Course weekend: (12) 13 & 164th of April 2024

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Looking forward to weekend full of music? Playing, singing or dancing the night away... This will be possible during the annual spring weekend of Stichting Draailier and Doedelzak (the Dutch Hurdy-Gurdy and Bagpipes Foundation) in the beautifull woods of Sint-Michielsgestel (next to the city of Den Bosch). During this weekend there will be hurdy-gurdy, bagpipe and other music courses for the beginner and the advanced player. During the day the courses will be held. In the evening there will be concerts and session. Lack of an instrument is not an excuse, because we have instruments for rent for the beginner groups.

Program:
Participants are welcome to arrive on friday 14th of April in the evening. This evening is open for session, talks, a drink and concerts. The courses will start on saturday the 2th at 9.30 and will last untill sunday the 16th 17.00. Saturday evening at 20.00 there will be concerts or ball. Afterwards there will be time for session. Non-participants are also welcome on this evening.

Stay at the location (4-6 person rooms for Saturday/Sunday), the concerts & ball in the evening and breakfast, lunch, diner and coffee and tea during breaks is included in the workshop price.

The Courses


• Hurdy-gurdy for (more)advanced players: Gilles Chabenat (Fr)
• Hurdy-gurdy for (half)advanced players: Sergio Gonzáles (Es)
• Hurdy-gurdy for beginners: Lies Sommer (NL)

• Bagpipe for (more)advanced players: Eric Montbel (Fr)
• Bagpipe (half)advanced players: Daniela Heiderich (De)
• Bagpipe for beginners: Wouter Kuyper (NL)

• All instruments - Ensemble: Wouter Vandenabeele (Be)
• All instruments - Balfolk: Guus Herremans (Be)
• Diatonic accordeon (in G/C): Riccardo Tesi (It)
• Nyckelharpa: Björn Kaidel (De)
• Singing course: Marion Blanchard & Clémence Moiron (Fr)
• Guest


Registration and costs of the weekend

The costs of this course weekend includes the course, all cconcerts, stay at the location (4-6 person rooms for Saturday/Sunday) and breakfast, lunch, diner and coffee and tea during breaks
You can find the costs and the registration form at the registration page


The Location.

This Course weekend is in an accomodation in the middle of the woods of St-Michielsgestel, close to the city of Den Bosch (NL). Stay at the location (4-6 person rooms for Saturday/Sunday) and breakfast, lunch, diner and coffee and tea during breaks is included in the workshop price. For arriving on Friday it's 14 euro extra. >>>read more about the location
The adress is:
De Zonnewende
Esscheweg 78
5271 NA Sint-Michielsgestel
Netherlands

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Pictures of the workshopweekend:

• Pictures of the Workshops (2022)
• Pictures of the evening concerts (2022)
• Pictures of the closing of the weekend (2022)
• Video of the closing of the weekend (2022)
• video's of the weekend (2019)
• video's of this weekend in 2018


Hurdy-Gurdy courses


Hurdy-gurdy for (more)advanced players - Gilles Chabenat (Fr)

This workshop is aimed to more advanced hurdy gurdy players who wish to expand the possibilities of their instrument. Chabenat wrote us:
"This course will offer the opportunity to discover various technical aspects of the hurdy-gurdy: settings, 'coups de poignée', scales and modes, ornamentation, nuances and accents. The multiple playing modes and possible combinations will then be discussed: legato, staccato, dissociated...etc. These different points will be illustrated by a few melodies developed together."

