“Improvisation is not the fruit of chance, but the result of the accumulation of all the dreams, beliefs and hopes of our soul”.
Yehudi Menuhin

This workshop is for all musicians who want to discover improvisation. It is open to all instrumental levels. The workshop is divided into several stages to guide each participant through this discovery in a structured and progressive way. Through simple, fun exercises that everyone can do, each participant gradually gains the confidence to improvise.

By putting aside the score for a while, we open the door to all that music we’ve accumulated within ourselves, to all our inner possibilities of expression, to our “musical song”.

Several aspects of improvisation can be tackled: tonal improvisation in a variety of classical and popular styles on given forms and/or free improvisation in sound exploration of play modes.

Preparation with group games based on bodywork and theatrical improvisation to release creative energy.

– Tonal improvisation in a variety of classical and popular styles on given forms

– Work on tones, rhythms, rhythmic formulas, etc.

– Discovering ways of playing the instrument and collective free improvisation games.

– Choice of medium (poem/invented story/cartoon, etc.)

– Invention of a musical itinerary and public performance (optional)

The simple option takes the form of a workshop: 5 to 6 workshops per session lasting 50 to 60 minutes.

The strengthened option consists of 3 individual sessions lasting around 45 minutes, with improvisation work in the style requested by the student.
Students enrolled in the reinforced option also have access to the workshop

Cellist and improviser Agnès Vesterman, with extensive experience working with artists such as Vincent Courtois and Joëlle Léandre, guides participants towards free, creative musical expression.

Professor of chamber music at the CNSMDP, cello teacher at the CRR de Boulogne-Billancourt and trainer at the Pôles Supérieurs, she has integrated the multiple aspects of her experience into her teaching and guides participants towards free, creative musical expression.

Sight-reading classes are open to all instrumentalists for sessions supervised by Junko Fukuda-Gros, accompanist and professor at the CRR in Lyon.

A graduate of the National University of Japan in Utsunomiya (Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music education), Tokyo University of the Arts (Master’s degree in musicology, specializing in music theory), and the CNSMD in Lyon (piano accompaniment), Junko Fukuda-Gros has been teaching music for many years in France and Japan.

A renowned concert pianist and accompanist, she shares her experience and passion for teaching music with students.

The option includes 1.5 hours of work to be spread out over the course (for example, three 30-minute sessions).

The Feldenkrais Method aims to develop proprioception (perception of oneself), the kinaesthetic sense (the ability to feel and remember one’s movements) and the inner visualisation of movement, which makes it particularly relevant for musicians and artists.

As the lessons progress, the benefits are quickly perceptible in the development of musical playing: the body remembers the sensory experiences and movement patterns that give it greater ease and reuses them even outside the field of consciousness.

Organisation of lessons :
Simple option: 45-minute group classes (preferably in the morning)
Enhanced option: access to all group classes + 1 group workshop of 1h30 + 1 individual class.

Manuelle El koubbi : Violinist and teacher, Manuelle El koubbi was trained in the Feldenkrais Method by Myriam Pfeffer (herself a student of Moshé Feldenkrais). She has been a practitioner since 2008.

She teaches Feldenkrais in conservatoires, for students or teachers, in the form of master classes or weekly individual or group classes. The Feldenkrais method permeates her teaching, in the form of an approach that emphasises the search for feeling, and allows her to introduce a form of creativity into her work by inviting her to explore all the possibilities.

Manuelle El koubbi is also developing a method of ‘listening to sound through the body’, leading to more sensitive listening and training the ear in relation to the emotions.

Learn simple tools to manage your daily stress and stage fright during auditions or concerts.

