A five-month program of intensive study, practice and play on the frame drum with Tori Morrill and Shirsten Lundblad and this year we are fortunate to have Annegret Baier join us.
The Dates: 2020 June 7, July 19, Aug. 30, Sept. 27. Nov. 1 Sundays 10:30 AM -4:30 PM
You will need to have a Tar and a Tambourine. Email us for advice about drums. You have the option of buying the instructional CD’s (through CDBaby.com downloaded to your device) or DVD’s at Layneredmond.com - purchase the Frame Drum Intensive (all 6) for $90. These materials are essential, including the written instructional material that comes with the dvds.
To Register:
Email Torimorrill@me.com and kiz@gwi.net saying you'd like to join and briefly tell us your experience with frame drumming, unless we already know you.
Price: $500 and Repeaters $55/class
PLEASE NOTE: Payment is to be paid in full by May 30, 2020. Unless other arrangements are mad.
Payment Options - Write check to Inanna Sisters and mail to: Tori Morrill 287 Iron Ore Point Palermo, Maine 04354 or... PayPal or Credit Card by clicking link below, there is a 3% fee added to this method
You are required to pay for the entire amount each weekend regardless of a need to be absent.
NEED HELP? “No Drummer Left Behind Policy” Please speak to us if cost is prohibitive. We may be able to offer a payment plan, barter, or scholarship funds to help those students who need financial assistance. If you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund please let us know. Any amount is helpful.
The frame drum is a hand held instrument played in a variety of forms throughout the world since the beginning of time, for ritual, entrainment, healing, shamanic journeying, ecstatic celebration and Fun! Together we will learn rhythms and hand techniques from the Middle East, South India, North Africa, and Brazil on the Tar and Tambourine, utilizing the curriculum created by Layne Redmond and Tommy Brunjes called Giving Birth to Ourselves (GBTO).
The strokes of the drum allow one to connect with elemental energies within our bodies and in the world around us. Rhythmic practice synchronizes the brain and the internal pulsations of our body rhythms, and it allows us to connect deeply in community. Rhythmic play also invites an immense joy into ones being.
Drummers of all levels are invited to participate. The material presented can facilitate seasoned drummers to refine and develop their technique and play, and students new to the drum become fully initiated through this 6 month immersion. It is highly recommended to participated in a frame drum class prior to the program. Throughout the six months, students are Throughout the six months, students are encouraged to commit to an hour of practice a day.
"The frame drum intensive Giving Birth To Ourselves was a journey of self discovery and the beginning of a loving community of frame drummers that sustains me to this day! Shirsten and Tori lovingly led us through the material, modeling a compassionate and playful attitude toward learning new skills that challenged brain, body, and emotions. It was a wonderful immersion into the frame drum, as well as learning itself, and it has given me the lasting gift of ease in new situations, patience, and was responsible for taking a serious chunk out of my chronic perfectionism." Phyllis Capanna