Saturday 3 Oct: Course day for drone music, balfolk and ensemble
The program has been announced! Registrations open Wednesday June 17th at 20:00
Do you feel like diving deep into the music? Always wanted to learn to play the hurdy-gurdy or bagpipes? Or are you a more advanced player and would you like to spend a day studying techniques or playing together? This is possible during our annual Course day in Zeist.
No instrument? No problem! For participants in the beginners groups, we have a number of instruments they can use.

Course program
- All instruments & singing: ensemble about medieval song – Robin Hielke
- All instruments: ensemble about balfolk – Anouk Sanczuk
- All instruments: about stage presentation – Sander van der Schaaf
- Hurdy-gurdy for (half) advanced – Jimi Hellinga
- Hurdy-gurdy for beginners to half advanced – Adriana Borger
- Hurdy-gurdy for beginners – Lies Sommer, Petra Leeflang & Phi Plomp
- Bagpipes for (half) advanced – Rémi Decker
- Bagpipes for beginners to half advanced – Puck Duits
- Bagpipes for beginners – Jonneke Jorissen & Menno wester
Time schedule
9.45 coffee and tea and walk-in for participants
10.00 start of workshops
12.30 lunch
13.15 resumption of workshop
16.30 closure & presentations
17.00 opportunity for social talks & drinks
18.15 bar closes
Date & venue
The workshop day will take place from 10 am to 5 pm at Saturday October 3rd.
The workshop day will take place at De Griffel primary school:
De Clomp 2002/04
3704 KC Zeist
Special offer for beginners*: beginners-morning Saturday September 19th
To get more out of the beginner groups, we offer participants an extra preparation morning for free: During this morning, participants will receive their rental instrument. Furthermore, participants will receive an explanation of the instrument, initial instructions and homework with which they can work at home prior to the weekend course. This morning is from 10:30 to 12:30 and takes place at the same location as the workshop day.
* With the exception of the extra beginner groups for hurdy-gurdy. The extra instruments that we borrow from others for these workshop groups will not be delivered until the Course Day. Unfortunately, it is logistically impossible to get the instruments to the workshop location any earlier.

Join us?
Do you already know which course you want to do? And have you read the workshop description? On the registration form page you will find an overview of the costs, terms and conditions, and -of course- the registration form itself.
Impression of the previous workshop day
- Course Day 2025 – Pictures
- Course Day 2025 – video’s
- Pictures of the Course Day of 2024
- Pictures of the Course Day of 2024 (preparation morning for beginners)
- Pictures of the Course Day of 2023
- Pictures of the Course Day of 2023 (preparation morning for beginners)
There are more videos at our Youtube Channel
