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Drum Circle Facilitator Training Institute
Experiences in Basic training
After the basic training
Attended for the first time in 15 years
It was the second time I attended the course after 15 years. Last time, I felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment and nervousness.
50 pages of Japanese text were introduced for the first time,･･･read more
Sanae Kawasaki
Lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Attended for the first time in 15 years
It was the second time I attended the course after 15 years. Last time, I felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment and nervousness.
50 pages of Japanese text were introduced for the first time,･･･read more
Sanae Kawasaki
Lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido
challenge
I didn't know anything about "drum circles" until I participated in this event. "What is a drum circle?" There were various kinds of drums in the room, and everyone started playing one after another. i am honest･･･read more
Moeka Hirata
Lives in Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture
3 days when I found my new self
Tom Tom Thank you for your guidance on the drum circle.
Thank you to everyone who participated together and for sharing a good time.
At the drum circle this time, the facilitator's turn is ... Read more
Kyoko Kato
Lives in Ama District, Aichi Prefecture
Attended for the first time in 15 years
It was the second time I attended the course after 15 years. Last time, I felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment and nervousness.
50 pages of Japanese text were introduced for the first time,･･･read more
Sanae Kawasaki
Lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Attended for the first time in 15 years
It was the second time I attended the course after 15 years. Last time, I felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment and nervousness.
50 pages of Japanese text were introduced for the first time,･･･read more
Sanae Kawasaki
Lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido
People and sounds connected by rhythm
Early in the new year of 2022, I attended the basic training held for 3 days at Nagoya College of Music.
Actually, I started from 0 without even knowledge or experience of drum circ.
As soon as we arrived at the venue, the sound of the drums guided us in and invited us in, and when we started playing along with everyone there, it felt nostalgic.･･･read more
Masumi Matsumoto
Lives in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Recollection ...
Playshop Japan 2017
At Playshop Japan 2017 held in Omishima in 2017, I first encountered the theory of drum circle facilitation advocated by Arthur Hull. From the strength of that impression, as a basis for thinking about the facilitator and the progress process of the drum circle ... Read more
Toshiyuki Abe
Lives in Tokyo
Attended for the first time in 15 years
It was the second time I attended the course after 15 years. Last time, I felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment and nervousness.
50 pages of Japanese text were introduced for the first time,･･･read more
Sanae Kawasaki
Lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Attended for the first time in 15 years
It was the second time I attended the course after 15 years. Last time, I felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar environment and nervousness.
50 pages of Japanese text were introduced for the first time,･･･read more
Sanae Kawasaki
Lives in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Possibility of drum circle
I have received basic training in Nagoya in 2020. I had known about the existence of drum circles for some time, but when I took a one-day play shop course in college, I thought that it would be a source of food for me, so I took the course. There are many things that I actually felt after receiving it, but there are two big things. One is･･･read more
