Gong Training at Gaunts, June 18-28
This year's gong Master Training faculty includes the following:
ESTEBAN VALDIVIA (TEACHING A SERIES OF EIGHT 90-MINUTE CLASSES, AND LEADING ONE CONCERT)
In the workshop I want every participant to make contact with the four elements ofnature: earth, wind, fire and air, through the construction of a shamanicmusical instrument made ??of ceramic. In this workshop we will learn the basictechniques of construction and execution of American wind instruments and thenapply it to healing with sound. This will explain cosmogonies on the Americanworld and explain the worldview of the Andean world. In this workshop eachparticipant will build their own instrument of shamanic healing and learn toplay it.
JUNE19, TUESDAY
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 pm (Session musical sounds of America)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Introduction to Worldview and American sounds)
JUNE20, WEDNESDAY
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 pm (Workshop: Building shamanic musicalinstruments, First Lesson: choice of musical instrument and start makingceramic musical instruments shamanic)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Workshop: Building shamanic musical instruments,Second Lesson: continuing the development of ceramic musical instrumentsshamanic)
JUNE 21, THURSDAY 11:30 I: OO pm (Workshop: Building shamanic musical instruments,Third Lesson: symbolic decoration of the instruments.
JUNE 23, SATURDAY 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 pm (Workshop performance with shamanic musical instruments:Learning to play American musical instruments. Joint musical Practice)
JUNE 24, SUNDAY 7.3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Cooking shamanic musical instruments: First Stage:construction of the oven and turn the sacred fire) .
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (Cooking shamanic musical instruments: Second Stage:Keep the sacred fire among all participants, end of cooking)
JUNE 23, SATURDAY, 8-10 PM MICHAEL & ESTEBAN & FRIENDS FROM EIGHTCORNERS OF HEAVEN
MICHAEL ORMISTON (TEACHING A SERIES OF THREE 90 MIN CLASSES, AND LEADING ONE CONCERT)
JUNE 23, SATURDAY 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Mongolian Khoomii Singing 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Tibetan Singing bowls
JUNE 24, SUNDAY 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Jew''''s harps and harmonic 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Mongolian Khoomii singing Part 2
JUNE 23, SATURDAY, 8-10 PM MICHAEL & ESTEBAN &FRIENDS “FROM EIGHT CORNERS OFHEAVEN “
STEFAN CARTWRIGHT (TEACHING A SERIES OF FOUR 90 MIN CLASSES AND LEADING 1 CONCERT)
JUNE 26, TUESDAY 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Voice Yoga
11:30AM – 1:00 PM Shruti Box: overview of howit works and playing techniques. Choosing a suitable tuning and exploring different waysto use the instrument in life and art.
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Shruti songs
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Duet/trio performances using shruti and voice.
JUNE 26, TUESDAY, 8-10 PM STEFAN AND FRIENDS SHRUTI MANTRA SUTRA IMPROVISATION “SOUL SONGS FOR HUMANITY”
