the road home

This afternoon I was at a workshop at Loch Arthur, learning a little about the Werbeck technique for "transforming the voice". This singing method was developed by Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström, renowned Swedish Opera singer, to rehabilitate her own voice. She consulted with Rudolph Steiner, and in 1924 launched the School for Uncovering the Voice in Germany.  Rather than following the singing traditions of her time, she sought to work from a new perspective which allowed for a profound spiritual understanding of the human voice and ascience-based method of singing in alignment with the principles of anthroposophy.


The day had also transformed itself during the 3 hour workshop, into a beautiful sunny August afternoon, and I returned home to find D scything . The fields at Loch Arthur had been mown earlier and the grass wrapped up into plastic bales while we were singing.