An Introduction to Euphony
What does it mean to listen?
In our youngest years we are taught how to speak, read and write, but not how to listen. And yet listening is an essential tool for us to form harmonic human relationships.
This workshop, presented by the renowned pianist, author and educator DANIEL LEVY, uses music as a tool to understanding the art of listening. It offers a deep insight into the ways in which a skill that we so often take for granted, can transform our personal and professional lives.
Having spent 30 years studying music and sound, DANIEL LEVY authored the book Euphony, the Sound of Life - an investigation of the effects of sound on the human being. The book went on to become the core text in a celebrated European Union Socrates Grundtvig course, where DANIEL LEVY was also the main tutor.
‘Euphony is the re-discovery of our reality in terms of audible as well as inaudible sound’
DANIEL LEVY, Euphony the Sound of Life
This workshop offers a structured programme, including theory and practice, to enable participants to gain a thorough grounding in the Art of Listening and its practical implications for our lives.
The workshop is for anyone who wishes to study and explore the Universe of Sound, Music and its meanings and applications in all human activities. You do not need to have any prior musical knowledge to participate in the Art of Listening workshop.
Topics include
- What does listening consist of?
- Is it the same thing to listen and to hear?
- Is listening a natural ability or an acquired skill?
- The process of communication
- Listening and harmonic human relations
- Advice on how to listen Euphonically
Aims
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Intensify our perception
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Vitalise, through sound and music, the mind, brain and world of feelings
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Promote Harmonic Human Relations
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Listen to ourselves and others
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Increase our capacity for learning
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Reawaken our auditive intelligence
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Become resonant, liberating our creative chords
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Be ’conscious musical instruments’
DANIEL LEVY
Co-Founder and Director
Daniel Levy is a world-renowned classical pianist. He created the educational method of Euphony in 1983. During a successful career he has coupled a busy schedule of musical activity with a leading role as a researcher and educator, delivering workshops, seminars and conferences, dedicated to the development of techniques derived from studies and experiences regarding the effect of sound and music (as a Science/Art) on the environment and the human psyche.