International Conference – Lyre 2022

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Dear Friends,

Rising out of the global situation that did not permit us to gather as a world lyre community in the summer of 2021 as originally planned, our brave colleagues and friends in the Czech Republic have rescheduled their hosting of our international lyre conference for this summer of 2022.

The conference has been planned to take place in the stunningly beautiful town of Český Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic from August 7–14, preceded by a Pedagogical Conference from August 5–7.

The theme that has been chosen is “The Presence of Spirit: Playing the Lyre as an Art of Presence.” During our musically rich days together, we will be able to experience the following:

  • Meeting with lyre-builders and music publishers

  • Workshops for all the levels of playing the lyre (for children and young players, for beginners and advanced players)

  • Eurythmy, meditation work, open stages, concerts, lectures

  • Rehearsals for the common public concert.

The full program will be published in March, but a number of lyrists from around the world have already submitted workshop offerings, including three from the United States. Some will address the conference theme and others will address more broadly-themed aspects of lyre playing. All of the workshop proposals sound intriguing and pertinent! For more detail, please see https://www.lyra-symposium.cz/en/symposium-2020/workshopy.

It would need to be said that although the planning is going forward without impediment, the reality on the ground is a moving target, and over the next several months, we will need to pay careful attention to hopeful changes in travel requirements that are currently still barring the entrance of many of our colleagues from around the world. We ask you to join us in putting all of our positive thoughts toward policy changes that would open the Czech Republic to all who would wish to travel there. LANA will be publishing updates on this situation and the conference in general here in this blog and in our Lyre Notes.

Please also feel free to consult the conference website at any time for updates (ignoring any 2021 year indications...): https://www.lyra-symposium.cz/en/world-lyre-conference2021.

Because we have not been together as an international lyre community since 2018 in the Netherlands, this summer's gathering will be a particularly joyous event! We hope that many of you will consider joining us in this very special fairytale land of castles and fortresses to sound the lyre together once again as an international community of musicians and friends!

With enthusiasm for the musical possibilities before us.

Sheila Johns for the LANA Board