Creative Jazz and Improvised Music Performance Workshop is an intermediate-level performance course in which we’ll explore many approaches to making improvisational music including, jazz, blues, and experimental practices, along with a study of the music of innovative improvising musicians/composers from around the world. Class projects and activities include: deepening our ability to “listen,” developing a lexicon of musical materials and strategies for improvising in small and large ensembles, studying graphic scores and alternative notation, playing game pieces, and improvising film scores. Students with technical instrumental facility and some knowledge of music theory, from diverse musical backgrounds, are welcome to audition.

Creative Improvised Music Performance Workshop is a performance course in which we’ll explore diverse approaches and principles in making improvisational music drawing from many genres along with a study of the music of innovative improvising musicians/composers from around the world.
Class projects and activities include: collaborating with students in Theater 148 Dance Improvisation class, deepening our ability to “listen,” developing a vocabulary of musical materials and strategies for improvising in small and large ensembles, studying graphic scores and alternative notation, and playing game pieces.
Students with technical instrumental facility and some knowledge of music theory, from diverse musical backgrounds, are welcome to audition.

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