Welcome to the complete history of our online journey! Over the last 6 years, Lydia Kavina has held more than 230 sessions, exploring everything from fundamental technique to experimental sound design.
Here you will find a list of the weekly meetups, special masterclasses, and deep dives into music theory and theremin history. Some of the sessions were recorded.
We have been honored to host world-renowned thereminists, engineers, and historians, including: Carolina Eyck, Gregoire Blanc, Thorwald Jorgensen, Pamelia Stickney, Randy George, Katica Illényi, Charlie Draper, Thierry Frenkel, Wilco Botermans, Olesya Rostovskaya, Rob Schwimmer, Dorit Chrysler, Elizabeth Brown, and many others.
1 February 2026 – Deep listening with special guest Agnes Evseev Paz
18 January 2026 – Ear training. Chromatic exercises.
11 January 2026 – Thereminschool website presentation
04 January 2026 – THEREMIN IMPOSSIBLE: Looking into the remaining Vaccai exercises
28 December 2025 – Theremin workshop highlights of 2025
21 December 2025 – Theremin Christmas party
14 December 2025 – Meet Asian thereminists: Raymond Chuang, Yoko Onishi, and Yumiko Takii
07 December 2025 – Meet Peruvian thereminists
23 November 2025 – Special Guest: Carolina Scruggs
16 November 2025 – Rhythms: Vaccai exercise on appoggiatura
09 November 2025 – Intervals of thirds
26 October 2025 – Theremin Halloween
12 October 2025 – Intervals & Vaccai exercise
05 October 2025 – Moving while playing: Theremin Zumba
28 September 2025 – Syncope exercise by Vaccai and Martinu’s Fantasy (bb 177-239)
14 & 21 September 2025 – Intervals and fingers
07 September 2025 – Workshop for beginners
31 August 2025 – Dvorak: Largo from the New World Symphony
24 August 2025 – Working on students’ repertoire
17 August 2025 – D-lev focus with Special Guest: Eric Wallin
03 August 2025 – Vaccai and Clara’s exercises, Martinu
27 July 2025 – Minimalistic techniques
20 July 2025 – Special Guest: Carolina Eyck
29 June 2025 – Folk music
22 June 2025 – Special Guest: Rick Reid
15 June 2025 – Working on students’ repertoire. Vaccai Exercise: Intervals of the 7th
01 June 2025 – Martinu Fantasy
25 May 2025 – The intervals of 6th, Vaccai Exercise
18 May 2025 – Martinu Fantasy
04 May 2025 – Special Guest: Véronique Miró Quesada
20 April 2025 – Ear training, Martinu Fantasy (bb 121-170)
13 April 2025 – Staccato techniques
06 April 2025 – Special Guest: Charlie Draper (Clara Rockmore ex. n/4 and Vaccai Intervals of the Fifth)
30 March 2025 – Theremin Zumba
23 March 2025 – Ear training. Martinu Fantasy (bb 97-121)
16 March 2025 – Special Guest: Thierry Frenkel
09 March 2025 – Theremin duets
02 March 2025 – Use of the Fourth
23 February 2025 – Chromatics. Martinu Fantasy (bars 60-80)
16 February 2025 – Working on pieces of the current repertoire
09 February 2025 – Special Guest: Charlotte Dubois
02 February 2025 – Workshop for beginners
19 January 2025 – First Vaccai exercise and first 59 bars of Martinu’s Fantasy
12 January 2025 – Special Guests: Gregoire Blanc, Hyrtis Gladys Hulot, and Jimmy Virani
05 January 2025 – Introduction of the Year Challenge
29 December 2024 – Clara Rockmore’s exercises
22 December 2024 – Christmas Party
15 December 2024 – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
08 December 2024 – German theremin players, Special Guest: Trautonia Capra
24 November 2024 – Working on pieces of the current repertoire
17 November 2024 – Rhythms, Canon “Here’s To”
10 November 2024 – Canon “Play the Simple Melody”
03 November 2024 – Special Guest: Steve Martin
27 October 2024 – Theremin Halloween
20 October 2024 – Workshop for beginners
14 October 2024 – Opera arias
29 September 2024 – Opera arias
22 September 2024 – Ave Maria by different composers
15 September 2024 – Theremin Extreme
01 September 2024 – Special Guest: Agnes Evseev
25 August 2024 – Theremin workshop dedicated to Leon Theremin
11, 28, 21 August 2024 – Becker: Higher
14 July 2024 – Non-stop playing
07 July 2024 – Beginner session, Theremin camp exchange
16 June 2024 – Staccato
09 June 2024 – Workshop for beginners
19 May 2024 – Finger technique, The Little Mermaid
28 April 2024 – Special Guest: Kip Rosser
21 April 2024 – Volume hand. Elephants by Saint-Saëns
