Global Trainers

Australia: Benjie Williams

Western Australia: Simon Faulkner

Germany: Ben Flohr

India: Roberto Narain & Vasundhara Das

Italy: Harshil Filippo Chiostri

Japan: Tomoko Yokota

Korea: 'SONG' Myoung-Hun

Norway: Lars Kolstad, Mikael Khei

Finland, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark: Mikael Khei

Spain: Pau Gimeno

Southeast Asia: John Hagedorn, Rhonwyn Hagedorn

UK & Ireland: Dr Jane Bentley, Ray Watters

USA & China: Arthur Hull


US East Coast: Ashley Spain, Mike Deaton, Katy Gaughan

US Southeast: Steve Turner

US Chicago/Midwest: John Yost

US Texas: Matthew Kline

US Northwest: John Hayden

US West: Jeni Swerdlow, Alan Bruni, John Fitzgerald

US Alaska: Gail Jackson

Canada Eastern: Louis-Daniel Joly

Canada Western: Lucas Coffey

Hong Kong: Kumi Masunaga


Village Music Circles Trainer support team:
Jim Boneau, John Fitzgerald, and Mary Tolena

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Mikael Khei

Mikael was for many years the drum-circle pioneer in Scandinavia. He is still working to make facilitated drumcircles known in all parts of society, but now happily together with Lars Kolstad in Bergen and other colleagues. Being one of Village Music Circles global trainers, Mikael has of course a long story with Arthur Hull. It includes more than 15 weekend trainings and 5 week-long training programs going all the way back to 2001.

Mikael came into music and drumming as an adult. In an African drumming workshop, something clicked and a decision to work with rhythm was made on a deep level. If you are new to drumming when you come this DCF training, you can be assured that your teacher knows what it’s like.

The instinctive connection that happens when drumming together, is one of the carrying elements when Mikael facilitate. As a teacher, he has a signature skill of bringing awareness to the moment, and by that helping the group, as well as individuals to recognize learning. In “Arthurian” terms this is called teaching without teaching.

To the trainings, and to the international community Mikael brings complementary knowledge and qualifications. He works with “kids at risk councellor” and as a “special needs teacher” in High School. He is also certified as a Taketina rhythm teacher, Biodanza teacher and NLP master practitioner. You are in safe hands.

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