Worldwide – Online 2021 – Theremin Academy

A world premiere: Due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions, we set up a Theremin Academy as an online event. Two full days will be filled with practical workshops, talks, seminars and performances.

Long days, almost around the clock, will allow people from around the whole globe to participate in the activities, to communicate with and to learn from Lydia Kavina, Carolina Eyck, Pamelia Stickney, Thierry Frenkel, Thorwald Jørgensen, Charlie Draper, Randy George, Wilco Botermans, Miles Brown, Roy Palmer, and more!

Dates:

Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 9AM (GMT+1), –
Sunday, July 25, 2021 ca. 11PM (GMT+1

Please check the detailed time table below where we’ve put the information for multiple time zones.

Participants:

Thereminists of all levels, from the novice to the experimented professional

Description

The activities will include (among others):

Workshops for beginner and advanced by Lydia Kavina, Pamelia Stickney, Thierry Frenkel, Randy George
Master class by Carolina Eyck
Theremini sessions by Roy Palmer
Technical workshops by Thierry Frenkel and Wilco Botermans
Performances by Thorwald Jorgensen, Lydia Kavina, Miles Brown and Olesya Rostovskaya
Talks by Charlie Draper and Lydia Kavina
Open chat rooms.

Teachers

Lydia Kavina
Carolina Eyck
Pamelia Stickney
Olesya Rostovaya
Thierry Frenkel
Thorwald Jørgensen
Charlie Draper
Randy George
Wilco Botermans
Miles Brown
Roy Palmer

Venue

The Academy will be held over the internet via Zoom!

You will be able to enter and exit the online room at any time, depending on your time zone and interest. You can be an active participant or just watch, you can play, chat and discuss. Most activities will be recorded and the videos will be available to download for those who registred.

Program

This program might still evolve over the next days, please check back from time to time

Dates	24/07	25/07	26/07
Los Angeles	New York	London	Paris – Berlin	Moscow	Tokyo	Mel-bourne	Program
1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	5PM	6PM	Theremin Academy introduction, Workshop – Lydia Kavina
3AM	6AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	7PM	8PM	Workshop: Ensemble I (1)* – Thierry Frenkel
5AM	8AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	9PM	10PM	Seminar: Historic aspects – Charlie Draper
7AM	10AM	3PM	4PM	5PM	11PM	12AM	Seminar: Theremin in Russia – Olesya Rostovskaya – Lydia Kavina
8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	6PM	12AM	1AM	Performance – Lydia Kavina
9AM	12PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	1AM	2AM	Master class – Carolina Eyck (2)*
10AM	1PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	2AM	3AM	Open chat room
10:30AM	1:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	2:30AM	3:30AM	Seminar: The future of the Theremin – Thierry Frenkel
12PM	3PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	4AM	5AM	Workshop Q&A – Pamelia Stickney
1PM	4PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	5AM	6AM	Workshop: Theremini – Roy Palmer
2PM	5PM	10PM	11PM	12AM	6AM	7AM	Workshop: Theremin playing technique – Lydia Kavina
4PM	7PM	12AM	1AM	2AM	8AM	9AM	Workshop: Vibrato and more – Randy George
6PM	9PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	10AM	11AM	Open chat room
7PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	5AM	11AM	12PM	Performance: – Miles Brown
9PM	12AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	1PM	2PM	Open chat room
10PM	1AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	2PM	3PM	Film: Lydia Kavina’s online workshops 2020-2021
1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	5PM	6PM	Theremin gymnastic – Lydia Kavina
2AM	5AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	6PM	7PM	Workshop: Music theory/ right fingers and left hand – Lydia Kavina
4AM	7AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	8PM	9PM	Workshop: Ensemble II (1)* – Thierry Frenkel
5AM	8AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	9PM	10PM	Seminar: Technical Q&A – Thierry Frenkel
6AM	9AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	10PM	11PM	Seminar: Contemporary music – Lydia Kavina
7AM	10AM	3PM	4PM	5PM	11PM	12AM	Seminar: Theremin building, dealer and service – Wilco Botermans
9AM	12PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	1AM	2AM	Performance: – Thorwald Jørgensen
10AM	1PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	2AM	3AM	Workshop: Theremini – Roy Palmer
11AM	2PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	3AM	4AM	Workshop: Visual pitch preview (3)* – Randy George
1PM	4PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	5AM	6AM	Closing party, Q&A – all teachers and performers
3PM	6PM	11PM	12AM	1AM	7AM	8AM	(Estimated) end of the academy

(1)* Thierry would like as many as possible thereminists partaking in both ensemble workshops, so that the music will be played around the globe. On the first day, we’ll go through the different parts and details, on the second day, we’ll assemble everything and play together. Sheet music will be emailed to the registered participants a week or so, before, so that you can prepare. People who can’t read sheet music will learn to play the melody by ear and will be able to contribute in the improvisation part.
Update 14/07/2021: Explanations, sheet music, and audio tracks for practicing have been added here (click).
(2)* For Carolina Eyck’s master class, there are four places for active participants, all other can watch passively. Hurry up if you like to be one of the four active participants, reserve your place during the registration!
(3)* Randy adds the following information: “I have decided to make and release a new theremin related software tool. The tool itself is the visual tuner display from my MIDI Merlin software. I have extracted this specific feature from the much bigger MIDI Merlin and will make it its own ear-training, muscle memory training tool. The name will be -> Merlin Tuner. It will be fairly easy to use. It’s only a visual display and does not generate sound or MIDI, so there’s nothing really complicated to setup, except for setting the computer audio input and possibly a display size setting. I will have the software complete and available to purchase before the Theremin Academy scheduled start (and afterwards). One idea I had is for a volunteer (or two or three, who decide to buy ahead of time) to test out some technical exercises during the workshop, with me guiding the exercises. This is a good way for there to be some direct feedback during the learning process, while using the device… and perhaps more people will be interested in it after seeing its benefits. The price will be $15 USD. It will not work on phones. It’s computer only, but it will work on Mac and Windows computers with program called Max (and also with Ableton Live).”

Registration

Step 1: Pay the fee of GBP30 via PayPal to [email protected] with the reference “ – Theremin online academy 24-25 July”. Please make sure that the full amount will be credited to Lydia’s account, for example using PayPal’s “send money to family and friends” option. Or by adding 2GBP to cover the transfer fees!

If you see any difficulties in processing the PayPal payment, please email Lydia for alternative solutions.

Step 2: Send an email to [email protected] with your name, country, level of playing the theremin, preferred theremin model, you may also write in what activities you are you most interested.