Online Workshops Archive (since 2020)

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.

Special Guests Hall of Fame

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.

2026: The New Chapter

  • 18 January 2026 – Ear training. Chromatic exercises.
  • 11 January 2026 – Thereminschool website presentation

  • 04 January 2026 – THEREMIN IMPOSSIBLE: Looking into the remaining Vaccai exercises

2025: Technique & Exploration

  • 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

2024: Classics & Canons

  • 29 December 2024 – Clara Rockmore’s exercises

  • 22 December 2024 – Christmas Party

  • 15 December 2024Somewhere 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 2024Ave 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

2023: Theory, Jazz & Pop

  • 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 2023The 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

2022: Duets & Festivals

  • 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

 

2021: The Marathon Year

  • 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 2021Theremin 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 2021The 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

2020: The Beginning

  • 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 2020Duet 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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