Issei Uchida
Lives in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture
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國分由佳
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ドラムサークルの世界観
なんだ、この居心地のいい温かい雰囲気は…
初めて参加したベーシック研修の感想は、まずこれだ。
みんなが笑顔で輝き、一人一人が尊重され、誰一人取りこぼすことがない。
私が理想とする世界がここにあった！
世の中がみんなこういう考えになれば、みんな幸せなのになあ～。
最近よく聞く“共生社会”。障害の有無に関わらず、全ての人が助け合い、共に生きていく・・・ドラムサークルはまさにそれを具現化したもの。音楽経験も、年齢も、国籍も、障害も関係ない。なんて素敵な社会なの？ただ、みんなで輪になって太鼓を叩いているだけなのに不思議な一体感！
でもこれ、参加者としてはとても楽しいけれど、ファシリテーターをするとなると、なかなか奥が深く、難しい。
研修中はとにかく楽しくて、ジャンプインする仲間の一挙手一投足に全集中。
トムトムの美しく、シンプルな、想い伝わるボディランゲージに感動。
いざ自分がジャンプインすると、頭が真っ白！でも、みんなが笑顔で、失敗しても大丈夫だよ！と包み込んでくれる。
自分のことに精一杯でまだ周りが見えていないけれど、このドラムサークルの世界観を世の中に広めたい！という気持ちはとても強くなった。
2024年
國分由佳／静岡県静岡市在住
音楽療法士
鈴木愛梨
何度でも
ベーシック研修の受講は今回で3回目でした。 初めて受講した時は、情報が溢れるくらい頭に入ってきて、ほとんど理解できず、ただただサークルの真ん中でみんなが作り出す音楽を感じられるのが楽しい！これだけでした。
VMCの研修は何回でも受けられます。そして受ける度にたくさんの学びがあります。今回の研修は、今までフワッとしか理解できていなかったことが、トムトムさんの説明と実践でスっと身体に入っていくように理解できました。研修では｢氷山の一角｣の話が必ず出てきます。今回の研修は、氷山のほんの一角から少しだけ下を覗くことができた気がしました。まだまだ分からないことだらけだし、分からないことに気づけていない部分もたくさんあると思います。それでも今までよりもスっと理解できたり、自分が疑問に思っていることに気がついた時、もしかして学びを深められているのでは？と嬉しくなりました。
｢自分自身の成長に気づけるってこんなに嬉しいことなんだ｣
これが今回の最大の学びです。
言葉だけで理解するのではなく、身体で感じ、理解する。
これができるのはリピーターの特権だと思います。
2024年
鈴木愛梨／愛知県名古屋市在住
放課後等デイサービス 指導員
小松尚子
心が動き始める
この研修に参加するまで、ドラムサークルを体験したこともなく、打楽器の演奏経験等もない。ただ、定年後の自分の心が何かを求めていた。そこで初心者でも大丈夫と書いてあったのを信じて３日間の研修への申し込みをポチッ。
会場に入ると、そこには大きさも形も様々なドラムがらり。初めてドラムサークルに参加する私にとっては、全てが新鮮。何がどう始まるのか、どのドラムをいつどうやってどんな風に叩くのか･･･？そんなことから心配で、おそるおそる椅子に座ったことを今も鮮明に思い出す。まだその時は、どう叩くのが正解？なんて必死に考えていたから。要するに心も体もカッチカチ。ところが不思議なことに、周りが思い思いのリズムで叩き始め、トムトムがにこっと笑って手を挙げたときには、なぜか自然に交じってリズムを叩いている自分･･･本当に自然に心が動き始めた。何だか魔法のように。そして、最初のドラムコールが終わる頃には「何が何だか分からないけれど心地がよい。」と強く感じていた。
一つ一つのエクササイズは楽しく創造的で、とにかくそこにいることが嬉しく温かい。トムトムの講義は分かりやすく、今何をするのか、何を学ぶのかということがよく理解できたため、安心して受講できた。あんなにもドキドキしていたのが嘘のように、楽しく温かい時間と空間。「間違いはないよ。」と繰り返し励まされ、若い仲間とともにファシリテートにも挑戦。同じ内容で挑戦するのに、各々の個性が出てそれぞれが特別な音になる。これがまた心を動かす。
忘れられない体験の一つにレイトナイト。途中からコントラバスの深い音色がベースのリズムを刻み、奏で続けた･･･そこに楽器がないのに！人によって聞こえる楽器もメロディも違うということを後から知り、心底びっくり。まさにその場その時にしかできない体験。
年齢も話す言語も障がいのあるなしも関係ない。経験者か初心者かも関係ない。そこに集まり、円くなり、想いを一つにしてドラムを叩いて音楽を創り出す中で、そこにいる皆がつながり笑顔になる。本当に魔法のように。ああ、参加してよかった。この体験をこれからの生活の中でどのように生かしていこうかと、心が動き始めている。
2023年
小松尚子／静岡県湖西市在住
持田佳代子
視点が変わったその言葉
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研修は、申し込んだ時から始まっていた。宿題が有ったのだ。
宿題は、自分と向き合う時間になっていた。それがしんどかった。
ちょっとした後悔を感じながら、座学と実践を交えた三日間の研修が始まった。
初めてドラムサークルの真ん中に立った。
目、目、目、目、、、、たくさんの目に囲まれた。
360度、こんな沢山の目と対峙したら、身の置き所がない。
居心地の悪さを感じた。どうしよう、、、、。
そんな私に届いた言葉は、｢失敗は無い｣だった。
あっ・・・・・。
景色が変わった。
そこに有るのは学びだけ、だから失敗は無い。そっか評価される訳じゃないんだ。
みんな同じ方向を向いてたんだ。なんだそう言う事か、今日の音とリズムを作る仲間だ。
サークルの真ん中で私がする事は、波紋を起こす一滴の水のごとくキューを出すだけ。
それだけで音の会話が始まる。｢失敗は無い｣その言葉が私の視点を変えてくれた。
トレーニングではいろんな経験をした。リズムが生き物みたいに感じられた。
小さな音も聞こえて来た。音が放物線を描いて飛んで行くのも見えた。
リズムがメロディーを奏で始めるのを聴いた。
普段眠っていた感覚器を刺激され、異世界に居るようなそんな濃密な三日間だった。
そして、｢失敗は無い｣という言葉は、私にとって日常生活にも通じる最大の学びだった。
宿題に苦しんだ所から始まったが、清々しい気持ちで終わってた。
やりたいことがいっぱい頭の中を巡ってた。
2023年
持田佳代子／奈良県生駒市在住
会社員
Possibility of drum circle
河野恭磨
I have received basic training in Nagoya in 2020. I knew the existence of drum circles for a long time, but when I took a one-day playshop in a university course, I thought it would be a source of my own food. There are many things that I actually received and felt, but there are two major ones. One is the importance and difficulty of managing and advancing the community (drum circle) by any person and in accordance with the community. I learned a lot about what kind of signs to put out in a place where a wide variety of people gather to facilitate the ensemble. The second, in connection with the first, is the importance of connections other than music. Through the training and practice, I was convinced that the drum circle is a music "education" and a tool to grow sociality and communication. As a facilitator, I have just begun to climb the mountain, but I would like to gain experience in various places and spread this circle with many people.
