole, together. 

- Confidence and stage presence: What better way to prepare for that upcoming conference presentation than get on stage and make music? 

- Collective artistic ownership: All ideas are valid, but not all ideas make it to production. ColLABorate participants learn to share ownership and share the creative process when writing a song together. 

- Analytic and artistic balance: Design thinkers crave the balance between fluid creativity and fixed structure and thrive during this kind of activity. 

- It's fun! Team building exercises promote a healthy work environment that is vibrant, where ideas flow freely and gain support and momentum from fellow team members. 
ColLABorate was the best team building experience I have ever had. I was challenged and delighted, what a cool thing that we wrote a song together! It was amazing to see the songs the other groups wrote too, and the teachers were just awesome.
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--Julie S. 
Learn more and sign up your team

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How does it work? 

The ColLABorate experience is totally customizable for your team or organization, and the results are astounding.
Songwriting intensive 
Goal: Each group writes, rehearses, and performs an original song, guided by a Voice Lab teacher.
  • Break out groups of 3-6 members
  • Members collectively write lyrics and music
  • The group rehearses and adds details like harmonies and instrumentation 
  • Each group performs for the whole team, friends, family, fans, whoever you want to invite! 
Participants: 3 to 20 participants 
​Time: Half-day or Full-day workshop

Close out your company retreat with a musical adventure, or plan a fun mid-week activity!
Soundscape workshop 
Goal: Participants use improvisation and innovative vocal patterns to create a unique song or soundscape.
  • Collective group activity or small break outs with a facilitator
  • Members use their own voices to create sounds together and build patterns 
  • Lyrics and harmonies develop organically for a singularly unique piece of music
Participants: 10 to 100+
Time: 20 to 30 minutes 

Jump start your meeting or conference and spark an environment of joyful creativity!
Learn more and sign up

What if no one on my team is musical? 

No worries! Our teachers are well-versed in a variety of instruments and are exceptionally gifted at encouraging participants to share their voices and talents, wherever they lie. From piano and guitar to backing vocals to egg shaker or tambourine, every member gets involved in the music in a way that is fun, encouraging, and engaging. 

What if everyone on my team is musical? 
That's great, too! Each song is a unique tapestry of the instruments and voices available in the moment and layering instruments together is part of the fun.
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My team loved this experience, and I love the confidence I have seen them find because of it. They are better prepared to tackle creative projects together and present a product they are all proud of. And they had a blast! It's been months and we're still talking about it!
--Rebecca M.

Learn more and sign up your team! We can't wait to ColLABorate with you!

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The Voice Lab, Inc.
2123 W Irving Park Rd. 
Chicago, IL 60618

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      • ColLABorate Band Camp
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