Goetheanum

Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music

International Singing Conference

Choir Concerts, Workshops, Lectures and Exchange

Listening, practising, and experiencing together

For singers, musicians and

all friends of music

August 3 to 7, 2012

“The World of Singing“

“The World of Singing” – International Singing Conference Singing has a future, for today the manifold enlivening and healing effects of this art for the human being are visible all over the world. This is not only the case when experiencing concerts or singing together, but also in musical education and singing therapy. Singing, on a deeper level, can award dignity – all over the earth we are today searching for new human social forms.

In order to let the regenerating forces of singing become a manifold experience – in practising together, in performances, workshops and exchange – the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music and the Association for Promotion of “The School of Un-covering the Voice” (Verein zur Förderung der Schule der Stimmenthüllung), in Bochum are organizing this International Singing Conference.

We are addressing singers, singing students and amateurs as well as friends of music and singing in the fields of art, pedagogy and therapy. Not only the conference collegium lead-ing the various workshops are of international formation but also the performing choirs, and we will enjoy a variety of songs from all over the world.

40 years after the death of the great singer, singing teacher and founder of the “School of Uncovering the Voice“ (Schule der Stimmenthüllung), Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström, we are launching an experiment with this conference because we attempt to make deceivable the development of the various singing activities, inspired by Anthroposophy. The final meeting with reports from all over the world and a conversation about the perspective of anthropsophically inspired singing impulses is open to all conference participants. The lectures and the plenum will be translated into English language simultaneously.

Conference Choir (Artistic Director Christa Waltjen): In the focus is Valborg Werbeck-Svärdströms‘ composition “The Path of the Soul through the Planetary Spheres after Death“ (Der nachtodliche Weg der Seele durch die Planetensphären). All participants are welcome! Those familiar with the music will strengthen the less experienced participants to find their part in the final choral sound. The individual preparation by studying the sheet music is welcome! Also three pieces from the “12 Moods“ (12 Stimmungen) by Jürgen Schriefer and the “Evening Serenade“ (Abendständchen) by Johannes Brahms will be rehearsed for a performance at the end of the Conference. It is not required that each one will sing in very single piece of music (*order information for sheet music see below).

Songs of the World: These three afternoon concerts are a podium for all participants to perform from the range of Folklore, one‘s own compositions, classical-romantic song repertoire and also contemporary music and improvisation. Pianists are prepared to ac-company your rehearsal and your performance. Please submit your advance notification (*see below).

For the organizing committee

Thomas Adam, School of Uncovering the Voice

Michael Kurtz, Section for the Arts of Speech and Music

Friday, August 3rd Saturday, August 4th Sunday, August 5th Monday, August 6th Tuesday, August 7th

9.00 – 9.50 Plenum:

Singing Exercises and Study of the Singing Human Being

Thomas Adam

Plenum:

Singing Exercises and Study of the Singing Human Being

Christiaan Boele

Plenum:

Singing Exercises and Study of the Singing Human Being

Christa Waltjen

Plenum:

Tuning in with Singing

Conference-Discussion:

News from around the World Reflection Exchange Perspectives

10.00 – 11.00 Lecture:

«The Impulse of the School for Uncovering the Voice – A Search for Footprints»

Christa Waltjen

Lecture:

«Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström – A Life Devoted to Singing»

Maija Pietikäinen

Lecture:

«Contemporary Voice-Research in the Light of the Anthroposophical View of the Human Being»

Holger Lampson

11.00 – 11.30 Break

11.30 – 13.00 Workshops Workshops Workshops Continuation of the Conference,

Conclusion with Singing

13.00 – 15.00 Lunch Break

15.00 – 16.30 Conference Choir:

«The Path of the Soul after Death through the Planetary Spheres» by Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström, and Compositions for Choir by Jürgen Schriefer

Christa Waltjen, Leader

16.30 – 17.00 Pause

17.00 – 18.30 Welcome and Opening: Michael Kurtz

Choir-Concert

Werbeck-Ensemble Christiaan Boele, Leader

«Songs from around the World»

Folk Songs in our Time

«Songs from around the World»

Compositions

«Songs from around the World»

Contemporary Songs and Improvisation

18.30 – 20.00 Break

20.00 Lecture:

«Ensouling of the Etheric World through Singing»

Michaela Glöckler

Concluding Song

Contemporary Choir-music

Kalliope-Choir Regula Berger, Leader

Melos-Ensemble Saulgau and Vokalensemble Überlingen Petra Ziebig, Leader

Concert

«The Stone has been Raised» Oratorium by Jan Nilsson

Valborg-Choir NL and Incanto Choir Bern Árpád Schermann, Leader

«The Path of the Soul after Death through the Planetary Spheres» Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström; Conference choir Christa Waltjen, Leader

«12 Moods», Jürgen Schriefer Zodiac Project Choir Petra Ziebig, Leader

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Friday, August 3rd Saturday, August 4th Sunday, August 5th Monday, August 6th Tuesday, August 7th

9.00 – 9.50 Plenum:

Singing Exercises and Study of the Singing Human Being

Thomas Adam

Plenum:

Singing Exercises and Study of the Singing Human Being

Christiaan Boele

Plenum:

