More Information About MRM Workshops and Facilitator Trainings:
Enliven Creativity and Create Community Through Spontaneous Music, Rhythm and Movement Exploration and Play Workshops/ Professional Development
The goal of this workshop is to provide an inspirational and supportive environment in which each participant has a chance to discover, explore and express their own unique creativity through spontaneous “in the moment” musical play. The games and structures are simple enough to successfully grasp immediately yet profound enough to explore for a lifetime! Return to child, that is the natural, spontaneous and creative way to playfully explore music, rhythm and movement. Mary Knysh shares a wide variety of simple and accessible activities that will have all making music together quickly and easily! Participants are provided with not only an exciting day of discovery and self expression but also an outline of techniques that can be explored at home alone or with a group of friends so that skills gained during the workshop can be explored long after the workshop. Anyone interested in discovering and developing their own improvisational skills, musical self-confidence and joy of music making have come to the right place. Bring your own instrument or enjoy one of ours!
A workshop designed especially to:
Bring music into your life in a fun and interactive way
Develop/Enhance improvisation skills for all levels of musicians
Inspire all subjects & teacher levels for group work and team building
Provide educators with exciting and accessible Brain-Based Engagement Strategies and Activities for classroom use
Expand and Enliven Drum Circle Facilitation by including Voice and all instruments!
Equip music educators with a myriad of new tools for fun, easy and interactive music improvisation (great for Orff instruments!)
Music Together teachers interested in learning new and simple creative ideas for their groups
Introduce group engagment and non-verbal communication ideas for Music, Art and Movement therapists and Occupational therapists
This workshop is terrific for:
Drum Circle Facilitators
Music Together Teachers and Parents
Music Educators
Classroom Educators
Musicians (all levels)
Music, Art, Movement and Occupational Therapists
In these workshops and training sessions Mary shares and integrates several bodies of work that she has trained in and taught for many years including the music improvisation work of Music for People (www.musicforpeople.org), ethnic drumming styles and drum circle facilitation work, and the expressive movement form of NIA (www.nianow.com).
Music for People: Mary Knysh MRM Facilitator Training Program
This training program will provide hands on facilitation experiences designed to give participants the self-confidence, skills and desire to facilitate others on their own! Our goal is to provide an inspirational and supportive environment in which each participant has the chance to discover, explore and express themselves while creating and transforming community through interactive improvisational music, rhythm and movement play.
What will you learn?
Basic group facilitation skills for leading groups of percussion and all instruments
Methods for bringing a group of any size into expressive vocal and rhythmic song
Great ice-breaker activities designed to get participants relaxed and interacting immediately
Accessible and fun ensemble games and structures that can include all levels of experience
How to faciltate movement as a form of “intentional listening”
Use of rhythm and music for non-verbal communication and story telling
Simple and fun brain-based strategies of engagement activities for use with all ages
This Facilitator training is especially good for:
Music Together teachers interested in learning new and simple creative ideas for their groups
Drum facilitators looking for new ideas for facilitation that involve voice and all other instruments
Music educators (Orff teachers love these tools!) wanting to explore accessible, fun and interactive tools for music improvisation with their students!
Anyone longing to bring more self expressive music into their community and/or workplace in an interactive and fun way!
Musicians (all genres) who want to develop or improve their improvisation skills
Teachers of all subjects and levels as inspiration for group work, team building and fun ideas for bringing rhythm and music into all curricular areas
Music, Art and Movement therapists and Occupational therapists as new ways of engaging groups
Music Improvisation
Workshops
Enliven Your Creativity
and Create Community
Through
Music, Rhythm, and
Movement
Exploration and Play!
This fun and interactive improvisational workshop provides participants with tools and techniques for
enlivening creativity and creating community through music, rhythm, and
movement improvisation, freedom and above all having had plenty of FUN making
music together! The goal of this workshop is to provide an inspirational
and supportive environment in which each participant has a chance to discover,
explore and express their own unique creativity while experiencing the joys of
improvising and creating within a music making community. The improvisational
forms and structures are simple enough to successfully grasp immediately yet
profound enough to explore for a lifetime! This unique improvisational workshop
is intended for people of all ages, varied backgrounds and musical abilities
(from beginners to professionals).
This workshop is especially good for:
• Any person
longing to bring music into their lives in an interactive and fun way!
• Musicians (all
genres) who want to develop or improve their improvisation skills
• Music teachers
looking for new inspiration for their work with students
• Teachers of all
subjects and levels as inspiration for group work
• Music, art and
movement therapists and Occupational therapists as an additional resource
• Orff teachers
wanting to explore accessible, fun and interactive tools for music
improvisation!
• Drum
facilitators looking for new ideas for facilitation that involve voice and
other instruments
Participants will:
Discover
how EASY and FUN it is to freely express yourself in sound, rhythm, and
movement
Experience
the JOY in becoming an integral part of a music making community
Simple
and Fun structures and activities to bring the group into Relationship and
spontaneous Creativity
Explore
improvisational movement as a tool for body awareness, mental relaxation
and focus, and intentional listening
Experience
all types of instruments in a community music making event
Explore
self expression and relationship to community through the powerful
connection of body, voice, and instruments
Music Together Teacher’s Training Seminar
RHYTHM VILLAGE: Drumming, Music, Story and Movement Improvisation
Discovering Your Natural Creativity!
Rhythm Village workshops create a strong sense of community and bring out the unique musician in participants, regardless of age or experience! Mary provides Music Together teachers with an exciting variety of simple, accessible and FUN tools and techniques for the exploration of drumming, music improvisation, storytelling, and nonverbal communication for personal and classroom use. Teachers will learn engaging and interactive rhythmic, movement and improvisational games and activities and explore ways in which these new ideas can be integrated into their current curriculum. This improvisational work can free up trapped creative energy and provide participants with new tools and inspiration for personal and classroom use, a sense of community, freedom and above all having had plenty of FUN!
In this training session Mary (www.rhythmicconnections.com) shares and integrates several bodies of work that she has trained in and taught for many years including the music improvisation work of Music for People (www.musicforpeople.org), ethnic drumming styles and drum circle facilitation work, and the expressive movement form of NIA (www.nianow.com).
Professional Development
Although workplace and professional development courses can often seem long on information and short on fun, Rhythmic Connections has the perfect programs to lighten things up! Mary Knysh conducts rhythm circles and other exercises that encourage participants to share, to innovate, and to connect with others toward a common goal. The rhythm circle is a wonderful icebreaker, stress reliever, and morale builder, not to mention fun! The group will see results, too, in improved channels of communication, enhanced creativity, and a stronger team focus. Did we Mention FUN?
