May 2015
Terpsichore – by Antonio Canova
MAY MUSE
Terpsichore, “delight of dancing” ruled over dance and the dramatic chorus. She is usually depicted holding a lyre, accompanying the dancers’ choirs with her music. She is perhaps the most widely known of the Muses, her name having entered general English as the adjective terpsichorean (“pertaining to dancing”). In some accounts she was the mother of the half-bird, half-woman Sirens, whose father was the sea god Achelous or the river god Phorcys.
As you will see, this is the muse that we use for our International Harp Therapy Program logo. Paul Guess, our amazing website and visual designer took photos of Terpsichore when he was visiting the Cleveland Art Gallery. I chose to feature this muse for our last lesson because she embodies the dance we do with our hands to create the music that lifts the hearts of those we serve. May it be a dance we all do through the weaving of interesting sounds!
| Musings: Deep in thought; contemplative, rumination, reflexion, pondering, study, “an elegant tapestry of quotations, musings, aphorisms, and autobiographical reflections” (James Atlas) |
CALL IN DATES and TIMES
Group 1 and 2- Tuesday – May 12 (13th for Asia/AU) This is an important call to try to be on as we will be discussing you internships and may details and questions you may have.
I am going to let you figure the time. Please determine the time based on a time conversion. For Group 1, you need to register it as 11 a.m. from Pacific Los Angeles Time on Tuesday May 12 and for Group 2 register for 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday May 12 – same- Pacific Los Angeles Time. Here is the link to the Time Converter: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
You will receive a notice 24 hours prior to your call and also 2 hours prior to the call from the Conference Folks. . Your pin number and telephone number will be on those announcements and I will also send it on the weekend before.
Please print out the papers if you have already taken the ESM in San Diego, these will be all the notes that I told you you will have. And also, for those planning to come to Tampa next spring – looks like March is the month but likely the 2nd week at this point since Easter is the end of the month. You will need the papers printed out to bring with you to the ESM with the exception of the last file which you can add to your electronic file for future reference. Links to the papers to be printed out are below.
Here is a lovely picture of our recent Australian ESM. It was a wonderful gathering of 16 students! They are your classmates from Asia, AU and NZ!
Front row: Rebecca Leung, Ella Scott, Gwynna Whiteowl, Vimukti Warr, Carmen Lee, Rhonda Ward Middle: Ruth Veena Varnie Shepherd, Christina Back Row: Carla Whiteley, Bernadette O’Rourke, Carolann Wake, Louise Apps, Shirley Allott, Anke Arkesteyn, Catherine Lyons-Nash, Kerryn Viner, Karen Huckle
In Class with Christina Playing for the Seniors
Class dinner out at a Southern Indian restaurant
1. READING ASSIGNMENT – YOUR LAST!
Pages 192-221 Individualizing Music, covering Musical Elements, Intervals, Modes and Moods, Improvisation, Toning
Pages 245-254 – Resonance, covering What is Resonant Tone? Circle of Fifths, The Voice, Determining Keys and Modes, Double Resonance
Pages 255-287 – Harp and holistic Healing, covering Subtle Energies, Energy Channels and Chakras, Aromatherapy, Color Therapy, Celtic Circle, Tai Chi, Chinese Five-Element Healing
There is a QUIZ this month. Please be sure to listen to the recordings from the April Conference call on internships. You should be outlining your practicum now. Please have your preliminary proposal and self-evaluation submitted to your mentor via the Internship section of your USER account by May 19th. Mentors – please check your student USER accounts on May 20th for their information.
(Mentors – check your forms under mentors)
Payments for those on the payment plan for the ESM are due two months prior to your attendance. Please pay for your ESM by credit card LINK or send your check to: I.H.T.P, PO Box 333, Mount Laguna, CA 91948 This will apply to our European group now and then next January for our Tampa group.
For those who have already taken the ESM Level 2, you can be working on your internship full 80 hours now. Please run your proposal by your mentor. For those taking the ESM Level 2 in Europe this July, in Tampa next March and in Australia next April, you may begin your 45 hours of internship at this point and then finish the last 35 hours after you take the Level 2. Try to work on your portfolio as you go along so that you do not save it all for the very end. You can be working on your 33 tunes, and your music for balancing the elements – those are the songs from the Illuminations book OR beginners may choose from the Color My World songs. You can print out the IHTP REPERTOIRE STUDY Elements.