Singing Exercises and Study of the Singing Human Being

Christa Waltjen

Plenum:

Tuning in with Singing

Conference-Discussion:

News from around the World Reflection Exchange Perspectives

10.00 – 11.00 Lecture:

«The Impulse of the School for Uncovering the Voice – A Search for Footprints»

Christa Waltjen

Lecture:

«Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström – A Life Devoted to Singing»

Maija Pietikäinen

Lecture:

«Contemporary Voice-Research in the Light of the Anthroposophical View of the Human Being»

Holger Lampson

11.00 – 11.30 Break

11.30 – 13.00 Workshops Workshops Workshops Continuation of the Conference,

Conclusion with Singing

13.00 – 15.00 Lunch Break

15.00 – 16.30 Conference Choir:

«The Path of the Soul after Death through the Planetary Spheres» by Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström, and Compositions for Choir by Jürgen Schriefer

Christa Waltjen, Leader

16.30 – 17.00 Pause

17.00 – 18.30 Welcome and Opening: Michael Kurtz

Choir-Concert

Werbeck-Ensemble Christiaan Boele, Leader

«Songs from around the World»

Folk Songs in our Time

«Songs from around the World»

Compositions

«Songs from around the World»

Contemporary Songs and Improvisation

18.30 – 20.00 Break

20.00 Lecture:

«Ensouling of the Etheric World through Singing»

Michaela Glöckler

Concluding Song

Contemporary Choir-music

Kalliope-Choir Regula Berger, Leader

Melos-Ensemble Saulgau and Vokalensemble Überlingen Petra Ziebig, Leader

Concert

«The Stone has been Raised» Oratorium by Jan Nilsson

Valborg-Choir NL and Incanto Choir Bern Árpád Schermann, Leader

«The Path of the Soul after Death through the Planetary Spheres» Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström; Conference choir Christa Waltjen, Leader

«12 Moods», Jürgen Schriefer Zodiac Project Choir Petra Ziebig, Leader

Lecturers and participating Choirs:Dr. Michaela Glöckler: Physicist and director of the Medical section at the Goetheanum (Dornach, Switzerland)

Michael Kurtz: Responsible for music in the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music (Dornach, Switzerland)

Holger Lampson: Singer and Singing teacher (Hamburg, Germany)

Dr. Maija Pietikäinen: Singing teacher, translator, publisher and author of the biography about Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström “The Heart’s World-Beat” (Lahti, Finland)

Christa Waltjen: Singing teacher and Choir Conductor (Bochum, Germany)

Kalliope Choir, Director Regula Berger: Swiss amateur choir with some professional singers; for bigger projects collaborating also with singers from Netherland and Finland

Melos Ensemble Saulgau, Director Petra Ziebig: Women-ensemble with 17 amateur singers, performing a repertoire containing compositions from 12th century to 21st century

Zodiac Project Choir, Director Petra Ziebig: 15 singers from Berlin, Dresden, South Germany and the USA are since 2009 working in a project on the “12 Moods” (The Zodiac) by Jürgen Schriefer; they per-formed it the first time in 2011

Valborg-Choir NL, Director Árpád Schermann (Hoogland, Netherlands): Mixed amateur choir with a repertoire of important choir composition and contemporary music

Incanto Choir Bern, Director Marianne Prato (Vechigen, Switzerland): Amateur choir with some professional singers from Switzerland, France, Germany; in the repertoire are oratories and masses from Baroque to classic modern epoch

Vocalensemble Überlingen, Director Petra Ziebig; mixed choir with 24 singers. The repertoire contains modern and contemporary music, eventually with metal-instruments

Werbeck Ensemble, Director Christiaan Boele (Mendig, Germany): mixed chamber-choir with singers from Germany, France, Netherlands and Switzerland; in the repertoire are compositions from Palestrina to the 21st century

(*) Some Organisational MattersAnnouncement for a singing contribution for one of the afternoon concerts `Songs from around the World´: Please send your announcement for a singing contribution for one of the afternoon concerts `Songs from around the World´, mentioning: Your name (name of the group), title of your song/songs, composer, expected duration, need of piano accompaniment “yes” or “no”, by email straight to the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music at the Goetheanum: srmk@goetheanum.ch

Order of sheet music in preparation for participation in the Conference Choir: Please order this music, only after you have sent in your application for the Conference, straight from: Helga Vahle, email: <hcvahle@web.de>. Payment in Swiss francs, please, at the beginning of the conference. The music will only be sent to participants of the conference.

Further Information: about contributors, choirs, workshops and more, you can find on our website www.goetheanum.org/4543.html?L=1Online-Booking at: www.goetheanum.org/4833.html?L=1Lectures and plenum discussions will be translated simultaneously into English.

