Welcome New LANA Board Member

Saeko S. Cohn

The Board of the Lyre Association of North America is very pleased to introduce our newest Board member, Saeko Cohn.  We invite all of our members and friends to read a bit about Saeko below.

A native of Nagoya, Japan, Saeko came to North America in her early 20's to study literature at the graduate level. She met anthroposophy through becoming a mother, and soon, the lyre came into her life. She had played the piano since childhood and the flute since age 15, but she had never thought of pursuing music professionally. However, after she bought a 7-string pentatonic lyre for her son's third birthday and began to play it, Saeko decided to devote the rest of her life to promoting music through the modern lyre. Her first lyre teacher was the late Kerry Lee, and after Kerry's passing, she has continued studying the lyre with such experienced teachers as Martin Tobiassen, Christian Giersch, Veronika Roemer, and Hajime Kira. Saeko regularly travels across the Atlantic to attend lyre seminars focused on solo and ensemble performance, repertoire building, accompanying eurythmy with the lyre, and teaching the kinderharp to children. Over the years, she has developed special affinity for planetary (mirrored) scales, the Mood of the Fifth, and the Maria Renold tuning.