Please print these papers, study them and bring them with you to the ESM.
Resonant Tone-Keys for Resonant Tone page 1 You might want to take this Resonant tone chart and reduce it and put it on a small card stock for easy reference.
Resonant Tone – The Celtic Circle of Music pages 1-37
The following PDFs are to be printed out and brought with you to the ESM. You do not need to study these particular pages – just bring them along. You might want to put them all in a folder so they are organized.
Resonant Tone -Human Vocal Sound pages 1-3
Resonant Tone -Attending With Sound pages 1-7
Resonant Tone-Inclusive Attention pages 1-4
Resonant Tone-Science and Mysticism pages 1-3
Resonant Tone-Sound and Spirit pages 1-11
The Dying Process – Dissolving The Elements
Living Anatomy Part 1 pages 1-18
Living Anatomy Part 2 pages 18-31
The following articles can be put in your electronic file but please read the history of the Resonant Kinesiology Program before coming to the ESM.
Resonant Tone -Susan Borg and the RK Program pages 1-5
Here are a series of videos for this months lesson. If when you click on the button, the video does not open, go back to this page and right click on the button and then select OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW.
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| Part 1 – Our Ancient Roots | Part 2 – Our Ancient Roots |
While looking for pictures for Jeanne’s lecture, I came upon this fascinating website. I think you will enjoy it also. http://www.sacredthreads.net/www.sacredthreads.net/yeats_aengus.html
3. In the following video clip, you will see a simplified music submission on the Celtic Circle of Music. Try to keep on track and submit your recordings as you can.
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You may submit the Celtic Circle of music in any key that feels comfortable to you. See if you can identify which of the tones resonate the most to your ear and to your soul. Please refer to the charts that came with your Celtic Circle of Music that show which chords to play for various Resonant Tones. Practice the Celtic Circle of music for multiple tones. When you come to the ESM, you will be finding resonant tone for others and creating their song. To have a good review, you should be able to improvise in the Mixolydian Mode, the Aeolian Mode and the Ionian Mode – so please do look over those 3 Creative Harping DVDs – #3, #4 and #6 before you come to the ESM.
Here is a song that is played in different keys. Start by playing this to get a sense of which key tone resonates the most with you. This is a good starting point. (the last line for those printing out the papers where it seems to be cut off for 8.5×11 paper, just repeat line 3 – it is the same.)
Christ Child Lullaby Resonance Identification
At this point I would like to summarize many of the things we have covered in the program that you can now put into your Harp Therapy Tool Bag. Please take a look at this video of our yellow brick road. Each step along the way gives us a new concept, a new tool – some new knowledge to put into our little bag of skills. In our classes we jot down all the things that were new to us or that stood out. Here is a short movie of the Netherlands workshop. Enjoy and remember, you’ll have many more skills after your ESM!
| Creating our IHTP Tool Bag What do we have in our bag? |
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| Jan Jonker preparing the yellow brick labyrinth | Participants walking the yellow brick road. |
Check out our yellow brink road! Remember – you’ll soon be in Oz playing your harp to all the munchkins!
Click on the yellow bricks!
I’m going to leave up the Middle Eastern and Angel Mode Videos in case you haven’t completed them. You will also be able to see this on the main menu of the Harp Therapy Campus site under PREP and FINISHING students.
Middle Eastern Mode
Angel video clip
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Please watch this video clip on what we are looking for on your 33 tunes. |
5. If you have questions, please use our CONTACT FORM to be in touch and we will assist you. Remember to always look at the Troubleshooting FAQ’s under the Main Menu on the top of this site. They are under STUDENTS.
Here are things to keep in mind for your next paper due on June 15th, 2015:
NOTE: PC users you can download the above files to your computer by holding down the right mouse button over the links and selecting from the download/save options. Mac users hold down the control key or right mouse button (if you have one).
