20. – 22. Oktober 2023 | European Spanish Conference of Percussion Circle Facilitators | Madrid

20. – 22. Oktober 2023 | European Spanish Conference of Percussion Circle Facilitators | Madrid

This conference is aimed at music teachers, music therapists, individuals interested in percussion, facilitators of percussion circles, and those involved in rhythmic and musical events and workshops.

We will have the special presence of Nellie Hill and Arthur Hull!

The conference will be held in English and Spanish with consecutive translation.

Authentisch und überzeugend mit dem inneren Drum Circle

Authentisch und überzeugend mit dem inneren Drum Circle

Eine klare Körpersprache, ein Rucksack voller Techniken und rhythmische
Sattelfestigkeit sind wichtige Zutaten für eine erfolgreiche Drum Circle – Facilitation.
Doch was macht ein rhythmisches Event zu einem auch emotional bedeutsamen Erlebnis für Teilnehmende?
Und wie können wir langfristig unsere Zufriedenheit und Gesundheit erhalten und fördern? Bei der Reflexion meiner eigenen Drum Circles und im Austausch mit anderen Drum Circle Facilitator:innen und Profis aus Coaching, Supervision und Training bin ich immer wieder auf besondere Momente gestoßen. Anhand all dessen habe ich ein Modell entwickelt, das Drum Circle Faciliator:innen hilft, „stimmige“ Events zu gestalten.

#5 Respect and Use Transition Points

#5 Respect and Use Transition Points

The current transition due to the pandemic is probably one of the major transitions of this generation. From one moment to the next, a lot of us were forced to stop doing what we were doing. For me it felt like I was just in the middle of a great and wonderful flowing groove with others – sometimes maybe a bit too fast and dense – but all in all just the way, I wanted it to be.

#4 Work With What They Give You

#4 Work With What They Give You

In a Drum Circle we try to stay open for what happens in the moment. We try to use our radar to notice what people bring to the circle, how the common groove is developing and where it is heading. You might want to showcase a musical dialogue or a melody that appears. Maybe someone is playing culturally specific rhythms or someone is vocalising or dancing. There might be someone struggling to hold the drum or keep the beat. Maybe someone steps into the middle trying to take your role.

#3 Use Your Radar

#3 Use Your Radar

We all know Arthur´s metaphor of the tripod of our senses and most of us have been blindfolded during a training in order to become more aware of our auditory and kinesthetic channels. What if we were to use this for our inner Drum Circle? If we listened, looked and felt inside ourselves? Used our senses inwardly and consciously to take note of our inner Drum Circle, it´s parts and how they are playing together?

#2 Establish Trust

#2 Establish Trust

When preparing for a Drum Circle, doing the setup, welcoming the participants and doing the Drum Call, we try to create a safe space for everybody and we try to make everybody feel welcome. We try to „establish trust“. How can we transfer these abilities to the facilitation of our inner parts, our „inner Drum Circle“?

Drum Circle with myself during the first lockdown 2020

Drum Circle with myself during the first lockdown 2020

This was during the first two weeks of the first Lockdown during spring 2020. Bound not to do what I love and what I am trained for: creating community through rhythm, I started this project as an idea of a second best solution. Still somehow thankful for two weeks with nothing to do and still without any idea of how long this will accompany us.

ImPuls statt Vortrag – Symposium „Methodisch inklusiv – inklusiv methodisch

ImPuls statt Vortrag – Symposium „Methodisch inklusiv – inklusiv methodisch

Die Hochschule Neubrandenburg lud zum Symposium „Methodisch inklusiv – inklusiv methodisch“. Zahlreiche Fachleute aus Theorie und Praxis trafen sich zum Austausch und Lernen. Auch im Drum Circle und im Workshop, bei dem die Teilnehmenden Drum Circle als Methode und Metapher für inklusive Prozesse erfahren konnten.