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Watch this space for workshops, trainings and other opportunities of interest to Waldorf music teachers. 
"Creating Space for Listening to the Silence"
2008 Summer Music Teachers Conference
June 30 - July 4; Sunbridge College, Chestnut Ridge, NY

This 9th Annual Waldorf Music Conference is an exciting opportunity for Waldorf teachers to deepen their understanding of the Waldorf music curriculum. Music and class teachers alike gather to make music and to inspire one another.  Our visiting guest teacher, Thomas Adam, will be sharing his innovative and creative approaches to music making through deepening our practice of singing and listening, leading us in many forms of singing, listening, improvisation and exploring the new instruments. Afternoons are devoted to conversation, music-making and sharing ideas about music curriculum and other vital issues concerning Waldorf music education.  A special evening of music sharing will be planned, as well as open meetings of the Association of North American Waldorf Music Educators.

ANAWME members will receive a $30 discount off the registration fee.  Join now and this savings will cover your full dues ($30)!

If you have any music sharing ideas for the conference or have any questions about the conference or how to join ANAWME, please contact Andrea Lyman at
themusicpainter.gmail.com

Thomas AdamTHOMAS ADAM is currently the Director of word-wide Therapeutic Singing courses and has been a Singing Therapist at Windrather-Talschule, Bochum, Germany since 2000. He trained with Jurgen Schriefer in the School for Uncovering the Voice. From 1977-1979, he studied anthroposophy and Waldorf Pedagogy at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland.

A must for all Waldorf Music teachers!  Also accessible to class teachers, specialists and administrators!
Inspiring, informative and fun- don't miss it!



Music courses with Manfred Bleffert being offered for the first time in the USA!!

BleffertThe work of Manfred Bleffert is known in the States through the delicate tones of his gongs, glockenspiel, cymbals and other percussion instruments.  For the last thirty years, Manfred Bleffert has been working throughout Europe as a composer, musician, painter and sculptor.

For the first time Manfred will offer artistic courses in the United States in the summer of 2008. From July 28 to August 16, four courses will be held in Santa Rosa, California: a three-week Music Training and three one-week courses in Instrument Building, Painting and Sculpture, and Pedagogical Study through the Arts. This innovative artistic work will serve as a vehicle for developing new experiences of the world and one's own humanity. Through contemplative work, each participant will gain deeper insights into the processes and products of the arts. Each course will be a transformative experience!

Manfred Bleffert California Courses

Manfred Bleffert will be offering courses in:

Summer Music Training 7/28/08 - 8/16/08   $1000
Instrument Building and Music 7/28/08 - 8/1/08     $450
Painting and Sculpture 8/4/08 -  8/8/08      $350
Pedagogical Study through the Arts       8/11/08 - 8/15/08   $350 

Courses for this summer filling are filling up, and are expected to sell out!
Don't miss this opportunity for invigorating study with an insightful master!
Register online at www.manfred-bleffert.net.

Bleffert's concert at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco has just been scheduled for 8/17/08!


Tim Allen
707-332-3432
 timothyallen1@mac.com


16th Annual Movement Education Conference: Dancing Through the Grades  
with Stephen Kotansky and Jaimen McMillan.  

July 23-27, 2008
Hudson /Up River Site, Mechanicville, NY

Dance plays a key role in developing movement and social skills as part of  a child’s education.  Stephen Kotansky is an internationally recognized  expert on ethnic dances, giving workshops around the globe, and has been teaching dances at the   Green Meadow Waldorf School for 15 years.  Jaimen McMillan is the director and    founder of the Spacial Dynamics Institute and has been a   pioneer in  the field of  dynamic age-appropriate activities for the growing child.  In this workshop, we will learn a spectrum of dances that are developmentally appropriate for grades one through eight and will explore how the forms that are moved can support other subjects and processes that a child will move through. Music sets the rhythm, the forms are the social skeletons, and balance imparts a feeling of being at peace in one’s self and      connected to what is around. All are welcome to join in, and if you missed this when you were  growing up, it is not too late to learn.  Tuition is $500  and the course begins at 7:30pn on the first night and concludes at 12:00 noon on the last day.    May we have the next dance? For information and to register, contact sdiadmissions@earthlink.net or 518-695-6377.


The New Song of the Heart: A SANA Conference

The Singing Association of North America (SANA) invites you to a conference on February 21-23, 2008 at the Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California. (SANA represents The School for Uncovering the Voice, based on the principles of Valborg Werbeck-Svardstrom.)

The organizers write: “In the terminology of the mysteries, ‘The New Song’ means a new step of development in the realm of the social. A new awareness and sense for the needs of all the creatures around us can arise out of the warmth and depth of our hearts, when they awaken through the sound of the new song, the power of pure love.

How can singing in the sense of ‘The School of Uncovering the Voice’ teach us this? Can we bring this quality into the world through our song?”

The conference will include lectures by Dennis Klocek, singing exercises and lectures with Thomas Adam, and choral singing with Eva Cranstoun, as well as workshops designed for those of varying experience, of interest to amateur and professional singers, instrumentalists, teachers, and therapists.

For information, contact Robin Elliott at 707-829-2409 or songlyrel@aol.com (Attn: SANA conference).


Toward Genuine Tuning: Second Annual Conference

 The second annual Toward Genuine Tuning conference will take place May 8-11, 2008, in Spring Valley, N.Y. (See the report on the first conference on page 3 of these Lyre Notes.) Participants will experience and work with the new way of tuning developed by Maria Renold on the basis of suggestions by Rudolf Steiner. There will be sessions devoted to supervised practical application. Bevis Stevens will again lead the conference, collaborating with Paul Davis and Daniel Hafner.

A special highlight of the second conference will be a performance by The Light Eurythmy ensemble from Domach, Switzerland. This ensemble specializes in working with a different way of lighting and with plant dyed gowns, veils and curtains, as well as with this new way of tuning musical instruments.

 For more information, contact Daniel Hafner at dhafrer1964@hotmail.com or Laura Langforct-Schnur (845-469-2227 or langfordschnur@frontiernet.net).


Waldorf Certificate and Master's Degree options for Music Teachers

Sunbridge College is currently accepting applications for the upcoming cycle of its Part-time Teacher Education Program, which includes tracks for music teachers, class teachers and foreign language teachers. 

Director:  Stephan Vdoviak, with Coordinators Cat Greenstreet, George MacWiiliam, Jana McFee, and Sydney Morrell

The Sunbridge College Part-Time Teacher Education Program is a professional development opportunity for practicing Waldorf educators and those who wish to become Waldorf teachers but are currently unable to participate in a full-time program.  It gives a philosophical, artistic, and practical foundation for Waldorf class and subject teaching.  It involves an integrated, three-year program of coursework, with classes convening for three weeks each summer, one week each fall, and one week each spring.

The program is unique in that it provides a forum for class teachers and subject teachers (music, foreign language) to interact as they take the same core courses in Waldorf pedagogy, inner development, and many of the arts.  This enables them to explore and understand the different yet essential roles class teachers and subject teachers play in the education of children. 

To request a brochure or ask questions please contact Sunbridge College 845-425-0055





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