school of rhythms – education through music-based metaphor
WHO I AM
I am passionate and deeply interested in rhythms, their meaning, and their role in human life. I offer cross-disciplinary Educational Curriculums, Workshops, Training Sessions, and Keynote Speeches. I also lead the ‘Interactive Concerts’ – a unique experiences in which I guide participants through the process of co-creating percussion orchestras.
MY EDU OFFER
I have developed a rhythm-based figurative training approach, which employs the unique method to transform any group into a co-creating, co-operating, and performing mini-percussion-team-orchestra. Leading the participants through a deep artistic experience and a unique challenge of communication, cooperation, and harmony. And draw inspirations and solutions from this experience.
Including:
BACK TO AFRICA – a rich metaphor and simultaneously a music-based educational games and training for Educators of all levels and Art Therapists. The games are designed to utilize metaphorical thinking, body wisdom, mindfulness, creativity, diversity, teamwork, cooperation and fun.
RHYTHMS GAME – a simulation game designed for the corporate world, educational and social leaders. This game establishes an inspirational learning environment and is designed as a tool to foster leadership, managerial, personal and social skills. Throwing down challenging scenarios for self-discovery, team-building, cooperation, communication, talent management, strategic thinking, creativity, empowerment, and leadership.
UNI ORCHESTRA – the unique inter cultural project. The project’s main intention is to promote dialogue and cooperation between faiths* and cultures towards peace and harmonious coexistence. (*also including atheism, which is seen as a confession of faith in the nonexistence of God)
DRUMS AND MORE ORCHESTRA – a workshop utilizing drums and a collection of percussion instruments from all over the world, for integrating groups and teams. It injects joyful energy, encourages team-building, and a collaborative experience during company meetings, conferences, and cultural events.
Piotr Samuel Gospodarczyk
*dedicate this work to Therese of Lisieux.
Back to Africa
‘Back to Africa’ is a multidimensional training tool utilizing rhythm-based metaphor for an experience and understanding of the music, especially the rhythm, in a fun and original way. Participants are coached in playing all the percussion instruments utilized in the game, in using the unique rhythmic-dance-vocal method, then going on to co-create, manage, and finally perform as a unique Band or Orchestra. The game acts as a means for developing core values, attitudes or skills in and of the group such as critical thinking, body wisdom, mindfulness, creativity, diversity, dialogue, teamwork, cooperation or leadership, in figurative and original way. As an innovative educational approach, it aims to:
- strengthen concentration and attention span
- develop the ability to focus and unlock the body potential
- develop and express the imagination and creativity
- develop communication through dialogue and listening skills
- teach cooperation, team-building and leadership
- enhance strategy building, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- foster personal responsibility, and teamwork without competition
- bring understanding to the role of rhythm in creating habits, rules, or rituals towards living an harmonious life.
Rhythms Game – from „me” to „we”
The game is a unique training game utilizing music-based metaphor to illustrate and develop key Managerial and Leadership skills. Through the use of rhythmical simulation training exercises and a collection of world percussion instruments, participants have the opportunity to create, manage, and perform as a original orchestra. Participants leave equipped with new ideas for implementing training processes in the workplace
As an innovative training exercise, it aims to encourage:- service leadership and empowerment
- cooperation and commitment
- creativity and innovation
- team-building and effective team relationships
- project, team, and time management in terms of change
- building effective and flexible strategies for achieving objectives
- understanding and implementing the idea of harmony or common good
Operation Contemplation
‘Good Sounds and Silence’ is an innovative workshop for Educators, Teachers and Therapists. This set of unique games uses sound, silence, nature and percussion instruments as means for developing our ability to listen, contemplate and act towards building good relationships with oneself, others and the world.
integration „Drums Orchestra”
‘Drum Orchestra’ is an integrative and team-building workshop. Participants are introduced to a variety of world percussion instruments and the most interesting traditional rhythms. Under the direction of a Conductor, the participants are transformed into an Orchestra with the experience of the power of communication, cooperation, integration, and fun.
Boomwhackers Orchestra
A spectacular ‘show’ that transforms participants of any event or conference into an orchestra of a thousand colorful sounds. The participants are transformed into an Orchestra with the experience of the power of harmony.
International Projects
Examples of my international projects to date include:
- Mitsubishi Orchestra during world Mitsubishi Leaders meeting, DoubleTree by Hilton, 2018 Warsaw
- The power of music inspiration, an interactive lecture for YPO Poland Chapter Warsaw
- Drums Orchestra Event for Volvo European Top Management Leaders. National Forum of Music, Wroclaw, Poland 2017
- The Wroclaw University International Studensts Drums and More Orchestra Project 2016-2021
- Drums Orchestra Integration workshop for Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk Leaders Conference. Munster and Berlin Germany 2106
- The metaphorical Orchestration for M+W Group Global Leaders Conference. Warsaw 2016
- Bach to Africa" play as a musical metaphor of cooperation, communication and creativity. Workshops for Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk leaders. Berlin 2015
- Management by Values for the senior managers and executive board of the Marine Harvest International Group. Sopot 2015 Poland
- Bach to Africa workshops in November 2014, Lviv, Ukraine. This was for the Art Meetings Festival for children, youths and teachers and Jazz European musicians.
- Bomwhackers Orchestras during the Orientation Days Erasmus Exchange Program for over 500 international students. University of Wroclaw in October 2014 and 2015
- Management by Values for top managerial and executive board of Credit Agricole Bank from France and Poland Czarna Gora Poland 2013
- The miracle of listening. Good sounds and silence workshops during two International Conference for Educational Methodology and Art Therapy for educators, doctors and psychologist from Poland, Germany and Czech Republic. Jelenia Gora Poland 2011 and 2012 Psycho-educative workshops and lectures using percussion instruments and games in order to stimulate concentration and attention span, listening and exercising stillness. The workshops were conducted with Maksymilian Nawara OSB, who leads Christian meditation and interreligious dialogue centre in Benedictine monastery in Poland.
- Drums Orchestra for Polish and Hungarian project managers ZUNO Bank. In Cracow Poland 2012
- Drums Orchestra for Polish and Slovakian project managers BASF Company. In Sromowce Nizsze Poland 2012
- Drums Orchestra for children with jazz musicians Bodek Janke and Matthias Schriefl in Wroclaw Poland 2012
- Kids' Guernica International project as the first in Poland in Wroclaw 2011. A project aimed at children and young people, promoting peace and opposition to war through art and play. Young participants of artistic happening got together and have painted a great picture - child Guernica.
- Risk of Art. A painting inspired by the sounds of "Deep Sea" congas sent especially for us by the German global manufacturer Roland Meinl. The picture was painted by children from the orphanage. The painting was sent to the head office of Roland Meinl in Gutenstetten Germany.
