the belgian success story on violin Start the violin together and have fun from the 1st day ! no need to read the music,for all ages !
Just a mail to gerty and you are in !!
18-01-2008
VIOOLWONDERLAND IN DE KIJKER !
Beste jongens en meisjes van LIMBURG Kijk eens naar jullie flinke violisten uit GENK
BESTE MUZIEKVRIENDEN , OP 19 JANUARI 2008 zal ik van 9u tot 12u de workshop FIRE IN THE BOW II geven om jullie flink aan te moedigen in jullie prachtige hobby.Alle amateurmusici van jong tot oud,van viool tot contrabas zijn welkom.In deze leuke muzikale samenwerking krijgen jullie professionele kneepjes van het vak en orkestspel door eerste violiste Geertje Podevyn van het 125jarige LSO . Om mijn sociale doelen te steunen kost deelname 20 euro per persoon en gaat de workshop door vanaf 15 personen. DATUM 19/1/2008 plaats Ontmoetingskerk Geleen ,Emmaplein tijd 9u tot 12u. Welkom bij Fire in the Bow!
Voor de Allereerste keer hebben de piepjonge violistjes van VIOOLWONDERLAND uit Hoevenzavel Genk,hun geweldig optreden gegeven in Hasselt op het GEZOND OP SCHOOL PROJECT van het Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs.Kijken jullie mee en wie schrijft hen een mooi berichtje als aanmoediging ?? Met een prachtige ontvangst en heerlijk gezonde lunch waren ze de helden van de dag BRAVISSIMO !!!
OP 6 OKTOBER 2007 te 17U GEEFT VIOLINWONDERLAND en GEERTJE PODEVYN GRATIS DEMONSTRATIE in het gloednieuwe muziektheater te Heerlen.Allen daarheen ,muziek geeft je leven energie !!! Tijdens de opendeurdagen is iedereen welkom,jong en senior om spontaan mee te doen met Vioolwonderland. Geertje brengt de instrumenten wel mee en u speelt u eerste liedje binnen het kwartier,leuk en verbazend,hoor U bent er ook bij op zaterdag 6oktober te 17u !!
ON 8SEPTEMBER 2007 ,14 enthusiastic stringplayers came to Geleen to enjoy their first group lesson for violin. With a nice belgian chocolate and great smile they worked very hard for 3hours on their beloved instrument. Geertje Podevyn made them open up their violinplaying a lot more !!!! The reactions were very positive and everybody is looking forward to the next group lesson again.Just have a look and join us next time
THE HILL TRIBE Starting in 2006 I have been teaching at Insii Thai House for 8 weeks 3 days a week, 3 hours, and the atmosphere between us was really wonderful. The students were eager to learn and their progress was very fast. After only 2 weeks they could already play with 3 fingers on all strings and more than 16 different songs, even in canon. We were dynamic, we played violin, we ate good food, but we also did laugh a lot! I spoke Thai dek dek style(children style) and made a lot of talok (joke) with them. Later I cooked good Belgian cookie called Vlamingske for the kids to make a nice and sweet Belgian sound. The real good Belgian chocolate has also been introduced to them, but only when the sound of those 23 violins was really excellent! Of course, this kind of project could not be done without a lot of support. Without Count Gerald, the School Director, Ajarn Paramet, Ajarn Anurak and the Rotary Club of Maechan it would have been far more difficult for me to offer my time and my heart to the students. They received their own violin each. Since my departure the children continue to learn violin at the school of Ajarn Paramet, the Youth Violin Club of Chiangrai, until my next trip to Thailand in January 2007. These kids have countless capabilities but so few opportunities, it is really rewarding to make a project with them..
The sounds that the young beginner makes on the violin are very close to the original Thai music and the Flemish medieval music from de Machaut, Orlando di Lasso. VIOLINWONDERLAND is like the Suzuki method without written music but based on feelings, the right movement, emotion, and GOOD FOOD. Thailand is full of emotion, friendship, family life, patience, beautiful Thai songs and excellent food. So I felt the children needed another approach than the Japanese northern style: More emotion from south East Asia!
VIOLINWONDERLAND combines the excellent views of the 19 th century Belgian violin master Charles de Beriot on violin playing, together with my experiences in South East Asia, South America, Africa and Belgium of course. Charles de Beriot was the teacher of Vieuxtemps and Eugene Ysaye, founder of the Queen Elizabeth competition and highly respected in New York at Juillard School especially by famous violinists like Itzhak Perlman,Shlomo Mintz and recently Hilary Hahn ,also as teacher of Wieniawski, founder of the Russian Violinschool so this all happened in the little country of Belgium. The Maechan children have been the first to fully experience VIOLINWONDERLAND as they had never heard classical violin music but already knew a lot of Thai music. The methods first songs are quite close to their own schools songs; Kin Kluey, Kit Tung, abc, etc... They first learned to play pizzicato which is plucking the strings. They started with the bow later. The violin strings are like a family: G for grandfather, D for Daddy, A for Mama and E for baby After a visit at the music class of the school, it was decided that I would give my lessons at Insii Thai House, the residence of Count Gerald and Khun Weerapong Boonklieng, close to Maechan. The place is well known among the local residents, for hosting art exhibitions and other exclusive charity events. The traditional Thai style environment of the property was ideal for concentration and playing violin. Very artistic!
COME AND JOIN US ! Violinwonderland offers for the second time the exciting workshop on bow techniques for all players ! Learn flashy techniques on the bow for violins,alto's,cello's and doublebass. TIME: 27 OCTOBER 2007 9.30 TO 12.30 PLACE: ONTMOETINGSKERK Geleen Emmaplein Holland MATERIAL: own stringinstrument Preparation: just your smile and good ear. Programme: 1/for all amateurplayers of all ages 2/ no reading of music 3/ full attention for the right movement ! 4/ Tips and tricks for home study with direct result 5/ Professional orchestra techniques like tremolo,spiccato,right position of the bow 6/ NICE COFFEE BREAK with belgian chocolates
This workshop is created to help my social projects for the hill tribe violins from the golden triangle and the social violinproject in Genk.
With loving kindness GERTY Welcome to mail :geertjep@yahoo.com(please make reservation !) The workshop is 20 euro per person,paid cash on the day. Refreshments and snacks will be available. The workshop is limited to 20 persons,be quick!
BESTE MUZIEKVRIENDEN
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Voor de Allereerste keer hebben de piepjonge violistjes van VIOOLWONDERLAND uit Hoevenzavel Genk,hun geweldig optreden gegeven in Hasselt op het GEZOND OP SCHOOL PROJECT van het Vlaams Ministerie van Onderwijs.Kijken jullie mee en wie schrijft hen een mooi berichtje als aanmoediging ??