Born in 1963 at Lignières in Central France, Gilles Chabenat began playing the hurdy-gurdy at 13. He won several music awards and subsequently devoted himself to his region’s traditional repertoire with a desire to branch out into other musical styles. In the wake of Valentin Clastrier, he was one of the pioneers with an electro-acoustic instrument to integrate the hurdy-gurdy into the modern musical experience. He met and worked with a number of artists: Stephan Eicher, Sting, Frédéric Paris, Maarten Decombel, Gabriel Yacoub and Patrick Bouffard. Let him challenge you to go deeper into the way you play on the hurdy-gurdy!
Listen to Gilles Chabenat:
• Gilles Chabenat & Daniela Heiderich - Les Amandiers
• Gilles Chabenat & Daniela Heiderich - Un Jour Encore (live at Le Son Continu)
• Gilles Chabenat & Daniela Heiderich - Septembre déjà (live at Le Son Continu)
• Gilles Chabenat & Daniela Heiderich - 3 melodiën uit "Dantz Büchlein Dreyßer, 1720
• Gilles Chabenat & Didier Francios
• Chabenat, Yacoub, Jolivet & Hardouin
• Gilles Chabenat & Maarten Decombel
• Gilles Chabenat & Evelyne Girardon
• La Fontaine Troublée
• Malicorne (concert De Doelen 2014)
• A Fond (Gilles Chabenat, Valentin Clastrier & Romain Baudouin)
• Gilles Chabenat, Patrick Bouffard & German Diaz (afterparty weekend 2016)


Hurdygurdy half advanced to advanced - Sergio González (Es)

This weekend, Sergio González will teach a gurdy course for the half advanced to advanced players. Sergio wrote us his plan:
"In this course, we'll focus on technical aspects such as coup variations, accentuation and improvisation, and we'll use early music repertoire to discuss about stylistic aspects, melodic ornamentation and phrasing."

Sergio González is a dedicated Hurdy Gurdy player and teacher from Barcelona, Spain. He’s also a proud member of the Spanish Society of Musicology (SEdeM). His musical journey includes studying under renowned musicians, notably the Cretan Lyra master Kelly Thoma.
Under Thoma’s guidance, Sergio developed a unique musical language, blending Mediterranean phrasing and ornamentation with a historically informed approach drawn from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque sources.
Driven by his passion for music, Sergio has traversed the globe, offering seminars and captivating audiences in various countries such as Australia, France, Belgium, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Greece, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the USA.
Listen to Sergio González:
• Saüc Ensemble - Mandilatos (Trad Greek)́
• Sergio González - solo
• Sergio González - online tutorial video's
• Sergio González Saltarello (London Manuscript MS 29987)



Hurdy-gurdy for beginners - Lies Sommer (NL)

Always wanted to play the hurdy-gurdy? This workshop is especially for people who never played the hurdy-gurdy before. The workshop is the oppurtunity to discover the basics of the instrument while learning easy but beautiful melodies. Instruments can be rented and two weeks beforehand there is an introductory morning in which you will receive the rental instrument and the basic information needed to get started the first two weeks.
requirements: none, this is a beginners course
Lies Sommer plays many different types of music. For instance balfolk (with Kelten Zonder Grenzen), metal (Ball Noir) and medieval (Datura). Listen to her music:
• Kelten Zonder Grenzen - Starry Night
• Kelten Zonder Grenzen - Baby Steps
• Kelten Zonder Grenzen - O'Carolan's Dream
• Ball Noir - Winter is Comming
• Ball Noir - The Other
• Ball Noir - Bitter Dreams
• Datura - Bachuss the Movie
• Datura - Zou een meisje gaan om wijn



Bagpipe courses

These bagpipe courses are all about the French, Flemish or Low Lands pipes (tuned in g).


Bagpipe for more advanced players - Paul James (UK)

In this course we will focus on the style of playing. This weekend will allow us to put together some dancing tunes from Auvergne and Limousin by studying the ornamentation and sound of these traditional style of bagpipe playin. We will also draw inspiration from the playing of violins from these regions. In this course we will work as a collective and individualy: each student takes turns and practices in front of their colleagues. The group listens attentively and encourages everyone’s progress. We will also discuss the rhythm of the feet in support of the bagpipe playing.

