This coming Sunday from 3:00pm to 5:00 Black House is hosting a Sound Painting Improv Workshop at the rehearsal space at City Center Square. Dennis Shafer is in town to do some work with the RAT ensemble and Paul Rudy put him in touch with me. Sound Painting is a system of sign language used to direct a large ensemble of improvisors. I've never met Dennis but I have done some sound painting a few years ago while I was at the Banff workshop. It's a pretty fun way to conduct a large group of improvisors somewhat similar to John Zorn's game pieces. In Zorn's game pieces it's more common for the players to have more input but in sound painting the director literally conducts the action in a more hands on way. Personally I prefer sound painting to game pieces. Anyways, this workshop is open to any musicians who may be interested, not just Black House residents. Come learn with the rest of us. Anyone interested will just need to send me an email ([email protected]) so that I can let them in the building.
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