14 April 2024 – Volume hand wrist, Dvorak, Raindrops
07 April 2024 – Beginner workshop
31 March 2024 – Theremin Zumba
24 March 2024 – Fingering
17 March 2024 – Fingering, large positions
10 March 2024 – Finger technique, Frère Jacques, Invention by Bach
03 March 2024 – Workshop for beginners and reading music on theremin
18 & 25 February 2024 – Legato
11 February 2024 – Special Guest: Gregoire Blanc
04 February 2024 – Workshop for beginners and reading music on theremin
28 January 2024 – Duets
21 January 2024 – Bach Air
14 January 2024 – Pitch control
07 January 2024 – Workshop for beginners
22 October 2023 – Special Guest: Xiao Xiao. Aria of Mister X by I. Kálmán
15 October 2023 – Online connection with THEREMeetIN (The Hague), organized by Wilco Botermans
08 October 2023 – Arias of Verdi
01 October 2023 – Ukrainian music
17 September 2023 – Leon Theremin. Special Guest: Andre Smirnov
10 September 2023 – Scales
03 September 2023 – Repertoire of Rockmore: Rachmaninoff and Ravel (Workshop by Thorwald Jorgensen)
06 August 2023 – Theremin in Pop Music
23 July 2023 – Special Guest: Olesya Rostovskaya
16 July 2023 – Notation for theremin
09 July 2023 – B. Martinu, Fantasy for theremin, string quartet, oboe and piano
02 July 2023 – Q&A about Lydia’s biography facts
24 June 2023 – Use of loop pedals with the theremin
21 May 2023 – Talk about Konstantin Kovalsky and Lev Korolev
07 May 2023 – Jazz interpretations
30 April 2023 – Special Guest: Thorwald Jorgensen
19, 26 March; 02, 09 April 2023 – Intervals, music theory, ear training
12 March 2023 – The Day the Earth Stood Still, music by B. Herrmann
05 March 2023 – Special Guest: Randy George
19 February 2023 – Fauré
12 February 2023 – Special Guest: Carolina Eyck
05 February 2023 – D-lev with Special Guest: Erik Wallin
29 January 2023 – Chopin
22 January 2023 – Bach
01 January 2023 – In memory of composer Eduard Artemyev
26 December 2022 – Theremin Academy Christmas Workshop
18 December 2022 – Christmas songs
11 December 2022 – Christmas Carols
04 December 2022 – Christmas duet
27 November 2022 – Christmas Carols
20 November 2022 – Music of your choice
12 November 2022 – Theremin duet techniques
06 November 2022 – Theremin duet
30 October 2022 – Theremin Halloween
16 & 23 October 2022 – Working on Bach’s Choral
09 October 2022 – Special Guest: Thierry Frenkel
25 September 2022 – Working on students’ repertoire
04 September 2022 – Theremin Microtonal Festival (Microtonal University)
21 August 2022 – Theremin Legato
14 August 2022 – Q&A Session
07 August 2022 – Theremin Psychology & Therapy with Special Guest: Carolina Eyck
31 July 2022 – Theremin Academy meeting
26 June 2022 – Working on your repertoire
12 June 2022 – Special Guest: Kip Rosser
01, 08, 22, 29 May 2022 – Improvisation, harmony, walking bass
17 April 2022 – Easter E-G-G hunt
10 April 2022 – Glissando workshop
16 January 2022 – Working on music pieces from participants’ repertoire
09 January 2022 – Duet playing. Meeting for Claravox owners
02 January 2022 – Workshop for beginners
26 December 2021 – Theremin Christmas and New Year online party
19 December 2021 – Exploring Moog Claravox Centennial with Special Guest: Gregoire Blanc
14, 21, 28 November; 12 December 2021 – Harmony study
07 November 2021 – Left! Left! Theremin invention during the Russian Revolution. Left hand movements
31 October 2021 – Theremin Halloween
24 October 2021 – Specificity of playing theremin in orchestra
10 & 17 October 2021 – Clara Rockmore’s method and repertoire
03 October 2021 – Theremin history research and sound design by Matthias Sauer
26 September 2021 – Russian contemporary music for theremin
12 September 2021 – Exercises from different Theremin methods
05 September 2021 – Russian repertoire
29 August 2021 – Marc Chouarain’s theremin collection
22 August 2021 – Ther-ee-okee
15 August 2021 – Theremin friends Clubhouse
08 August 2021 – Making a plan for your theremin practice
01 August 2021 – Post-academy discussion, ensembles
24-25 July 2021 – Theremin Online Academy: 40 hours non-stop program featuring Lydia Kavina, Carolina Eyck, Thierry Frenkel, Thorwald Jorgensen, Charlie Draper, Wilco Botermans, Miles Brown, Roy Palmer, Olesya Rostovskaya, Pamelia Stickney, and Randy George.
