exploratorium berlin

Instrument maker Stefan Roszak shows how to build well sounding instruments with just a few hand movements.

In the presence of the participants, about ten different simple musical instruments are built within two hours, which can be easily reproduced. Their function, acoustic basics and music-historical connections are explained in a vivid way. Afterwards, the instruments will be played in an improvised orchestra.

Number of participants: max. 15 persons. Larger groups can be divided. The two-hour handicraft part is then performed twice in a row. Afterwards the sub-groups are brought together again in the one-hour musical part.

Training for teachers of all instruments

This workshop offers theory and practice of elementary (unconditional) improvisation in instrumental lessons. Starting point will be practical exercises of all participants. Tried and tested rules for playing provide the framework for discovering and developing improvisation with experimental sounds as well as in tonal and metric music. In joint follow-up discussions, we will reflect on the practical experiments and develop methodological and didactic principles. All participants will be provided with a rich collection of written material and ideas.

This offer is aimed at groups of interested people, especially music school colleagues.

If you are interested as an individual, please contact me as well. Possibly you can participate in a workshop booked by a group.

One or two-day training courses for teachers on early childhood aesthetic research with sounds and music

How can sound&noise projects open the way for children to a wide range of music experience?

Since 2009, geräusch[mu’si:k] e.V. has been realizing artistic mediation projects on listening as complex perception, on experimental music with everyday sounds and on composing with graphic notation techniques. This expertise with over 1,500 children in day-care centres, schools, museums and other educational institutions is conveyed in practice-oriented courses at universities and educational training institutes.

In this workshop, we build small instruments out of waste or cheap everyday materials, which can also be used by children of kindergarten and primary school age with a little support. Additionally, sound generators from the workshop, kitchen and nature enrich our orchestra. In this way, fascinating instruments are created through materials research, which can be used in improvised concerts and compositional games.

Main topics:
   – Aesthetic research
   – Experimental music
   – Cooperative behaviour when making music and promoting resilience
   – Environmental experience and research-based learning

One or two-day training courses for teachers on early childhood aesthetic research with sounds and music

How can sound&noise projects open the way for children to a wide range of music experience?

Since 2009, geräusch[mu’si:k] e.V. has been realizing artistic mediation projects on listening as complex perception, on experimental music with everyday sounds and on composing with graphic notation techniques. This expertise with over 1,500 children in day-care centres, schools, museums and other educational institutions is conveyed in practice-oriented courses at universities and educational training institutes.

In this workshop we will jointly examine a material pool of everyday noise generators (such as rustling paper bags, snapping rubber bands or whirring rulers)
and explore possibilities of sound production: beating, stroking, scratching, rubbing, throwing, dropping, rolling etc. These elementary musical phenomena of our acoustic environment are playfully transformed into free musical structures through guided conducting exercises. With the help of simple notation signs they can be used to create own compositions. Hints for games, experiments and music examples for children will round off the course.

Main topics:
   – Aesthetic research
   – Experimental music
   – Cooperative behaviour when making music and promoting resilience
   – Environmental experience and research-based learning