[Bards] Bardic collegium - ideas

[Tessa Nieto]

Heck, if you guys don't mind an Atenveldter coming
out, I wouldn't mind teaching a Bardic 101 class and a
class on Interkingdom Bardic practices and traditions.


If this does get off the ground, I am at your service!

Lady Eleanor Cleavely
Apprentice to Master Darius of the Bells
Bard of Sun Dragon
Kingdom of Atenveldt
--- "Biggs, Truly" <truly.biggs at hp.com> wrote:
> Oops - Sorry to have continued on a topic that is
> dead.
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> So:
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> I would be delighted to help with this event - and I
> think it is an
> excellent idea.
> 
> I will offer up the two classes I have had good
> experiences with
> teaching in the past which are:
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> Vocal/Performance Coaching
> 
> Performance Technique
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> 
> I have several other ideas for classes that I would
> hope to have time to
> prepare, but I can't make any promises. Let me know
> if any of these
> seems really interesting to you.
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> Beginning Music Theory (how to start learning to
> read music)
> 
> Historical Harmony (The beginnings of polyphony)
> 
> Bardcraft in other Kingdoms (What's it like over
> there?)
> 
> How to choose a piece that's right for you (Finding
> your medium)
> 
> Choral conducting
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> Round tables?
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> 
> Define "bardcraft"  - with Robin, Pendaran, Willow,
> Robert Fitz Morgan,
> and someone who has been in the SCA for less than a
> year.
> 
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> 
> Tricks of the trade - (Overcoming stage fright,
> don't eat candy before
> you sing, warm-ups, how to get an audience's
> attention)
> 
>                                     (Simone,
> Antonia, Gerald, Kat, And
> I'd love to be on this panel)
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> Music trading circle - go around the circle on
> topics such as "What's
> the first song/poem that you remember hearing in the
> SCA, or What's the
> best thing you ever wrote - or what do you think
> your strongest piece
> is, and why"
> 
>  
> 
> A "do that thing you once did" circle. Go around and
> each person
> requests a piece that you have heard someone do - or
> that is your
> favorite of someone else's. You don't perform when
> it is your turn - you
> pass or request.
> 
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> 
> I'd also like to see a couple of Bardic Challenges.
> I recently attended
> an event called Bardic Madness in which the
> categories were posted
> months ahead of time, giving people time to write or
> find a piece about
> or including, say, The lily and the rose, or My King
> has called, and I
> must go, or write or perform a sonnet - or a Triolet
> - or a ballad. It
> really sparked creativity. Maybe just a few of these
> - otherwise - it
> could take up a whole day/evening.
> 
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> 
> Wow - I'm full of it...er..of ideas.
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> Hope any of these are useful.
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> I would happily put an original piece into a book.
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> Eleanor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dawn Rummel [mailto:dsrummel at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:08 PM
> To: Bardic
> Subject: [Bards] Bardic collegium
> 
>  
> 
> Since our previous hot topic has died down a bit,
> I'd like to start up a
> new one that might not be quite so controversial. 
> It is my hope to
> organize a bardic collegium for the late spring or
> summer of this year,
> either hosted by Steppes or attached to an existing
> event.  If hosted by
> Steppes, it would technically be a local or regional
> event given the
> kingdom limitations on the number of kingdom-level
> events hosted by each
> group, but I would love to see it grow and draw
> bards from thoughout the
> kingdom.  This is in the absolute beginning stages
> of preparation and so
> can be shaped to fit the needs of the participants. 
> I'd like to get
> input on the following subjects:
> 
>  
> 
> Classes you'd like to see (and who might teach them)
> 
> Panel discussions you'd like to attend (and who
> would be good
> participants)
> 
> Would you attend and/or teach (if available to do
> so) and what factors
> might encourage your attendance?
> 
> Should it be attached to some other event or
> something all its own?
> 
> Would you be willing to contribute original pieces
> to a book to be sold
> or given at the event?
> 
> Other issues I haven't thought of
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> Any takers?
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> Antonia/Dawn
> 
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