Eric Montbel is a bagpipe player, researcher and composer. He has been playing different types of bagpipes from Central France since 1975, and participated in the Folk and Trad revivals with the groups 'Le Grand Rouge' and 'Lo Jai'. He has published several solo albums, notably “Chabretas, les cornemuses à Miroirs du Limousin” in 1995, which was praised by international critics.
His research and publications focused mainly on the music of the Massif Central, in particular on the Auvergne and Parisian cabrette players, and on the Limousin cabrette makers. He is a graduate of EHESS-Paris, and a Doctor in ethnomusicology and musicology. He has taught musical anthropology at the University of Aix-Marseille since 2002.
He has published numerous works devoted to the bagpipes of Central France, including “Carnet de notes. 200 limousine chabrette tunes and other bagpipes from the Center” (Reed. 2022), “Les cornemuses à miroirs du Limousin” (L’Harmattan 2013) and “Les musiques du Massif Central : Héritage et Création ” (Créer 2014).

Listen to the music of Eric Montbel
• Vertigo
• Eric Montbel : le jardins des mystères
• Eric Montbel and ZampogneríA - Calypso
• Eric Montbel & Marco Tomassi - Sordellina
• Eric Montbel, Léonie Chevalaz & Didier Chevalaz
• Eric Montbel op cabrette
• Eric Montbel met Puck Duits
• Eric Montbel met Gilles Chabenat



Bagpipe for (half)advanced players - Daniela Heiderich (De)

Daniela Heiderich will give a workshop for players who are no longer in the beginner stadium and are (half) advanced.
Daniela studied her instruments in traditional music at the Center d'Etudes Supérieures Musique et Danse (CESMD) in Poitiers/France. She dealt intensively with the history and playing of the itinerant harp players who have traveled through Europe and across the globe over the past centuries. In the Limousin region she specialized in playing various types of bagpipes native there and in neighboring regions, such as the Cabrette, the Chabrette or the Cornemuse du Centre.
Daniela Heiderich performs internationally as a solo artist and with various ensembles. In recent years they have performed at festivals such as Le Son Continu (formerly Saint-Chartier), Eurofonik in Nantes, the Gstaad New Year Music Festival (CH), Noia Harp Fest (ES), Etétrad in (IT), or the Interceltic Folk Festival HoFheim. She also regularly teaches instrumental, ensemble and dance workshops.
Daniela Heiderich creates multifaceted worlds of sound. Sometimes rousing and rhythmic, sometimes sensitive and dreamy, songs, dances and old melodies alternate. Her own compositions also have very modern tones. The musician goes h er own way, often far away from what we are typically used to hearing from the harp and bagpipes today.
Listen to the music of Daniela:
• Daniela Heiderich - Polonaise nach Blitz
• Trio Heiderich, Vereno & Wagner - Winkeltanz
• Daniela Heiderich - Dreikönigslied
• met Wör: Dranouter 2014
• Louise Meurisse & Daniela Heiderich - les filles de Lorient/ le galant indiscrett
• Daniele Heiderich & Gilles Chabenat -Septembre déjà (Le Son Continu)
• Daniele Heiderich & Gilles Chabenat - Un Jour Encore (Le Son Continu)



Bagpipe for beginners: Wouter Kuyper (NL)

Always wanted to play the bagpipes? This workshop is especially for people who never played the bagpipes before. The workshop is the oppurtunity to discover the basics of the instrument while learning easy but beautiful melodies. Instruments can be rented and two weeks beforehand there is an introductory morning in which you will receive the rental instrument and the basic information needed to get started the first two weeks.
requirements: none, this is a beginners course
Listen to Wouter Kuyper:
• BmB - Lou diziou bè / Bourrée a Ribeyrolle
• BmB -Les Vignerons & le menage a trois
• BmB - De edele wijn
• Wouter en de Draak- Dusgemint
• De Vliering - Fredoline (Wouter plays at 1:39)
• BmB - L'Impasse
• BmB - Dejeuner sur l'herbe
• Wouter testing a bagpipe at Tetz Dudelsackbau
On accordion:
• Wouter en de Draak - Fireflies and Mosquitoes
• Wouter en de Draak - New Horizons, New adventures
• Wouter Kuyper - Witte Wilco