The sessions consist of:
Practice breathing exercises, visualisations and gentle body movements. This can be done sitting on a chair or standing up.
Guided discussions to understand and learn from the experiences of others
Taking notes to raise awareness and assimilate experiences and lessons learned
This course is based on Sophrology and coaching tools.
Course organization :
Simple option: one hour of group lessons every day
Enhanced option: all group lessons + 3 individual sessions

With 15 years of experience as a support specialist, Margot knows how to provide practical tools tailored to each individual. Trained in coaching, sophrology, yoga and Ayurveda (nutrition & massage), she is able to guide each person holistically and respond to their needs in the best possible way. There are often several solutions to a problem, and it is up to each individual to find the one that suits them best. It is through practice that we find our way.
The important thing is that you can continue to live life to the fullest every day and enjoy yourself.
Margot has been supporting musicians for over 10 years and understands their concerns and challenges.
Getting to know yourself and learning to listen to yourself opens up so many possibilities!
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• Practice breathing exercises, visualisations and gentle body movements. This can be done sitting on a chair or standing up.
• Guided discussions to understand and learn from the experiences of others
• Taking notes to raise awareness and assimilate experiences and lessons learned

This course is based on Sophrology and coaching tools.
Course organization :
Simple option: one hour of group lessons every day
Enhanced option: all group lessons + 3 individual sessions

With 15 years of experience as a support specialist, Margot knows how to provide practical tools tailored to each individual. Trained in coaching, sophrology, yoga and Ayurveda (nutrition & massage), she is able to guide each person holistically and respond to their needs in the best possible way. There are often several solutions to a problem, and it is up to each individual to find the one that suits them best. It is through practice that we find our way.
The important thing is that you can continue to live life to the fullest every day and enjoy yourself.
Margot has been supporting musicians for over 10 years and understands their concerns and challenges.
Getting to know yourself and learning to listen to yourself opens up so many possibilities!
www.TheSunTouch.com

Course organization:

Simple option: one hour of group lessons every day

Enhanced option: all group lessons + 3 individual sessions

With 15 years of experience as a support specialist, Margot knows how to provide practical tools tailored to each individual. Trained in coaching, sophrology, yoga and Ayurveda (nutrition & massage), she is able to guide each person holistically and respond to their needs in the best possible way. There are often several solutions to a problem, and it is up to each individual to find the one that suits them best. It is through practice that we find our way.

The important thing is that you can continue to live life to the fullest every day and enjoy yourself.

Margot has been supporting musicians for over 10 years and understands their concerns and challenges.

Knowing yourself and learning to listen to yourself opens up so many possibilities!

www.TheSunTouch.com

In Ayurveda, every massage has a therapeutic purpose, essentially to help the body restore its healthy balance. A massage will contribute to:

• Relax the body – Release tensions and knots
• Helping the mind calm down – improving focus and creativity
• Stimulate the lymphatic and circulatory system
• Strengthen the immune system
• Help the digestive system
• Nourish and treat the skin in depth

Concretely:
Hot oil massages of the whole body or only certain parts (back, neck, hands, feet, stomach, etc.). Choice made with the person.

Different massage intensity depending on needs.

Strengthened option only: 3 hours of massage in total to be distributed according to the person’s needs

With 15 years of experience as a support specialist, Margot knows how to provide practical tools tailored to each individual. Trained in coaching, sophrology, yoga and Ayurveda (nutrition & massage), she is able to guide each person holistically and respond to their needs in the best possible way. There are often several solutions to a problem, and it is up to each individual to find the one that suits them best. It is through practice that we find our way.

The important thing is that you can continue to live life to the fullest every day and enjoy yourself.

Margot has been supporting musicians for over 10 years and understands their concerns and challenges.

Knowing yourself and learning to listen to yourself opens up so many possibilities!

www.TheSunTouch.com

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The PEP® method (Process- and Embodiment-focused Psychology) according to Michael Bohne, is an effective and simple technique to reduce anxiety and stress.

It is aimed at all instrumentalists.

The short and focused interventions allow you to feel more comfortable in exam situations, to work on your instrument in the best conditions and to succeed in performing at your best level.

This mental preparation can also be focused on preparation for orchestral competitions for all instruments (PEP, mental work on instrument technique + structure and preparation planning).

