Group-Analytic Contexts, Issue 80, June 2018
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Newsletter – Summer <strong>2018</strong> 51<br />
Orchestra<br />
A great success we thought. We loved listening to them rehearse!!<br />
Katrin Stumptner also loved the workshop with the orchestra (twice<br />
90 min on two different days) which was a great success in supporting<br />
the group process between the musicians and in the connection<br />
between both group-processes: orchestra and the Symposium<br />
membership. They became well related. It was remarkable to hear it<br />
when they did their daily rehearsal after the workshop sessions and<br />
then the full programme at the concert. The concert was truly magical.<br />
Experiential <strong>Group</strong>s<br />
The goodwill and skills of our colleagues ensured that all but one of<br />
the groups were a success. The problematic group was due to a poor<br />
choice of conductor. Conductors were chosen to represent as many of<br />
the countries participating as possible but perhaps we also need advice<br />
from those countries sometimes! However, the Small <strong>Group</strong>s were too<br />
large - 16-18 approx. and should really not exceed 14. Balcony <strong>Group</strong>s<br />
were intruded upon as we had anticipated and were not sufficiently<br />
private.<br />
Median <strong>Group</strong>s seemed to work well but again were really<br />
the size of a large group. It meant that each group had a silent subgroup.<br />
I haven’t had much feedback about them except through the<br />
conductor’s group.<br />
Conductors’ Supervision <strong>Group</strong><br />
Sue together with Gerda. We needed to eat first which gave 1 hour for<br />
reflection. It was fairly well attended although the ‘meet the authors’<br />
events often disrupted conductors being able to stay. There was a<br />
potential membership of over 30 and, although it worked well for<br />
those that remained with it, we think we should consider returning to<br />
the pre-Lisbon format where there were ¾ conductors’ supervision<br />
groups. Conductors need their own group to which they can belong as<br />
well as feedback on the groups they are conduction. This would give<br />
the conductors a proper group space and more time for feedback.<br />
Conductors should still be given lunch before their own feedback<br />
group.<br />
Sue Einhorn<br />
sue.einhorn@talk21.com<br />
Katrin Stumptner<br />
katrin.stumptner@t-online.de
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