Other courses

Nyckelharpa - Björn Kaidel (De)

Participants will taken a step further into nyckelharpa playing. During this course participants will examine for instance different playing techniques, styles and your position during playing. Bjorn wrote us about his workshop:
" In this workshop for nyckelharpa I'm going to teach some of my favourite traditional tunes from Germany and Sweden and maybe also some of my own compositions. Together we'll explore how to make them groove and how to best play them on the nyckelharpa. We'll use the tunes to discuss bowing technique, tone, left hand technique, ornamentation, droning and double stops. My goal is to help every student to take the next step in developing their nyckelharpa playing - suggestions and questions are always welcome!
I will teach by ear, so I recommend bringing a recording device (for example a smartphone).
Looking very much forward to meet all of you!"

Björn is a passionate folk musician from Germany. When he met the nyckelharpa for the first time, he immediately fell in love with the instrument and dove deep into its tradition and playing techniques. He has studied nyckelharpa in various workshops in Germany and Sweden, as well as private lessons from his main teacher Josefina Paulson. He mainly plays traditional Swedish and German folk music, as well as modern folk compositions. Björn is involved in the scene of folk musicians that is reviving almost forgotten German folk music by playing tunes from old manuscripts from the 17th to 19th century that are slowly being rediscovered in libraries and private collections. He is a founding member of Akleja (www.akleja.de), Airu (www.duo-airu.de) and Fior (www.fiorfolk.de), with which he has played concerts and dance evenings all over Europe (e.g. in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland). Björn loves to teach and is regularily booked for ensemble and nyckelharpa workshops in Germany and abroad.

Listen to the music of Björn :
• Akleja - Herbstastermenuett
• Akleja - Polonaise nach Sperontes
• Akleja - Wasser und Erde
• Fior - Das Fischermädchen
• Airu - Dimmapolskan
• Björn Kaidel - Goldammerpolonese
• Björn Kaidel - Unter den Linden
• Björn Kaidel - Brudmarsch från Överklinten
• Youtube kanaal van Björn



Singing course - Marion Blanchard & Clémence Moiron (Fr)

There are so many different aspects of traditional french singing. There are songs for dancing, songs for gathering, songs for walking, songs to tell stories… In this workshop, we will try to explore together some of thoses aspects that we cherish dearly. No previous singing skills are required but a lot of curiosity, and the will to sing in french and learn about the traditional french repertoire.

Marion Blanchard:
After an initial approach to singing in childhood in a general choir, she turned towards jazz as a teenager, which she practiced for several years. It was by searching for music more connected to the earth that she discovered the classical singing of North India, cultivating the modality and the relationship with the drone which then led her to traditional singing. She trained het singing style and repertoire through workshops and at balfolk events. And it was with her group Les Conteuses de Pas that she finally moved from the floor to the stage. She has since joined the groups Noiranomis and Passant par Paris.

Clémence Moiron:
After studying the classical harp, her encounter with traditional music led her to discover singing. Alongside Les Conteuses de Pas, she discovered the natural voice, singing with multiple voices, accompanied by her harp and a cappella. Her taste for polyphony led her to write arrangements and accompaniments always in search of the naturalness and spontaneity that traditional practices bring. Her research lies in listening to the body and authentic self-expression. She also develops her practice around early childhood with duo plumes.

