Miranda Rondeau is an internationally recognized devotional singer, musician, and frame drum artist. She has been teaching the craft since 1999, as encouraged by her late teacher Layne Redmond, author of the seminal book, When the Drummers Were Women.
Miranda has created and teaches a repertoire of frame drum "circle songs" as a way of sacred remembrance. She performs in a ceremonial context, playing for rites of passage and communal bonding.
She performed together with her students for house recitals, and public events.Miranda has taught in Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, Canada and throughout California.
She taught at The Asheville Percussion Festival and has performed at Tamburi Mundi Frame Drum Festival, Germany, International Biblical Frame Drum Festival, North American Frame Drum Festival, California and the First American Frame Drum Gathering.
She has studied with various teachers including David Kuckherman, Alessandra Belloni, Zohar Fresco and is currently studying with Yshai Afterman.
Miranda is often a guest presenter or drum teacher for online schools or programs like the Shift Network with Krista Holland, Global Rhythm Sangha with Christine Steven,
School of the Sacred Wild, New Earth Mystery School and women’s online retreats
Miranda created and maintains the online presence for “Women Frame Drumming,” dedicated to Layne Redmond.
She is dedicated in reclaiming the frame drum as a sacred tool of remembrance
4 Week Live Recorded Signature Frame Drum "Circle Song" Series: Songs for the Earth
Drumming, stepping and singing.
Join to celebrate, honor and give thanks to our
connection to Mother Earth, Pachamama, Madre Tierra, Mama Gaia.
In this series, we will weave rhythm and voice singing songs dedicated to our planet.
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Pre-requisite - Previous frame drum studies or Heart of Frame Drumming Intro
You'll want to know how to play patterns upon hear its recitation and upon reading simple notation
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The words we sing plants seeds in the garden of our hearts.
Each time we sing them we feed and water them.
We will include songs just for singing as well as others with drum.
The series will feature learning 3 main songs on drums
that consist of learning 4 simple patterns for each song.
She Blesses All, Earth My Body and I Feel the Earth
We will be stepping, drumming and singing.
This is a wonderful skillset and experience.
Inspired by the work of processions from Layne Redmond
Songs open and deepen our appreciation of nature and strengthen our
connection and devotion to the earth. They are our offerings, affirmations and gratitudes.
Series include
Bonus live recorded
workshop featuring May We Remember Our Connection Song
Opening song invocation
Honoring elements
Songs for the earth
Additional songs just for singing without drums
1. We Are Here On the Planet
Featuring 3 frame drum circle songs
1.She Blesses All
2.Earth My Body
3.I Feel the Earth
Stepping, drumming and singing
21 supplemental videos
PDF's
5 month access
Curriculum
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #1 Earth My Body (Sing with walking) (1:10)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #2 Earth My Body (Sing strokes ) (2:14)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #3 Earth My Body Part A with drum (1:04)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #4 Earth My Body Part B with drum (1:02)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #5 Earth My Body Part C with drum (1:04)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #6 Earth My Body Part A drum, step and sing (1:02)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #7 Earth My Body Part B drum, step and sing (1:07)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #8 Earth My Body Part C drum, step and sing (2:25)
- Supplemental Videos W#1 #9 Earth My Body Whole Song drum, step and sing (2:27)
- Supplemental Videos W#3 #3 She Blesses Us Part B Drum, step sing drum stroke. (1:33)
- Supplemental Videos W#3 #4 She Blesses Us Part B Drum, Step with lyrics (1:36)
- Supplemental Videos W#2 #5 She Blesses Us Part C Drum, step and drum strokes (1:30)
- Supplemental Videos W#2 #6 She Blesses Us Part C Drum, step and lyrics (3:51)
- Supplemental Videos W#2 #7 She Blesses Us Part D Drum, step and drum strokes (2:28)
- Supplemental Videos W#2 #8 She Blesses Us The whole song (2:00)
- Supplemental Videos W#4 #1 We Feel the Earth stepping with lyrics orientation (6:14)
- Supplemental Videos W#4 #2 We Feel the Earth stepping with singing patterns orientation (4:13)
- Supplemental Videos W#4 #3 We Feel the Earth Drum, step orientation (4:21)
- Supplemental Video W#4 #4 We Feel the Earth Drum, Step and lyrics orientation (14:27)
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