In addition to the workshops hosted by Music for People, this page lists workshops and gatherings hosted by members of MfP. If you are a member of MfP and wish to have your event listed here (or wish to modify your event listing), please visit our Member's Event Update Page.

Key:

• (G) - MLP Graduate; Certified MfP Teacher
• (L) - Leader
• (M) - Mentor
• (E) - Explorer
• (A) - Apprentice

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

Village Music Circles- National and International

Village Music Circles™ exists in order to bring fun, accessible rhythm expression events to people of all ages, religions, cultures and walks of life. The purpose of a drum circle is to give the participants an “in the moment” experience of his or her own rhythmical spirit and power. Any time a group of people come together and cooperate in creating an interactive, experiential musical event, they make connections beyond the music produced. In doing so, their community is strengthened and the world is a better place to live in. Calendar of Events at : http://drumcircle.com/arthurian/calendar.html

Canada

Ontario

SHARON LITTLE (G) - London, Ontario

Make Your Own Kind of Music workshops, one-on-ones, distance learning (phone and tape), children to adults. Drum circles. Find Your Creative Voice – through the voice to the Creative Fire Within (private sessions, groups, seminars, speaking engagements). No musical experience necessary. slittle@mco.net or 519-785-0797.

Quebec

Chantal Drapeau (G) - Val-David, Quebec

Self-discovery through vocal improvisation
Within a sacred container, Chantal allows people to connect to themselves by listening to silence, where the breath is born and soars in a melody, a rhythm, a spontaneous song ! ! ! This is the discovery of your own inner voice in all its unique resonance and authenticity. Chantal is offering regular workshops (indivudual sessions and groups) through Musique du Cœur (Music from the Heart) in the Laurentian region. No musical experience necessary 819-322-3708 / www.musiqueducoeur.com

Josée Allard (G) - Montreal, Quebec

Ongoing workshops and gatherings, open to everybody. Private improvisation sessions offered with all kinds of instruments, private piano lessons and piano workshops. josee.allard@yahoo.ca or 514-933-9883. www.musiquecreative.com

LISE ROY (G) - Montreal, Quebec

Separate weekly gatherings for beginners and long-time improvisors and individual sessions. 514-523-7517.

MONIQUE POIRIER (G) - Montreal, Quebec

Workshops in improviation open-to-all. Piano workshops and individual lessons in piano improvisation. poirier.impro@sympatico.ca or 514-341-5943. www.monique-poirier.com

United States

CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Bay Area - Visit our Google Maps Page ( www.snipurl.com/sf-music-imp ) showing locations and backgrounds of improvisers in the SF Bay Area. Create your own local network!

ARIEL “Orna” LECHNER - Oakland, CA

Monthly improv gatherings on Sundays at 11:00 AM. Bring your spirit, voice and instrument, veggie munchies optional. Call: 510-655-2952.

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON-BAZZOLI , (G) - Hollywood

We're back! It's time again for the adventurous among you to acknowledge your musical selves and come participate in the "True Freshman Ensemble" (TFE) - a group of improvising sound-makers celebrating a tradition of performance in which artist and audience are one. The as-yet-uninitiated may refer below for more background/inspiration...

What: TFE Gathering
When: Wednesdays from 7pm - 9:30pm - Nov. 4th, Nov. 18th, Dec. 2nd, Dec. 16th, 2009
Where: Besant Lodge, 2560 N. Beachwood Dr., Hollywood, CA (free street parking)
$5 donation to the Besant Lodge requested

www.posthornmusic.com (323) 333-4059

CONNECTICUT

KEVIN MAKAREWICZ (G) - Greenwich, CT

Workshops, Private Sessions and Residencies. www.thecairn.net

MARY AZIMA FRENCH JACKSON (G) - Guilford CT

Offers - Music, Meditation, and Conversation
- Interfaith Worship Services
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Healing with new sound and light technology

See website for updates: www.ahouseoflight.com or call for appointment: 203-643-8033

RANDY BRODY (G) - Weston, CT

Community Drum Circles
Join us for a great interactive experience playing hand drums and other percussion, and dancing to the
uplifting rhythms. You don't have to be a trained musician or an experienced drummer—just share a
desire to make rhythmic music, relieve stress and have fun in the process. Drums and other
instruments provided, or bring your own. Other acoustic instruments always welcome.
Facilitated by Randy Brody.