Kazuaki Uchida / Lives in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture
Occupation: Graduate School of Instrumental Music, Nagoya Music University
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Possibility of drum circle
I have received basic training in Nagoya in 2020. I knew the existence of drum circles for a long time, but when I took a one-day playshop in a university course, I thought it would be a source of my own food. There are many things that I actually received and felt, but there are two major ones. One is the importance and difficulty of managing and advancing the community (drum circle) by any person and in accordance with the community. I learned a lot about what kind of signs to put out in a place where a wide variety of people gather to facilitate the ensemble. The second, in connection with the first, is the importance of connections other than music. Through the training and practice, I was convinced that the drum circle is a music "education" and a tool to grow sociality and communication. As a facilitator, I have just begun to climb the mountain, but I would like to gain experience in various places and spread this circle with many people.
河崎さなえ
Kazuaki Uchida / Lives in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture
Occupation: Graduate School of Instrumental Music, Nagoya Music University
平田萌香
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Possibility of drum circle
I have received basic training in Nagoya in 2020. I knew the existence of drum circles for a long time, but when I took a one-day playshop in a university course, I thought it would be a source of my own food. There are many things that I actually received and felt, but there are two major ones. One is the importance and difficulty of managing and advancing the community (drum circle) by any person and in accordance with the community. I learned a lot about what kind of signs to put out in a place where a wide variety of people gather to facilitate the ensemble. The second, in connection with the first, is the importance of connections other than music. Through the training and practice, I was convinced that the drum circle is a music "education" and a tool to grow sociality and communication. As a facilitator, I have just begun to climb the mountain, but I would like to gain experience in various places and spread this circle with many people.
2022
Moeka Hirata / Lives in Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture
Department of Music, Doshisha Women's University
松本真寿美
Possibility of drum circle
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I have received basic training in Nagoya in 2020. I knew the existence of drum circles for a long time, but when I took a one-day playshop in a university course, I thought it would be a source of my own food. There are many things that I actually received and felt, but there are two major ones. One is the importance and difficulty of managing and advancing the community (drum circle) by any person and in accordance with the community. I learned a lot about what kind of signs to put out in a place where a wide variety of people gather to facilitate the ensemble. The second, in connection with the first, is the importance of connections other than music. Through the training and practice, I was convinced that the drum circle is a music "education" and a tool to grow sociality and communication. As a facilitator, I have just begun to climb the mountain, but I would like to gain experience in various places and spread this circle with many people.
2022
Masumi Matsumoto / Lives in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Occupation: Music therapist
内田
3 days when I found my new self
Tom Tom Thank you for your guidance on the drum circle.