By stimulating neural networks (tapping on acupuncture points, rolling the eyes, humming, counting, saying affirmations, etc.), thought, feeling and behavior patterns are changed.

PEP® helps to detect unconscious blocks and negative thoughts that can be the source of stress and stage fright and to overcome them. It improves one’s relationship with oneself and with others and provides protection against burnout and secondary traumas.

The basic method – a special sequence of tapping – can easily be learned in a group.. For learning, it is enough to imagine the particular moment of unpleasant and stressful feeling and to tap at the same time. Learning this technique provides emotional support in any stressful situation, either in the workplace or in everyday situations.

PEP® private coaching allows you to work on personal themes, to become aware of negative thoughts and to replace them with “positive immunization phrases”. Complemented with mental training techniques, a PEP® coaching session can trigger a process of transformation and personal development by giving access to the positive resources of the unconscious and the power of the imagination.

Felicia Terpitz, a violin soloist, winner of several international competitions, concertmaster in an orchestra, and violin teacher for 20 years, began her certified “Mental Training” during the summer of 2020 lockdown. As a mother of three children, she sees the increased suffering of young people in the face of a distant school system reduced to individual learning on the computer. Finding herself at the point of not being able to learn new pieces on the violin, Felicia Terpitz decides to search for the “What, How, Why…” of our thoughts.

This research led him to realize with greater awareness the importance of the body for psychic well-being. Between June and October 2021 she attended the PEP® training course at Michael Bohne and trained in this method with which she has been working ever since with great success, especially with musicians.

Felicia Terpitz, specializes in the development of sound and self-expression in connection with self-acceptance complemented by body exercises and mental techniques.

www.musikundsinn.de

Opened to every person wishing to find tools for a better postural balance bringing more well-being and freedom and less stress. These courses are aimed at musicians who are learning, performing or already teaching.

The Frederick Matthias Alexander Technique is a method which allows the redeployment of the muscular system by avoiding the useless tensions. It helps the body by helping to stop with bad conscious or unconscious postures. It allows to develop a better ” use of oneself ” respectful of the body.

The FM Alexander technique aims for adopting good postural habits through 5 procedures. These procedures will help the student to release muscular tension, to play without hindrance and with lightness, thus giving him more speed and fluidity.

The F.M. Alexander technique will be taught by Claire Brunaud during sessions 1 and 2.

Claire Brunaud

Piano teacher, holder of a Master’s degree in Music and Musicology from Paris-IV Sorbonne University with the speciality Music and Arts-Plastique, Claire Brunaud is also holder of a diploma delivered by the Training center of Technique Alexander ( CFTA) of Paris.
Since then, she is training musicians, dancers and comedians. She is also teaching music music theory and musical awakening in a dynamic and physical prospect.
She has also perfected her choral conducting skills with various conductors.

Claire Brunaud is a teacher of musical training at the CRR of Cergy Pontoise and also a teacher of musical training for dancers at the Conservatoire Paul Dukas – Paris 12.

Claire Brunaud is also involved in another artistic domain through the painting and through the illustration.

Class content

Claire Brunaud works on 4 group classes and 2 individual classes of 30 to 45 minutes. The first four classes are collective. They take place every other day in order to let the body operate changes between each class. Then, Claire Brunaud gives 2 individual classes. During the last individual class, the student brings his instrument to enable him to practice what he will have learnt during that session.

The Alexander Technique helps you rediscover a good postural balance, a harmony between muscle tone and relaxation, essential for vocal and instrumental practice. Singers and instrumentalists can improve their proprioception, learning to perceive and change bad habits. Fine-tuned perception of one’s own gestures enables one to think of oneself as an Instrument Body, and avoid pain and local lesions such as tendonitis or dystonia…

This psychophysical technique teaches you to manage stage fright and rediscover the pleasure of performing.