Listen to Marion & Clémence:
• Les conteuses de pas - Amusons nous Fillettes
• Les conteuses de pas - Chants de Passage
• Les Conteuses de Pas - Polka
• Les Conteuses de Pas - Le Son Continu 2017
• Marion Blanchard et Clémence Morion - Arziin chin amt
• Blanchard, Morion & Mondoloni - C'est-i don' joli un pommieu / Quand vient Noël
• Noiranomis - Paris Balfolk (Marion)
• Noiranomis - A Bolbec (Marion)
• Passant par Paris - Nanon (Marion)




All instruments: Ensemble - Wouter Vandenabeele (Be)

This workshop is open for all instruments: violins, flutes, percussion, bass, guitars, cellos, accordions, gurdies and all other instruments are welcome. Wouter writes us: "From the dance floors of Brazil, the festivals of the Balkans and the finger splitting sessions of Belgium, South Italy and scandinavia , a tour de force of tunes and entertainment. Collecting the best and the brightest and filling the gaps with original compositions, He guarantees you to make you play folk music in a new and interesting way. Wouter Vandenabeele on violin is an established performer and teacher. He straddle the authentic and the contemporary with a unique flavour. He'll play by ear and work on themes, arrangements and improvisation based on some important aspects of music theory (basic chords, what to play on a chord or mode?). Use of ornamentation, melodies performed in percussive way, melodies in special tonal modes You will get enough input to use in the future, afterwards you can get scores. Every acoustic instrument is welcome! You just have to know your instrument and be able to play melodies fluently. So no beginners. Welcome to play music non-stop during these days!"
Wouter Vandenabeele is a renowned composer and musician for groups such as Ambrozijn, Olla Vogalla and Ghent Folk Violin Project (GFVP).
entry requirements: Players are known with their instrument and are able to pick up tunes by hearing.
Listen to Wouter Vandenabeele:
• Vandenabeele, Salvérius & Vercampt - Mazurka della notte • Olla Vogala - Ecolier assasin
• Olla Vogala - Nacho Larme
• Olla Vogala Live in de Handelsbeurs: Finale
• Olla vogala - Redlatsko the sequel
• The City Song - Ramallah
• Trio Bao, Mola & Wouter
• Hiraeth
• Wouter Vandenabeele & Sara Salvérius - En attendant 5h22
• Wouter Vandenabeele - Chanson du commerce
• Tamala - Poulo
• Tamala - Xafamaia (VPRO Vrije Geluiden @ TivoliVredenburg Utrecht)
• Liqa’ - Parfum De Gitane
• Chansons pour les oiseaux qui ne savent pas voler
• Fiddelers on the Move
• Un soffio di vento - Le peuple oublié - Le Mariage Forcé - Rondeau
• Un soffio di vento - Azade Serin
• Un soffio di vento - Bulut




All instruments: Ensemble balfolk - Guus Herremanss

This workshop is open for all instruments: violins, flutes, percussion, bass, guitars, cellos and all other instruments are welcome.

Guus Herremans
Guus Herremans starts his musical studies at the age of 7 with Wilfrid Moonen. He qualifies himself in the diatonic accordion for folk music and on the piano for classical music. A few years later, he will be the first diatonic player to enter the prestigeous school of arts in Turnhout (Belgium) for a formation of 4 years. Toon Van Mierlo (Naragonia) will be his teacher of accordion. Later on, Guus will be teaching in this same school.
Simultaniously with his work as a teacher, Guus is a hard working professional musician with a rapidly growing career. His multiple creations and projects (Les Bottines Artistiques, A12, Me Guusta, Airboxes, Solo, etc...) are frequently invited to multiple festivals around Europe.Beyond any doubt, his playing is sensible and masterly. Guus is also a composer. He is inspired by the traditional folk music, jazz music and world music for his own compositions. His artistic personality makes him an valuable and unavoidable musician of the contemporary folk scene.

entry requirements:
Players are known with their instrument and are able to pick up tunes by hearing. The workshop will probably tuned in G/C.

