Purpose
Experimental Sound Studio is shifting its approach to education. This summer, we’re starting a new series of workshops focused on exploratory artistic process and direct creativity, led by local and visiting artists with extensive experience in a range of creative approaches to sound. These will be supplemented by a new initiative to offer individual tutorials on technical and production subjects: one-on-one sessions with experienced artist-engineers that can be scheduled at your convenience year round.
Upcoming Workshops
Inter-section, Inter-media, Inter-action:
An introduction to alternative compositional procedures and the performance of graphic scores
Conducted by Guillermo Gregorio
Saturday and Sunday 10/11/08 and 10/12/08, noon-4PM
$150 / $125 for students and ESS members
This is an interactive workshop for composers, musicians, and visual artists interested in alternative methods of composition and the intersection of visual and musical experience. Based on the history of the relationship between music and visual art in modern times, Gregorio will introduce historical and contemporary approaches to the application of graphic notational systems for music composition, interpretation, and improvisation. Workshop participants will explore and create such visual structures, and those with instrumental proficiency will perform them. Composers will benefit from expanded compositional procedures, musicians can learn strategies to interpret a wide variety of graphic material, and visual artists will discover their art’s sonorous potential. Musicians should bring their instruments and be comfortable with improvising and performing; composers and visual artists should bring simple tools for drawing immediately accessible graphic compositions and scores. A piano will be available for use.
Limited to 12 participants.
Guillermo Gregorio is a composer, musician, visual artist, and teacher. His
academic training is in visual arts, architecture, and music, and his musical
compositions emphasize the intersection of these practices, as well as the
interaction of composed and improvised musical materials. An active member of
the Argentine Movimiento Musica Mas of the 1960s, Gregorio has lived and worked
in South America, Europe, and the US. His recording and performing career
includes numerous releases, including several on HatArt records featuring his
coplanar musical compositions, and he has played clarinet and saxophone with
many improvisers in the US and Europe.
One-on-One Tutorials
$175 / $150 for members and full-time students.
Experimental Sound Studio recently implemented a new initiative to offer individual tutorials on technical and production subjects. These 4-hour one-on-one sessions can be scheduled at your convenience year round with experienced artist/engineers. Individuals are welcome to propose any subject matter of their interest, or choose from a variety of topics including:
- Introduction Digidesign Pro-Tools
- Microphone Selection and Placement
- Detailed Editing and Mixing
- Introduction to Max/MSP & Jitter
- Introduction to Ableton Live
- Circuit Bending and Design
- Guide to Freeware and DIY Audio
Previous Workshops include:
Improvised Music Workshops (conducted by members of the Peter Brotzman Tentet), Studio Composition and Recording Studio Uses and Abuses (conducted by Michael Zerang), Radio Documentary Production for Beginners (in association with the Third Coast International Audio Festival), Max/MSP & Jitter (in association with Cycling 74), Circuit Bending, Microphone, Mixing, and many more.