Class content

Alba Isus offers 4 group classes and 2 individual classes of 30 to 45 minutes. For one-to-one lessons, students can bring their own instrument for practice.

Alba Isus : Mezzo-soprano, pianist, State Diploma and singing teacher, she is a graduate of the Centre de Formation à la Technique Alexander (CFTA) in Paris, under the direction of Agnès de Brunhoff.

Since then, she has taught the Alexander Technique at the CRC in Rosny sous Bois and at various training organizations.

At the Conservatoire, she transmits the tools of the Alexander Technique to singers, instrumentalists, dancers and actors.

She performs regularly with the Chœur de Radio France, the Opéra Nomade company and the Ensemble Zoroastre.

Relax – Stretch – Breathe – Release tension – Correct body alignment

Gentle, still postures, using your breath to release tension or blockages and help you listen to your limits and needs.

No pain, no forcing, just listening to yourself and letting go.

You will work deeply on your muscles, tendons and fascia.

La pratique se fait allongée sur un tapis et l’utilisation de coussins ou blocs pour que chacun adapte la posture selon ses possibilités (chaque corps est différent).

It is first of all a physical well-being that is felt, which then awakens mental and emotional well-being.

Everyone practises according to their abilities on the day, their desires and their feelings. Performance is forgotten here to make way for listening.

The daily practice that this course offers is great for feeling the effects on the body and mind:

• Reducing stress and mental tension
• Reducing pain
• Restoring flexibility in the joints and gain mobility
• Regain energy
• Sleeping better
• Improve self-awareness

As a specialist in coaching, Margot enjoys helping people progress through physical activity. Thanks to yin yoga and Ayurveda (nutrition & massage), she is able to guide each individual holistically and respond to their needs in the best possible way. It is through practice and experience that we find our path.

The important thing is that you can continue to live life to the fullest every day and enjoy yourself.

Margot has been supporting musicians for over 10 years and understands their concerns and challenges.

Knowing yourself and learning to listen to yourself opens up so many possibilities!

Following the Lebrun brothers’ exploits in 2024, table tennis – an Olympic sport since 1988 that has managed to appeal to both amateurs and professionals – has significantly grown in popularity. Indeed, it is a dynamic activity that requires quick reflexes and perfect coordination, while remaining accessible to everyone.

Whether played in pairs or groups, table tennis fosters a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. It is a great way to share moments of pleasure and relaxation, while strengthening social ties.

At the crossroads of technique and psychology, ping pong develops several important aspects of physical and mental health:

• Improving coordination
• Developing reflexes
• Improving agility
• Strengthening concentration

Table tennis is the perfect activity to relax with friends, challenge yourself, and improve your skills during your spare time.

Course organization:

• Simple option: the student can attend 4 group classes

• Reinforced option: the student can attend as many group classes as he or she wants and has access to 1h30 of private lessons

Mei Sheng SONG is a Chinese table tennis athlete. She holds a second-class national athlete certificate in China and is also a regional champion.

She began practicing the sport at the age of 4 with her father, a coach in the Liaoning province – a gathering place for table tennis players. Indeed, many international champions such as Ma Long, Chu Qin Wang, and Sun Ying Sha, started their careers in this province.

At the age of 5, she joined a municipal sports school and was taught by professional coaches throughout her 13-year career. She took part in major competitions and tournaments in Liaoning, winning the title of champion on several occasions.

At the age of 10, she attended a high-level training course with the Chinese national team in Beijing.

Today, Mei Sheng continues to practice table tennis in clubs and actively participates in various sports events.

Learn the basics of French or improve your level.
A French teacher for 15 years and trained in teaching FLE (French as a Foreign Language), Margot will share her love of the French language with you in a fun and practical way.
She teaches teenagers and adults who want to learn to communicate in French and learn more about French culture.

Course organization :
Basic option: five half-hour lessons – Introduction to French – Beginner level
Enhanced option: all group lessons + 6 half-hour individual sessions – Level tailored to each student