The Lichtenberger Method (funktional method by Gisela Rohmert)

Myra Grünning

The Lichtenberg Institute was founded in 1982 by the singer and teacher Gisela Rohmert and her husband Professor Walter Rohmert. The aim was to find ways of applying in practice recent results of research into singing and the playing of musical instruments. The starting point was a 1980 research project at Darmstadt Technical University, which began with an intensive study of the body. A vast array of physiological and acoustic measurement techniques were employed to register the processes that occur during the acts of singing or playing an instrument. Numerous body techniques were investigated for their effect on the sound of the voice. The qualities ascribed to healthy vocal function were: freedom and ease of singing, a great vocal range, and vocal quality independent of the singer’s age. A considerably broadened understanding of the sensory relationship between our nervous system and the sound of the voice led to a new approach to the teaching of singing and of playing an instrument.

Presenter: Myra Grünning; speech therapist and singer. She completes her study at the Lichtenberger Institute in Germany in august 2007. The content of the presentation will be supported by Martin Landzettel, director of the Lichtenberger Institute.

Myra Grünning
Hildebrandstraat 56
1053 WB Amsterdam
020-7763531
myra.grunning@zonnet.nl