Singing Courses and Workshops with Christiaan Boele in 2011

In June, Christiaan Boele, a leading teacher in the School of Uncovering the Voice, returns to California to give a variety of courses, some only for those who have taken his earlier trainings.  However, anyone may attend the Open Singing Course taking place on June 16-18 in Santa Rosa.  For more information about the offerings in California, see http://theschoolofuncoveringthevoice.blogspot.com.

In addition, Christiaan's First East Coast Singing Training will begin this year.  It will take place at the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, MDover a 3½-year period for five days each July and for a three-day weekend each March. The first session will be July 5-9.  For details, contact Nevin Bender (nevinoflp@aol.com; 301-518-1532) or visit: http://www.waldorfmusic.org/werbeck-2011.pdf.

Three Manfred Bleffert Courses in Harlemville, NY ~ Summer 2011

Many of you will remember Manfred from last summer, when he gave a workshop on forging metal instruments as part of the 2010 lyre conference.  Manfred is returning this summer to offer three consecutive courses/workshops at the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School. They are listed below. The first bears the name of last year's lyre conference, as it is a continuation of the forging work that was part of that gathering.  The hope is to have three forging workshops over three summers, the final one culminating with the creation of gongs.  All of Manfred's courses will be rich, enlightening, and filled with marvelous sounds.

• The Musical Forging Process and the Development of Michaelic Impulses, Part 2 ~ June 17-25.  Participants will forge iron rods or glockenspiel, and there will be music classes.  Registration/information: Diane Barnes (518-325-1113 / DIngraham1@netzero.com) or Robin Elliott (707-829-2409/songlyre@comcast.net).
• Practicing Musical Freedom through Improvisation ~ June 27-July 1.  Participants will work with new tone groups, develop musical processes together, work with the new instruments, and do common work with other instruments.  Registration/information is the same as for the June 17-25 course (above).
• Free Columbia Course - Form, Color, Tone, and Sound ~ July 4-8.  Participants will work with Goethe's theories of color and tone in relation to Rudolf Steiner's.  Information/registration:  Laura Summer (518-672-7302 / laurasummer@taconic.net

International Lyre Conference in Germany ~ Summer 2012

We don't know many details yet, but we hear that plans for the next international lyre conference are definitely underway. It is expected that the fifth international lyre conference will take place during the summer of 2012 in Überlingen, a city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee), near the Swiss border. It's a beautiful area and home to a number of lyre and other instrument builders. As soon as we know more details, we'll fill you in.