2010 Schedule

Third Monday Drum Circles

Dates: Apr. 19, May 17, June 21, July 19,
Aug. 16, Sept. 20,
Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20 - Time: 7:30-9:00pm

First Sunday Drum Circle
Date: Dec. 5 - Time: 3:00-4:30pm

Location for all Drum Circles: Norfield Grange, 12 Good Hill Road, Weston, CT.

Admission: $15.00 adults / $5.00 seniors (65+) and under 12
Info: 203-544-7085, rbdrumguy@sbcglobal.net, www.sounddirections.net

VICTORIA CHRISTGAU - Litchfield, CT

Ongoing workshops, gatherings, residencies and private sessions. Call: 860-567-3441.

Florida

Susan Golden - Clearwater, Florida

Universal Music Day: We are a non-profit grassroots community of music enthusiasts on a quest to nurture universal harmony by encouraging everyone everywhere to gather and create connections through music especially on the 2nd Saturday of October every year. Create your event that includes the 80% of the people who WISH they make Music -- (a speciality of MFP) in addition to the pro's. Let us know what you are planning to do! Let's create a World Wide Sound Wave! Learn more at UniversalMusicDay.org

Michael DeMaria- (G) - Gulf Breeze, FL

Michael is a psychologist, author, speaker and Grammy nominated recording artist who offers workshops in Soul Singing and The Art of Now ™ improvisational playshops for musicians and non-musicians in a safe, supportive, compassionate and playful atmosphere. He is the founder and director of ONTOS a consulting company dedicated to helping individuals and groups live more creative, meaningful and effective lives. He began using music at the age of 7 to heal his own surgery trauma. Now, as a multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, percussion, indigenous instruments and his own voice) he weaves together his healing music in creative, dynamic and unforgettable ways in his workshops/keynote concerts and recordings. You can find out more about ONTOS and Michael’s work at www.ontos.org or contact him for further information at 512 E. Zaragoza St., Pensacola, FL 32502; Toll free 1-800-764-0574 or email mdemaria@ontos.org

Musical Echoes April 24 & 25, 2010, Fort Walton Beach, FL. Michael will be performing and facilitating a drum circle at this international Native American Flute and Cultural Gathering on the Gulf Coast. Find out more at www.musicalechoes.com

Keynote Concert June 18, 2010, Gulfport MS. Michael will be speaking and performing at the Unity Church in Gulfport MS – discussing the creation of his album Ocean where he used music to heal from the devastating hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 along the Gulf Coast where he lost his home.

The Art of Now ™ October 2010. An improvisational playshop for musicians and non-musicians including Michael’s dynamic and moving Soul Singing process. This is the popular workshop Michael has been doing in many different parts of the co

Georgia

Elise Witt- Pine Lake (Atlanta), GA

Singing Workshops and Concerts in Georgia & Alabama
"Natural Rhythms" song and improvisation workshops and concerts
Elise Witt (MfP member, Atlanta GA) with Becky Reardon (Taos NM) & Terry Garthwaite (San Francisco CA)
Whether it's a polyrhythmic groove on juju magic, a playful musing on the rhythm of the heartbeat, a march about the mating season of tarantulas, a swing on spring fever, or rockin' and rollin' with a ride on the happiness train, Terry, Becky & Elise cook from the minute they join forces. Imagine Laurie Anderson, Janis Joplin, and Edith Piaf taking a turn from Starhawk and then from Dr. Seuss, and you'll have some idea of the mad and moving musical adventures created with the rhythms of the natural world and experiments with language and sound. Bringing 3 uniquely different voices to the blend, Terry, Becky & Elise's harmonies spread a web of joy and the delight of singing together. The threesome's workshops play with improvisation and original songs, and their concerts are famous for transforming the audience, even self-professed "non-singers," into a glorious choir.

