410 W Seven Stars Rd
Phoenixville
PA 19460
Sponsored by the Association for Waldorf Music Education
Kimberton Waldorf School
July 12-17, 2020
For music teachers, early childhood and class teachers, parents, administrators—all are welcome!
Movement ~ Sound ~ Music
toward developing a new future-bearing listening
with master teacher Veronika Roemer
In our 18th year of the AWME Summer Music Conference, we will work together with metal instruments (gongs, rods, cymbals, and others), stringed instruments (lyres, including pentatonic and bordun lyres, psalteries, chrottas), wind instruments (C-flutes, pentatonic flutes, gemshorns, ocarinas), and percussion instruments (drums, rattles, etc.). Our process will be based on the work of Reinhild Brass (Hörwege entdecken) and Gerhard Beilarz (Musik in Pädagogik und Therapie, and Erziehen und heilen durch Musik), which focus on new methods in music pedagogy and therapy, as is possible with these new instruments.
We often speak about “playing music”. These new instruments give us the possibility to truly play—to playfully explore the unlimited possibilities of sound and music which they offer to anyone who is willing to listen with “new ears.”
This year’s conference will also offer a closer look at what stands behind the Waldorf music curriculum. Bringing ‘the right thing at the right time’ is the hallmark of Waldorf education, and the music curriculum reflects this profound pedagogy. Our work together will explore the what, when, how, and why of what we do, and how it meets each stage of the child’s development, including a deeper look at Rudolf Steiner’s indications for bringing music to children. There will also be sessions dedicated to questions and answers, and for our own development as well as for enhancing and supporting our work in the classroom, our days will be rounded out with Werbeck vocal exercises and choral work.
Since we will be including hands-on instrumental work, we ask participants to bring Choroi interval flutes, pentatonic flutes, diatonic/C-flutes, recorders of any voicing, children’s lyres, or bordun lyres, if possible. We will also have some instruments available to borrow at the school, but please bring whatever you have, and extras to share, if possible!
On Thursday evening, we will have our traditional music sharing for the larger community – everyone is welcome to attend! For this occasion, participants are invited to bring any and all instruments to make music to share with each other as well as extra copies of sheet music if you would like to prepare something with others.
This year’s facilitators are:
Veronika Roemer – Our guest presenter, Veronika Roemer, is a professional violist, pianist, lyrist, and Seminar Music Teacher at The Camphill School, Glenmoore, PA. She also teaches musical renewal in China, Hungary, and North America. Veronika has spent many years studying sound and its healthy cultivation for both children and adults. She is eager to share with us the results of her work with international colleagues on this subject as well as her own experiences as a lyrist and multifaceted musician and teacher.
Andrea Lyman – Andrea Lyman has been a Waldorf music teacher since 1992, has taught music courses at Sunbridge College, Waldorf Institute of Southern California, Sound Circle Center, and has been an adjunct faculty member of the West Coast Institute in Vancouver, BC since 2011. In addition to evaluating and mentoring Waldorf music teachers and faculties throughout North America, Andrea also gives courses and workshops in South America and Asia, and is the Director of the Waldorf Teacher Training programs in both China and the Philippines. She has authored several articles on the Waldorf music curriculum, and has served as president of AWME since its inception in 2001.
Sheila Johns – Sheila Johns taught music for 14 years at the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, Maryland. She teaches courses in the Mood of the Fifth and has developed a curriculum for working with the pentatonic children’s lyre for grades 1-3 as well as for an applied music course for grades 7/8. She gives courses in South America and Asia and is part of the carrying faculty of the Waldorf Music Teacher Training programs in China and the Philippines. Sheila served as president of the Lyre Association of North America for 12 years and has trainings in both instrumental and vocal anthroposophic music therapy. She has also been a carrying member of AWME for the last 12 years.
Conference Fee:
$455 for AWME members ($40 discount!)
$455 for non-members before May 15th; $495 thereafter
For more questions or information, please contact Andrea Lyman.
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Conference Details:
Costs for housing, meals, and transportation are additional. View the many suggested lodging options here.
All morning and afternoon snacks as well as dinner on our first evening will be provided by AWME. Meal plans will be available for purchase (see registration form below).
The conference will begin on Sunday, July 12th at 5:30 pm with registration, a simple shared meal (provided by AWME), and our official opening. The conference will end midday the following Friday, July 17th.
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