Thank you to everyone who participated together and for sharing a good time.
At the drum circle this time, I was scared that the facilitator's turn would come around at first. Because the beats are always off, I was worried that I could give instructions because I didn't have myself in the rhythm. However, when I stood in the middle and looked at the smiling faces of the group, I felt a sense of security as if they were pushing me back, saying, "It's okay, so please do it." Tom Tom said, "There is no failure." I felt the joy of being forgiven whether I could do it or make a mistake. Especially, every time I repeat it, the group becomes one, and every time the facilitator comes forward, "What? What do you want to do?"
It seems that they are talking to each other with their hearts, and at the end there is a sense of unity that they know what to do next, even if everyone can not follow the instructions, they laugh, learn, learn everything. .. I felt reassured and confident in myself. Finally, when I continued to hit the drums involuntarily around the bonfire in the center, I felt the sound of an instrument that was in sync with my rhythm from somewhere, and as I changed, it became a constant like my life. I received a strong message that "everyone is different, everyone is good", feeling various roles in the relationship between people and still playing a big rhythm as a whole. When I finished, I felt that my anxiety about playing when I was standing in front of people had eased a little.
Kyoko Kato / Lives in Ama District , Aichi Prefecture
Occupation: Nurse
加藤
Recollection ... Playshop Japan 2017
At Playshop Japan 2017 held in Omishima in 2017, I first encountered the theory of drum circle facilitation advocated by Arthur Hull. Because of the strength of that impression, this theory is deeply rooted in my heart as a basis for thinking about what a facilitator should be and how the drum circle progresses. At Playshop Japan 2017, where I participated, lectures and training based on this theory were conducted under the guidance of Arthur Hull himself. The three days at Omishima have a big meaning for me, and I feel that they are a turning point in my life.
For me, who participated in the drum circle only once in the past and felt only the fun, it made me feel that the depth and breadth of the cosmic scale are hidden, and at the same time, I easily became a facilitator. It was also a workshop that made me, who was trying to do it, rigorously recognize the distance. I had to admit that my personality was farthest from the facilitator's ideals. While the other participants are making attractive jump-ins, only I am awkward with a hard expression, and I am cueing with a clumsy body language regardless of pretending to be ... Looking at the pictures at that time, that time I feel like I want to delete all of them at once. It reminds me that I was very depressed when I first witnessed the feeling that I was left alone and the life-sized myself that I had not noticed before. However, when the whole schedule is over, I can't forget the strong desire to get closer to the essence of the drum circle as much as possible on the Shinkansen returning to Tokyo. Mysterious and quick to give up no matter what I do, I am still on the distant path.
During the playshop period, I could hardly establish relationships with other participants, and I have been living inward-oriented days with my childhood habits. However, taking this opportunity, I was able to get to know and interact with so many people. It's amazing. I am grateful to all the people who are serious about the drum circle for their warm and valuable advice and suggestions. This is also a great power that the drum circle brings.
Through the drum circle, participants will enjoy the charm of sharing and empathy while harmonizing their individual personalities, and eventually form a groove as an organism ... and the community will emerge, the community It's not exclusive, it's something that recognizes diversity ... I don't know if it will take decades to come, but I'd like to continue to move forward with the aim of becoming a personality that can help. ..
Toshiyuki Abe / Lives in Tokyo
Occupation: Komazawa Women's Junior College Childcare Department Full-time Teacher
阿部
Possibility of drum circle
I have received basic training in Nagoya in 2020. I knew the existence of drum circles for a long time, but when I took a one-day playshop in a university course, I thought it would be a source of my own food. There are many things that I actually received and felt, but there are two major ones. One is the importance and difficulty of managing and advancing the community (drum circle) by any person and in accordance with the community. I learned a lot about what kind of signs to put out in a place where a wide variety of people gather to facilitate the ensemble. The second, in connection with the first, is the importance of connections other than music. Through the training and practice, I was convinced that the drum circle is a music "education" and a tool to grow sociality and communication. As a facilitator, I have just begun to climb the mountain, but I would like to gain experience in various places and spread this circle with many people.
2020
Issei Uchida / Lives in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture
Graduate School of Instrumental Music, Nagoya College of Music
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