Sunday 3rd June
• 9:30 am-11 am : vocal practice
• 11 am-12:30 pm : specialized session with one of the teachers
• 2 pm : collective application session
For the first time in Europe, an intensive workshop gathering in one place the three traditional instruments of Dhrupad style — the most ancient of Northern Indian classical music : voice, rudra-veena and pakhawaj. From 1st june (evening) to 3rd june (late afternoon), an immersion into sound open to all level : vocal culture and practice, approach of the ragas (musical modes) and initiation to the arcanum of each instrument; then on second day, extended learning with one chosen instrument. On saturday evening a demonstration-performance is organized for the trainees.
The workshop will take place in the Centre region, 1h30 from Paris, in a bucolic environment conducive to immersion in this art of listening between sound and silence.
An exceptional opportunity to live two days of intensive practice (three 1h1/2 sessions per day) in the company of accomplished musicians, who will welcome you in the simplicity of sharing a human experience.
The cost of the stay includes home made organic meals and accommodation in a comfortable Perche house.
The surroundings, between hills and the Perche eurélien bocage, also lends itself to walks and meditation, with the backcloth of nature's gentle harmony.
Amongst the wooded hills of the village Frazé,
2 intensive days to explore ragas and talas in a
beautiful traditional house.
Sunday 3rd June
• 9:30 am-11 am : vocal practice
• 11 am-12:30 pm : specialized session with one of the teachers
• 2 pm : collective application session
With Jérôme CORMIER, Carsten WICKE and Pandit Mohan Shyam SHARMA
ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM :
Sunday 3rd June
• 9:30 am-11 am : vocal practice
• 11 am-12:30 pm : specialized session with one of the teachers
• 2 pm : collective application session
WORKSHOP'S PROGRAMME
Saturday 2nd June
• 9 am-10:30 am : vocal practice with Jérôme Cormier
• 11 am-12:30 pm : instrumental session : rudra-veena with Carsten Wicke
• 3:30 pm-5 pm : bandish (poetic compositions) and learning the talas (rhythms), with Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma
• 7:30 pm : dîner
• 9 pm : Concert
TO COME :
• 1h30 by car from Paris (village of Frazé, place name La Tuilerie des Boissières)
• train at 5:24 pm on Friday 1st June, from Paris Montparnasse train station, to Brou (direction Le Mans, change in Chartres direction Courtalain-St-Pellerin)
COST :
250 euros for the whole week-end. An advance of 70 euros is to be sent to :
Jérôme Cormier
67, rue du Volga
75020 Paris
or to Paypal account mundalove@hotmail.com
and will be discounted at inscription.
During the sessions we explore different aspects and traditional techniques belonging to Dagarvani Dhrupad's vocal and instrumental culture (Dagarvani is the style transmitted by the Dagar family; its roots are found in the teachings of Swami Haridas Dagur, in the 16th century) :
Kharaj (humming long sustained notes, developping voice's harmonic richness)
Sargam (tonic vocalizations, developping breath and note accuracy)
Alap (development of the expressive qualities of a Raga)
Bandish (the poems of Dhrupad, sung on different Tala, or rhythmic cycles).
VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL WORKSHOP
From 1st to 3rd June 2018 in La Tuilerie des Boissières, Eure-et-Loir - 1h30 from Paris