Category: Improvising

Making music in the moment; resources for doing improvisation

Improv with Audio Files and Computers

I heard an interesting concert last Friday. The New England Phonographers Union appeared in the Art Without Borders concert series at the Democracy Center in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. They each make their own audio recordings of “found sound”, whatever is going on in the world around them. Then, without further editing, maybe just a   Read More...

First Monthly Improv Workshop for Classical Musicians

Last week, I finally started my series of improv workshops for classical musicians. I’ve been thinking about doing this ever since I went to John Clark’s horn improv workshops in Heath, MA last July. My workshopshttp://www.hmmusic.com/index.html are open to anyone who is interested in classical free improv. We try various styles: modal & melodic, aleatoric,   Read More...