Regional Workshop in Wisconsin

The Rafael Foundation for New Impulses in Music presented a workshop featuring Veronika Roemer in Pewaukee, Wisconsin on August 6-8.

The workshop took place in a local church with a spacious room large enough for 16-20 people to work along with a table full of resources for the participants, and another three long tables where a variety of instruments were displayed.

On Friday evening, Veronika led the group through singing and interactive work with gongs, metal rods, and Bordun lyres. On Saturday morning, the group was introduced to the children’s lyre, which was followed by Gail Sauter’s presentation of her story, ‘Little Lyre, Sing to Me’. 

On Saturday afternoon, Veronika introduced us to wooden rhythm instruments and finally to the metal instruments. We worked together throughout the weekend to improvise and create soundscapes with all these beautiful instruments. 

This valuable and engaging workshop concluded with Veronika performing on the solo chromatic lyre and then Veronika and Debbie Barford offering Colin Tanser’s duet, Sun Child.