Workshops of August 4, 5, 6 1. Basic principles of the School of Uncovering the Voice Christiaan Boele – Singer and singing teacher (Mendig, Germany)This workshop is about healthy and natural breathing, free vocal tone formation, plastic articulation and the context of the correct usage of the voice. No singing experience needed.German/English

2. Sounds of Norse Music Merja Palmu – Singing teacher (Ilmajoki, Finland) Singing exercises and songs from the North English/Finnish

3. Practice Course for Advanced Singers Holger Lampson – Singer and Singing teacher (Hamburg, Germany) German/English

4. Building up your Singing Voice Step by Step Marianne Prato – Singer and Singing teacher (Vechingen, Switzerland) With immersing exercises into the world of sounds and musical work we will try to develop vitalizing and healing forces within a humanity threatened by destructive forces. German

5. Master Class Marion Ammann – Concert and Opera Singer (Dornach/Switzerland) My work is based et al. on the training method of Gracia Ricardo and Dina Winter (see the book “Singing and the Etheric Tone”). With a repertoire (Romantic Lied, Mozart, Strauss, Wagner) I will try to give technical advice, so that transitions in register and problems with high notes may be mastered more easily. (Please send your choice of songs until at least two weeks prior to the confer-ence to marion@marionammann.ch).

This workshop is limited to a maximum of 6 participants. No restriction for listening. German/English

6. “Have fun with high notes!” – Exercises for an easy way to work with the voiceNicoline Hake – Singer and Singing teacher (Kassel, Germany) With the help of melodic exercises I want you to experience the three qualities: Brightness – lightness – mobility. In order to achieve this we will discuss questions in relation to the “forward sound-stream“. German/English

7. Solo-singing in Class 11 of the Waldorf SchoolMonika Mayr – Singer and Singing teacher (Stuttgart, Germany) Hans Niessen – Singing teacher (Wangen, Germany) “Solo-singing in Class 11, in order to lead into a training musical taste and judgement.” (Rudolf Steiner) We will copy this process of practising with the participants, be it in a shortened way. Please bring along your favourite songs! Maximum number of participants is 20. German/English

8. The Singing Human Being between Heaven and Earth Giora Rafaeli – Singing teacher (Harduf, Israel) Sarah Rafaeli – Singer and Singing teacher (Harduf, Israel)In our voice-work we will practice experiencing heaviness and lightness, inner and outer, as complementary forces. In playing with these forces in an artistic way we will attempt to connect cosmic and earthly qualities. At the same time we would also like to present our work with singing in Israel. For this reason we will, besides the exercises, also sing songs from our culture, both unison and in voices. English/Hebrew/German

9. Brazilian Songs and Rhythms Francisca Cavalcanti – Music and Singing therapist (Florianopolis, Brazil) We will work on rhythms and songs from Brazilian folk music. Maximum number of participants is 25. German/Portuguese

10. Aspects of Singing Therapy Thomas Adam – Singer and Singing therapist (Bochum, Germany) We will work on basic indications of the anthro-posophic study of man to understand how the organism, which has become ill, can reconnect to healing forces. Englisch

11. Singing Improvisation Sinikka Mikkola – Singing teacher (Järna, Sweden) We will work on singing through improvising with the creative tonal forces within. English/Swedish/German

12. About Maria Führmann’s Work and Life Andrea Stückert – Singing and Music therapist (Munich, Germany)With the help of practical examples we will oc-cupy ourselves with exercises which Miss Maria Führmann considered important for singing. I will also tell about her life and work and would be grateful for any additional information. Maximum number of participants is 25. German

Please notify: Workshop 12 will be held only on August 4 and 5

13. Singing – Nourishment for the Elemental Beings Sylvia Langhans – Singer, Singing teacher and Singing therapist (Wintersulgen, Germany)Exercises by Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström in listen-ing into the four ether forces and the kingdoms of the elemental beings German

Singing Hands Regula Berger – Singer, Singing therapist and Choir-Conductor (Steffisburg, Switzerland) Besides a theoretical introduction, also a practical insight into this form of therapeutic singing will be given in which processes of healing can be stimu-lated, apart from by singing consonants and vocal melodies, also by careful touching and holding of knees, calves and feet. Maximum number of participants is 14. German, English

Please notify: Workshop 13 consists in two parts: “Singing – Nourishment for the Elemental Beings“ will be held only on August 4; “Singing Hands“ two times, on August 5 and 6. They have to be booked together as workshop 13.

General Information"The World of Singing"International Singing Conference of the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Musicat the Goetheanum from Friday, 3 to Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Booking closes: Friday, 20 July 2012

Conference fees:with sponsorship: CHF 500 with meals: CHF 654regular price: CHF 300 with meals: CHF 454concessions**: CHF 200 with meals: CHF 354

Conference mealsConference meals include 3x lunch and 4x evening meal. We regret that food intolerances cannot becatered for.Parking permitfor the period of the conference: CHF 28 (not right next to the Goetheanum building). Please display yourdisabled badge in your car.

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Cancellation: Bookings may be cancelled free of charge up to 14 days prior to the begin of theconference (date of posting). After that, 50% of the conference fee and 100% of the cost for bookedmeals will be charged. Cancellation on the day when the conference begins or failure to attend aresubject to a 100% cancellation fee. Substitutes will be accepted at no extra cost.

Cancellation insurance: Subject to a payment of 3% of total costs (CHF 5 minimum) full cancellationinsurance can be taken out to cover illness (including dependent children and partner), job loss and forcemajeure.

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