May 8 Workshop @ Shambhala Center, Decatur GA
May 9 House Concert @ Frequent Small Meals, Atlanta GA
May 13 Concert @ Local Color Springville AL
May 15 Workshop & Concert @ Unitarian Universalist Congregation Atlanta GA

For more information, contact Elise Witt emworld@mindspring.com (404) 297-8398 http://www.EliseWitt.com
ELISE WITT, EMWorld Records, PO Box 148, Pine Lake GA 30072 USA Tel. (404) 297-8398

INDIANA

SALLY CHILDS-HELTON (G) - Indianapolis, IN

Improv gatherings are held at 7:00 PM on a somewhat ad-lib schedule in the home of Sally and Barry Childs-Helton, 5271 Primrose Ave. Please bring snacks. All welcome. Please call 317-251-8099 or email atomland@iquest.net to be added to the notification list for upcoming events.

MASSACHUSETTS

EVE KODIAK, M.M., Licensed Brain Gym(R) Consultant - Cambridge, MA

www.evekodiak.com 603-547-7802
YOU Are the Master! Class - 7:15 PM, at The Lydian Center in Cambridge, MA (ample parking, on the bus line).
"In a traditional master class, the expert gives advice and the students attempt to follow it. In a YOU Are The Master! Class, you set - and achieve - your own artistc and personal goals." Every session includes improvisation.
Study with Eve Kodiak for credit at the CCSU Summer Music Institute, http://www.ccsusmi.com/, July 6 - 10 - Brain Gym, Listening, and, of course, Improvisation.

IMPROVISATION HITS THE CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL CIRCUIT!
Eve Kodiak has been invited to play two solo concerts with the Monadnock Music Festival ( www.monadnockmusic.org ), combining classical repertoire with improvisation.
On July 22, Eve will explore musical style, from Mozart to Klezmer to Jazz, with "Dona Nobis Pacem in 8 Flavors," the original composition that won an honorable mention from Yo Yo Ma this past winter.
On August 1, in "Scenes from Childhood," Eve programs Schumann's famous suite with a new suite, improvised on the spot from in titles of childhood memories submitted by the audience.
Eve has received a grant from the New Hampshire Council on the Arts to film the two concerts - watch for them on the web! Meanwhile, excerpts of both programs are up on You Tube - go to www.evekodiak.com and click "podcasts."

JOANNE SPIES(G) - Stockbridge, MA

"Move It! Sound It! Write It!" improvisation gatherings in Stockbridge, MA. Call (413) 298-5505 or email spiesart@aol.com for more information.

SARAH TENNEY (G) - Cambridge, MA

Improvisation gatherings. Call: 617-876-7847 or e-mail: sarahtenney@att.net.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

EVE KODIAK - see MASSACHUSETTS listing

JAHNA MONCRIEF (G) - Alstead, NH

Music Outside the Box! Intermediate and Advanced musicians on violin, viola, cello, and double bass are invited to join the Contoocook Valley Regional School District String Ensemble on Monday afternoons at 3pm, at ConVal High School. Classic chamber music and MfP style  improvisations are all part of the fun. Performances are in December, March, and May. Please contact Jahna Moncrief if you are interested! moncriefj@conval.edu or JahnaCalandrelli@world.oberlin.edu or phone 603-588-6630 x6414.

NEW JERSEY

ANGE CHIANESE/AMALA VIOLA(L) - Trenton/Ringoes, NJ

Ange and Amala alternate hosting an improv gathering on the first Sunday of each month. Contact Ange (angezip@aol.com) (cellphone- 609-306-3799) or Amala (cvamuse@yahoo.com) if you are interested in coming.

DOROTHY SIKORA (G) - Red Bank Area, NJ

Monthly gatherings, vocal, drum circles and improv gatherings open to all. Have fun, Sing, play music. Call 732-222-8703.

JANE BUTTARS (G) - Princeton, NJ

Music from the Inside. Explore music and movement improvisation and develop self-expression and music skills. Workshops, residencies, private sessions, piano improvisation distance learning by speaker phone or recording. For details: 609-683-1269 or janepiano2@comcast.net.

KEN GUILMARTIN - Princeton, NJ

Fun, participatory workshops in early childhood music and movement. Increase your understanding of music development in young children; learn developmentally appropriate instruction using Center for Music and Young Children’s Music Together curriculum. Workshops offered through U.S. and Canada. Call Music Together, LLC: 800-728-2692.

