Karen Asatrian (piano), Philipp Sageder (voice, electronics, remixing), Horst-Michael Schaffer (winds)

Master rhythmsection of the mdw:
Melinda Franzke (double bass), Wanja Rosenthal (guitar), Stefan Kemminger (drums)

Active participation: all instrumentalists, singers and composers
Intensity level: 2

Learn how to improvise in easy steps and get on stage with a master rhythmsection from the Institute for popular music (iPOP) of the mdw! Play the songs you always loved!
Book your single or group lessions in advance!

Friday 18 August & Saturday 19 August at Schloss Reichenau
10.00-12.00 am: Masterclasses (single or group) with the workshop tutors
3.00-5.00 pm: Bandstand – Afternoon Sessions: Practice with the master rhythmsection
8.00-10.30 pm: Public Jamsession: Jam with the workshop tutors and the master rhythmsection

Dietmar Flosdorf

Active participation: all instrumentalists and singers
Intensity level: 2

isaCommunity invites the local and regional populace to get acquainted with isa musicians in person by working together with them musically. To this end, specially designed workshop offerings provide opportunities for anyone who is interested – regardless of their age – to become an active part of our collaboration and help shape artistic ideas and music through mutual dialogue.

We also make it a point to involve pre-existing activities and resources of local cultural organisations such as brass bands, dance groups, and music schools as an expression of esteem and possibilities for further development.

For the Masterclass students, isaOutreach embodies an opportunity to expand their practical training by putting their own artistic competencies to work in the context of music appreciation and community music.

More information on the Project 2023

Ulla Pilz

Active Participation: all instrumentalists, singers and composers
Intensity level: 2

Musicians are being asked more and more often to present themselves onstage not only with their instruments but also verbally. This workshop provides support, feedback, tips, and tricks for public speaking in the field of music. That which is learned can be practically applied at the open-stage concerts of the isaFestival.

all except strings and composers: Tuesday, 22 August, 05.30-07.00 pm at Flackl (obligatory for participants in the Open Stage Classics concert on Wednesday, 23 August) and Thursday, 24 August, 01.00-02.30 pm

Andrea von der Emde

Active participation: all instrumentalists, singers and composers
Intensity level: 1

1st unit:
Voice, Piano, Composition: Saturday, 19 August, 08.30-09.15 am at Parkhotel Hirschwang

Turning our own bodies into resonant objects that intensify the sounds of our voices and instruments requires conscious bodily perception. The Franklin Method trains the interplay of consciousness and the body by way of the imagination in connection with movement, dance, and relaxation. The more nuanced one’s perception of this interplay is, the more nuanced are the ways in which it can be harnessed to support the sound of one’s voice and one’s instrument. “Embodiment of function improves function” is a characteristic statement by Eric Franklin, the creator of this method.

This workshop employs the Franklin Method in a group setting. The group provides a space in which to come together and rediscover the body as a resource in imaginative, dance-like, and playful ways. Each morning, we’ll be starting the day in this spirit with a dance-based body workout.

Kirsten Peters

Active participation: all instrumentalists, singers and composers
Intensity level: 1 (one-off event)

Strings: Monday, 21 August, 10.00-12.30 am at Tourismusschulen Semmering
Voice, Piano, Composition: Monday, 21 August, 04.00-06.30 pm at Parkhotel Hirschwang
Winds: Tuesday, 22 August, 10.00-12.30 am at Hotel Payerbacherhof
Chamber Music: Tuesday, 22 August, 02.30-05.00 pm at Flackl-Wirt

Why do you want to become a professional musician? It’s simple, really: because you love music. Then again, lots of people love music and don’t decide to make it their career. If you’re clear in your own mind on exactly (!) why you’re doing what you’re doing, you’ll have an easier time finding answers to lots of important questions that will pop up in your working life. For example: How do I find my way out of a motivational desert? Do I really want this, or am I just pretending that I do? How do I make the right decisions while studying and in launching my career? How do I find my audience? How does my audience find me? And that’s just the beginning. A workshop with short, crisp input and lots of interaction and hands-on tips.

Hannelore Unfried

Active participation: all instrumentalists, singers and composers
Intensity level: 1 (one-off event), no previous experience required!

Sunday, 20 August, 08.00-09.30 pm at Schloss Reichenau

Dancer and musician Hannelore Unfried brings the dance culture of past centuries back into the ballroom and onto the stage, and she conveys her internationally recognized research in courses and publications.
This time, we explore well-known dances in an unknown guise: the cotillon became the most fashionable 19th-century dance form, to be danced to music composed as waltzes, gallops, polkas, mazurkas, etc. “It is peculiarly social, requiring a constant interchange of partners; all must, therefore, be upon terms of familiarity. … Innumerable figures give all the pleasure derivable from movements in concert with others.” (Allan Dodworth: Dancing … New York 1885). This game’s rules are based on intention as much as on chance, with the occasional use of varied, surprising, and humorous props.