18 July 2021 – Learning pieces
11 July 2021 – Theremin in theatre
04 July 2021 – From Exercising to Improvising
27 June 2021 – Memories of Celia Sheen, Special Guest: Colin Sheen
20 June 2021 – The Swan by Saint-Saëns
13 June 2021 – Special Guest: Katica Illényi sharing her artistic experience
06 June 2021 – Music theory, ear training, exercises
30 May 2021 – Interpreting classical music & Ther-e-okee
23 May 2021 – Improvisation
16 May 2021 – Composing for theremin. Special Guest: Elizabeth Brown
09 May 2021 – Music theory, ear training, exercises
02 May 2021 – Vox and Thereminvox, Special Guest: Xiao Xiao
25 April 2021 – Advanced exercises from “The Art of Playing the Theremin” by Carolina Eyck
18 April 2021 – Exercises and improvisation for beginners
11 April 2021 – Touch! Don’t Touch! (Contemporary music for theremin duet & Memories of Barbara Buchholz)
04 April 2021 – Comparing Theremin and Continuum, with Special Guest: Rob Schwimmer
28 March 2021 – Carolina Eyck’s method for advanced players
21 March 2021 – Workshop for beginners
14 March 2021 – How to learn pieces on the theremin
07 March 2021 – Celebrating 110th anniversary of Clara Rockmore, with Special Guest: Robert Sherman
28 February 2021 – Carolina Eyck’s method, exercises for improvers
21 February 2021 – Ear training with the theremin (beginners)
14 February 2021 – Valentine’s Day: Songs of Love
07 February 2021 – “The Art of Playing the Theremin” by Carolina Eyck
31 January 2021 – Theremin activity in Latin America. Special Guests: Agnes Evseev, Ernesto Mendoza
24 January 2021 – Workshop for advanced
16 January 2021 – Workshop for beginners
10 January 2021 – Compositions for theremin. Special Guest: Olesya Rostovskaya
03 January 2021 – History and traditions of teaching theremin
27 December 2020 – THEREMIN100 activities
20 December 2020 – Christmas party! (Workshop on Christmas music)
13 December 2020 – GOOD VIBRATIONS: Practice and improve vibrato
06 December 2020 – Special Guest: Randy George (Playing technique and technology)
29 November 2020 – Special Guest: Gregoire Blanc (Claravox talk)
22 November 2020 – Back to Bach!
15 November 2020 – Exercises for beginners and improvers
08 November 2020 – Special Guest: Steve M. Martin (Film THEREMIN: An Electronic Odyssey)
01 November 2020 – Post-Halloween workshop
25 October 2020 – Practical session for beginners
18 October 2020 – Repertoire/style of Clara Rockmore. Special Guests: Thorwald Jorgensen and Danis James
11 October 2020 – Mike Buffington and Andy Baron talk about the RCA theremin
04 October 2020 – Learning techniques & exercises
27 September 2020 – Memories of Robert Moog, with Wilco Botermans and Yvonne Lambert
20 September 2020 – Leon Theremin’s inventions, talk by Andre Smirnov
13 September 2020 – Duet of Flowers by Delibes
06 September 2020 – Theremin music in Soviet times
23 August 2020 – Celebrating Leon Theremin’s Birthday
16 August 2020 – Special Guest: Charlie Draper (Luci Rosen’s archive)
09 August 2020 – Advice on pieces, expression, and vibrato
02 August 2020 – Theremin design with Special Guest: Dominik Bednarz
26 July 2020 – Advice on pieces, playing duets
19 July 2020 – Composing for theremin with Special Guest: Satenik Ulikhanyan
12 July 2020 – Connecting theremin to software/effects. Special Guest: Wilco Botermans
05 July 2020 – RCA theremin & Ondes Martenot. Special Guest: Charlie Draper
28 June 2020 – Physical side of theremin playing. Special Guest: Thierry Frenkel
21 June 2020 – Working on new pieces. Special Guest: Gregoire Blanc
13 June 2020 – Ensemble playing techniques
07 June 2020 – Theremini. Special Guest: Dorit Chrysler
24 & 31 May 2020 – Ear training, volume technique
17 May 2020 – Connecting theremin to other devices. Special Guest: Coralie Ehinger
26 April, 03 & 10 May 2020 – Theremin interface. Special Guest: Randy George
10 & 19 April 2020 – Special Guest: Thorwald Jorgensen
03 & 05 April 2020 – Special Guest: Charlie Draper
27 March 2020 – Special Guest: Thierry Frenkel, theremin engineer
20 March 2020 – The First Session
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