NEW YORK

Carol Purdy (G) - Massapequa, NY

Carol Purdy is currently performing with the New York City Soundpainting Orchestra, The Weave Improv Ensemble, the International Society for Improvised Music New York City Chapter Ensemble and the Island Chamber Symphony. Carol is available for private or group improv coaching. Contact: cbabp@yahoo.com or 516-799-1512

JULIE WEBER (G) - Woodstock, NY

YOU ARE THE MUSIC - music improvisation and music learning experiences - No matter your musical experience - begin, reawaken or deepen your relationship with music in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere. Workshops • Lessons • Individuals • Ensembles • Professional Groups • Community Building • Staff Development. E-mail: JULESoso@aol.com or Call: 845-473-4572.

DAVID RUDGE (G) - Fredonia, NY

The Improv. Collective is the Free Improvisation performing ensemble in the School of Music at SUNY-Fredonia. Comprised largely of music majors, we give a number of concerts each year. This is a student organization that meets each Sunday, with David Rudge as its advisor. There is also a Free Improvisation class that meets each week at 3:00-5:00 PM on Thursdays. Guests are always welcome! For more information call: 716-673-4644.

JOELLE DANANT (G) - Brooklyn, NY

JOELLE DANANT (G) - Brooklyn (Park Slope), NY
e-mail: VocalMuse@gmail.com or Call: 718-783-5231. Courses and Workshops available in: music improvisation for the soul (all instruments); devotional singing (non-denominational; includes improvisational approach); vocal improvisation, and voice & movement
improvisation.

Jim Oshinsky (Hon G) , - Baldwin, NY.

Periodic MfP house parties. Call 516-623-6912 or oceansky@optonline.net

NORTH CAROLINA

MayaJoëlle Aubry (G) - Asheville, NC

SOUNDS FROM THE HEART, a Gathering of Voices: Singing, Toning, Co-Creating Chants, Improvising, Exploring... To deepen your musical imagination, to bring forth sounds from the inner chamber of your soul, to built trust and intuition, to joyfully celebrate life, yourself and each other. Contact MayaJoëlle for dates. Available for private individual and group sessions. Also MONTHLY MUSIC (All Instruments) GATHERINGS! Call: 828-242-9084 - ahjoiedevivre@gmail.com - www.ahthejoyoflife.com

PENNSYLVANIA

Suzanne V. Bernhardt (G) - Northern Philadelphia suburb.

Private workshops in overall self-expression, creative development, and life integration, including MFP techniques as well as improvisational theater and dance approaches. I also teach “Theater as Spiritual Practice” at Bryn Athyn College, and for the community, at Mitchell Performing Arts Center, which is open to larger community involvement. Call 267 502 2588 or suzanne.bernhardt@brynathyn.edu

ERIC & LYNN MILLER (G) - Phoenixville, PA

1st Saturday of the month 7pm, Healing Arts Coffeehouse, Phoenixville, PA with Eric and Lynn Miller and various guest MfP players and other musicians. http://www.expressivetherapy.org/coffeehouse.html

Henrik Stubbe Teglbjaerg (G) - Phoenixville, PA

Musical gatherings: A Musical Journey, every last Sunday of the months, 4-6PM, then a potluck, in my home in Phoenixville. Email or call for directions: henrik11@verizon.net or call (610) 933-9199

LYNN MILLER (G) - Phoenixville, PA
Vocal Improv Workshops, expressivetherapy.org. Join Firebird Festival Improv Orchestra Dec. 15th with roving conductors, firebirdfestival.com

RON KRAVITZ (G) - Wyndmoor, PA

Music in the Moment Improvisation Workshops - Some Saturday mornings 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Self expression through vocal & rhythm improvisation for everyone! Come explore and develop your creativity, in a fun, playful, safe and inspiring environment, surrounded by hundreds of instruments from around the world. We will engage each other in a moment to moment exploration of our self expressions of sound.

Community Drum Circles - Most Tuesday evenings 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Saturday afternoons 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 1012 E. Southampton, Wyndmoor, PA. 19038 216 233 0777

Check the schedule for updates on all upcoming events at:
http://drumcircle.meetup.com/291/calendar/list/
http://www.musicinthemoment.com
http://www.shrutibox.com