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. Through the Frame Drum Circle Song Portal Teachable platform she offers a place to learn the art and heart of frame drumming. Signature workshops,
classes and courses. She currently teaches online.
She performs in a ceremonial context, playing for rites of passage and communal bonding.
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 iYshai 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, The Cohesion Collective with April Rose 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
2 week live recorded Signature Frame Drum Workshops
Weaving Rhythm and Voice featuring Ancestor Chant
Level 2
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Pre-requisite - Introduction or equivalent
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Join this 2 part series.
Drumming and singing a portal for our expression, devotion, prayers, gratitudes, releases, remembrance, intentions and offerings.
We will offer our voice, sing along to other songs as well as learn the Ancestor Chant.
Lyrics were inspired by Angeles Arrien's talk as key note speaker at one of the
International Transpersonal Association Conferences. Part of her talke was about the ancestors.
She is a cultural anthropoligist and author
She spoke about how the ancestors stand behind us.
They wonder.
Who will bring the good, the true the beautiful into the world?
She says our ancestor are not all blood related.
Who do you feel so connected to?
Our time together
*Opening song invocation
*Honoring the drum
*Honoring the Elements through pulse and song
* Call and response singing
* Song offerings and sing alongs
*Journal prompts
* Learn Ancestor Chant
*PDF of lyrics and notation
*3 month access
Duration 3 month access. Note there are no extentions accept through
re-registering for another 3 months.
Best suggestion is schedule to do recordings no longer than a week apart for body and brain memory then review. Repetition of song is then easily memorized in body.
