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World music with song and gourd
Music with gourds (also known as water drums) and voice is a unique experience for everyone. Together in a circle of connection, the participants experience an unforgettable musical journey on the border between making music and meditating... …
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Bucket hoe, bucket drum
Do you need expensive instruments to make music? Of course not.
Armed with a set of drumsticks, we get the coolest rhythms out of something as ordinary as a set of buckets. Under the guidance of our enthusiastic music educator and …
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Exploring the carillon of the University Library in Leuven
Did you know that the carillon is a Flemish invention (anno 1510!) and that Leuven belongs to the worldwide top with five carillons? Discover all about this enormous instrument with your class during a visit to the library tower. The carillon in …
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Expedition tool
There's more to a song than you think, namely… instruments. Instruments are needed to make music. Have you ever blown on a trombone, a clarinet or a flute? Also the stringed instruments should not be missing: cello, violin, guitar… …
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Megadrummer orchestra
The group discovers the ten basic rhythms using:
- blocks,
- sticks,
- to call,
- castanets,
- pots,
- pans
- our own body.
After this search, we puzzle together into one big whole and make our own beat. Some dance steps will not be missing.
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Rubbish recycling orchestra
A pep bottle, beer bottle, crown cap, old ladle, plate, glass, PVC tube… We sort the waste and discover how we can reuse waste to craft our own musical instrument. Hammer, nails, drills, screws, etc. are our best friends and we close the …
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The Soundmaker
In recent months, the former F-Experience Museum in Heuvelland has been transformed into De Klankmakerij. You compete with each other on the basis of hands-on assignments and sound games. Anyone who has gone through all the stages of the …
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Workshop: Nature Experience & Expression
During the Nature Experience & Expression Workshop we explore nature in an atypical way.
Nature, together with man's natural urge to explore, forms the common thread of this workshop. We respond to the discoveries of the participants and get to …Translated by
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Brazilian Percussion Workshop
During a Brazilian Percussion Workshop we are introduced to bells, claves, surdos, timbales, repiniques and much more. These Brazilian percussion instruments provide exciting samba rhythms that we know from the big carnival festival in Rio de …
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Eco-percussion
In the eco-percussion workshop we will work with all kinds of recycled materials.
Feel free to bring an object, even if you have no idea how you could make music with it: a chain, dented cooking pot, piece of garden hose... The teacher will bring …Translated by
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Workshop: Djembe
During a djembe workshop we are introduced to this drum from West Africa. An instrument with its own sound and character. We discover the music and dance culture that is ubiquitous in Africa. We learn different rhythms and quickly experience the …
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Workshop: Rap
During a Rap workshop, every participant finds a positive outlet for their feelings and ideas. Like a true wordsmith, we write a powerful text based on various rhyming exercises.
Then it's time to sharpen our hearing. We listen to the beat, hear the …Translated by
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