Musical Improvisation with elementary and World-culture instruments (workshop)
Have you ever made music with simple stones, wood and metal ? Or do you think that’s "only” something to engage the young kids ? The way we create contemporary music has two main roots: one is the discovery of sounds of matter and nature in a perceptive and social way. The other is using very old and also selfmade instruments of World culture, wich can be played without any musical abilities. The knowledge of the peoples is still living in the sounds and construction of instruments and can be found as an expression of understanding of nature, spirit and everyday life. Sometimes its more rhythmically, with drums, body , hand and feet, with singing powerfull songs of the tribes, sometimes its more silently or meditative. As examples there are instruments like shellhorn, didjeridoo, bull-roarer, drums of many shapes, rainmaker, flutes, strings, soundbowls, lithophones… With monochord of Pythagoras we can follow the connection of music and mathematics, and in several scalas of flutes and strings can be listened and find principles of evolution of soul and consciousness of mankind. On the other hand the workshop offers to experience yourself and music as way to understand each other and have a lot of joy and peace.
It can be arranged as 2 hours settings, some hours or daily schedules, also ongoing or weekend work, with more deepening. Courses to make your own instruments are available. Course participants should be at minimum 7, at maximum 18. In the room should be possible
a free circle of chairs and for free movements, too. Some tables to put instruments.
For making instruments needs a crafts room, there max. participants 12.
The payment needs travel and accommodation expenses, and fee. The fee could be an hour fee or daily or weekly prize. It is individual to agree. A guideline could be 25-50 Euro/hr, 100 Euro/day or 500 Euro/week. Exceptions and reductions are possible.
Hannes Heyne, founder of KlangHütte Dresden, was born in 1958 and grew up under conditions of communist Germany. After school he was engaged in ecology and studied hydrology, the science of water on earth. After 7-years working period on this field and contact to the IDRIART-impulse of Miha Pogacnik (meeting people through the arts) in 1986, he studied music in Hamburg, especially improvisation and making instruments. He developes methods of play, where music, senses education and ecology are connected with the art of communication and meeting people. Workshops took place in Romania, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia, Germany, Russia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia, Mexico, USA, Italy, Poland Czechia, in schools for children, handicapped, teachers, parents, in environmental and musical Academies, with scientists, professional musicians, non-musicians, prisoners, on national and international festivals. There are project with other artists like architects, sculpturers, painters, and creating sound sculptures. Offeríng concerts, lectures, sound-travels. Hannes Heyne is a member of WAFE (world forum for acoustic ecology) and RING for group improvisation, Germany.
Workshops of improvisation could be prepared for any purpose and group. Performances, objects and concerts offered by ordering. For well planning and sure agreements its necessary to plan half to one year in advance.
Contact: Hannes Heyne, KlangHütte, Dr.-Külz-Str. 6 , D-01445 Radebeul, Germany, phone/fax: +49-(0)351-8010443, e-mail: KlangHuette@web.de, www.KlangHuette.de
NatureMusicPlay VI – international camp –
NatureMusicPlay is the try of an unusual meeting: between people of different cultures among one another and with natural places of special beauty. The first 3 years, 2004 -2006 that happened at the north coast of Estonia, directly beneath the beach. 2007 we moved to Romania, a highmountainous valley in Fagarasch. The point is, to master life together in a smaller group, sleep in tents, cook at fire, look for water, eat … and create free space for together playing and perceiving in the nature. Out of this can grow deeper responsibility and practical work for ecology. According to the country and place other things will be important. Simple musical instruments like stones and wood, which we collect, or drums, flutes and others, also selfmade ones, help to strengthen the contact. To have people from different languages became increasingly important.
In the sixth year the journey will go again to Romania. After the experiences in the paradise valley with beautiful flowers, limestone rocks and friendly people in the village, we decide to come back. This time it’s a try to go deeper in contact to nature, the caves and plants, trees and rocks. To find out potential of the group and every language and individuality. There will bealso time for every-body alone to come to silence and find a personal place. We ll find our path through the limestone rocks and climbing balance. At the end of week we ll offer a performance and share the evening to local inhabitants.
With: Hannes Heyne and friends
Where: Apuseni-Mountains, Side Valley of Aries River, Romania, Transsilvania
Who: For adults and Youngs from 16 with own responsibility. Languages German, English and all other, maximum 15 participants
When: 14.-21.8.09
Journey there: individual, on arrangement together (microbus) Accomodation in tents. Please bring your own tent, isolating mat, sleeping bag, warm and rainproof clothing and shoes
Costs:for course and food (basic): 250 Euro (Germany and “West”)
120 Euro (Romania and “East”), reduction on inquiry
Enrolment: until 1.7. 2009 with deposit 50 Euro (West) or 25 Euro (East)
Organisation: Hannes Heyne, KlangHütte, Stauffenbergallee 37, D-01099 Dresden, Germany, phone +49-(0)351-8010443, E-Mail: KlangHuette@web.de
for Romania: Andreea Botezan, same adress, E-Mail: andreeabotezan@hotmail.com;
for Estonia: Riina Velmet, phone +372-79-94838, E-Mail: riinavelmet@hot.ee
