Open Sound: A free workshop series!
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The event will start on: Mar 02 - 19:00
And will end on: Mar 02 - 23:00
3500 Lancaster Avenue , Philadelphia Pennsylvania
http://www.bowerbird.org/newsite/events/opensound/
Posted by: Dustin Hurt
A FORUM FOR EXPLORATION
Bowerbird is excited to offer Open Sound, a monthly workshop series devoted to exploring the creative potential of free improvisation and the artistic and philosophical framework in which this art form takes place. These workshops will take place on the first Tuesday of each month at the Community Education Center, and are open to anyone, regardless of experience level or artistic background, free of charge.
WHY WE ARE DOING THIS
We think it's important for the community to grow - not just in size, but in its depth of understanding. We want this workshop to be a consistent and open forum for the exchange of ideas and concepts, one that's outside the pressures and scrutiny of public performance, but in an atmosphere that welcomes new people and new ideas. We also think it's important to provide a platform for our more distinguished artists to share their knowledge and experience with the rest of us - you may not always agree with them, but they certainly have some interesting ideas worth considering.
Find out more about the next session >>>
WHO THIS IS FOR
This workshop is open to anyone, regardless of experience or background that is interested in experimentation. You should be excited to explore and discuss things openly, and shouldn't be afraid to try new things, take risks, and even fail on occasion. If your musical background is as a jazz, rock, noise, world, or classical musician, we want you, but be prepared leave your conventions and push the frontiers of non-idiomatic free improvisation. For the now, we're going to focus on sound makers, but soon we'll open it up to movement artists as well. If you are completely new to this sort of thing and you still might be a little intimidated to participate, we invite you to come and just observe a session or to get in touch with us and ask any questions you might have.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Each month will feature a different guest presenter, conducting a workshop, leading a focused discussion, offering feedback, or some hybrid of all that - but always inspiring us with their particular artistic perspective and delving into topics that really matter to them. Some of the workshop will be very structured, some will be more open - but it's important that you're able commit to being there the whole time. Each session wil be a little different, but an evening might go like this:
7:00pm: Access to Theater Begins
7:00pm – 7:30pm: Load in and set up
7:30pm – 8:15pm: Guest artist presentation
8:15pm – 9:00pm: Led workshop activities (hands-on activities)
9:00pm – 9:15pm: Break
9:15pm – 10:15pm: Open session (playing, discussions, etc., with guest artist feedback)
10:15pm – 11:00pm: Break down and clean up
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING
Each individual should bring everything they need to participate - including instruments, amps, extension chords, tables, carpets) - and be able to load in / set up (and break down / load out) in about 30 mins.
OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER
You are probably going to do equal parts listening and playing during these workshops, mostly likely in varied groups and in shorter sets. If you typically play a complicated set of electronics, guitar with dozens of pedals, or a huge drum kit, you might consider a more limited setup for this workshop. You might also want to think about the different types of players that might show up - and particularly the dynamic range associated with that. In other words, you should plan on being able to mix with both the quieter and medium-loud instruments (let's skip super loud for the workshop).