Listen to Guus Herremans:
• Guus Herremans & Jelle Van Cleemputte - Bon Secours
• Guus Herremans - Valentino (live at Toots Studio / Radio Klara)
• Guus Herremans & Aurelien Claranbaux
• Guus Herremans & Didier Laloy - Tragédie Lego
• Airboxes - Live Vonkfestival (23 min.)
• Airboxes - Live Boombalfestival 2023
• Airboxes - Ferreira Rocher(Live at the Flanders Folk Awards 2021)
• Les Bottines Artistiques - Kopke Koffie
• Les Bottines Artistiques - DanzAmare folk festival
• Les Bottines Artistiques - LBA
• Phlox - Galdakhao
• Phlox - live Gooikstage
• A12 - teaser
• De Krolse Katers Live @ Oogstfeesten Londerzeel
• The Bazz Explosion Live
• Duo Lopez Herremans - Soi pas un Vegan
• Duo Lopez Herremans - La Bona Jornada
• Duo Lopez Herremans - Un Matin au Bosc



Diatonic accordeon - Riccardo Tesi

The workshop aims to provide an overview of the various aspects that characterize today's diatonic accordion practice. Through the learning of pieces from the Italian tradition and original compositions, problems both of a technical nature (use of the bellows, linear and cross technique, fingering, coordination, etc.) and of an interpretative nature (ornamentation, expression , staccato and legato, etc.) will be examined.
Ample space will be devoted to the harmonic and compositional aspects of the instrument and its use in nontraditional contexts.
The internship is aimed at instrumentalists who already possess basic technique. Knowledge of music theory is not required.
Recommended model : eight basses in G/C or the higher models.

Riccardo Tesi
A composer, an instrumentalist and a researcher: these are the aspects of the complex and multifaceted musical personality of Riccardo Tesi, a true pioneer of ethnic music in Italy.
From his debut in 1978 with Caterina Bueno, strongly rooted in the folk tradition, to the present day collaborations, the musical curriculum of Tesi, born in Pistoia, is characterised by a precious continuity based on eager passion and curiosity that have led him to compare his Tuscan heritage to the Italian, Basque, English, French and Madagascar traditions, as well as to jazz, liscio (Italian popular dance music) and songwriting.
His instrument, the diatonic accordion (melodeon), is an example of perfect symbiosis with his conception of memory. For the first time in Italy, he even dedicated a whole record to this instrument, a forerunner of the accordeon.
What is amazing about Tesi is his easily recognizable style, allowing his concertina to speak both an archaic and modern language, widening the vocabulary and the technique of an instrument for a long time preserved as part of a traditional heritage. A brilliantly outdated choice that places Tesi, thanks to his lyrical and virtuoso skills, among those who have brought the accordeon and all the instruments alike back to their dignity all over the world. In this respect, in 2002 he was given the “La voce d’oro” prize in Castelfidardo.

listen to the music of Riccardo Tesi:
• Riccardo Tesi, Patrick Vaillant & Andrea Piccioni - Istanbul
• Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana : Maggio (live) - The Zest of Minute
• Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana - Tevakh
• TRIOTONICO: Riccardo Tesi, Filippo Gambetta, Simone Bottasso
• Riccardo Tesi & Elastic Trio - Valzer d'aprile
• Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana - Scaccomatto
• Riccardo Tesi & Elastic Trio - Citrustango
• Riccardo Tesi & Elastic Trio - Santiago
• Riccardo Tesi, Cameristico - La valse a Pierre
• Riccardo Tesi, Lucilla Galeazzi, Elena Ledda, Ginevra Di Marco, Alessio Lega - Bella Ciao
• Samurai Accordion - Sushi Time



Guest

You are welcome to join us this weekend as a 'guest'. As a guest, you're welcome to stay with us the wole weekend, but you won't participate in the workshops. During the days there are for the guests one or two classrooms avaiable. When the sun is shining, we could go outside to make music in the beautiful woods of Sint-Michielsgestel.
But there is also lot's to do in the neighbourhood: we're in a beautiful forest, so you could walk or cycle through the woods. Pick your walking-route at route.nl. We're also close to the nice city of Den Bosch, the boat tour underneath the city is great.