Music for Contemplation (MuFoCo), in cooperation with Our Lady of Mount Carmel Williamsburg presents a daylong workshop including silence, vocal meditations, and basic exercises to create music together. Over the course of the day, the group will create and rehearse new music and present it at a public concert in the evening. No prior experience necessary.
Lead by Craig Shepard (MuFoCo), Tony Geballe (Guitar Craft) and myself, the workshop begins at 9:30 am. Public performance at 8:05 pm. Suggested donation: $40 for workshop, $15 for the concert. Read about past workshops below. Everyone is welcome to join the concert which will include music coming into the world for the first time, created over the course of the day by workshop participants. To apply for the workshop, email craig[at]craigshepard[dot]
Church of the Annunciation
295 N 5th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
More info: www.mufoco.info
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REPORT ON VOCAL IMMERSION AND WRITING MUSIC TOGETHER:
https://www.mufoco.info/
Composer David Morneau‘s “Not Less Than the Good” will receive its official premiere at The Morgan Library on June 2 in celebration of Henry David Thoreau‘s Bicentennial (1817-2017).
Woven into the fabric of this hour-long work for saxophone quartet and electronics, poet J. D. McClatchy will recite excerpts from Thoreau’s Walden.
The exhibition This Ever New Self: Thoreau and his Journal will be open at 6:30 pm for program attendees.
May 26, 2017 – Portland State University
Ogni Suono plays SaxoVoce – Guest Artist Concert
Portland, OR
Works from Ogni Suono’s SaxoVoce project by: Zach Sheets, Chris Dietz, Ruby Fulton, Erin Rogers, David Coll, and Kate Soper
May 24, 2017 8:00pm – University of Oregon
Ogni Suono plays SaxoVoce – Guest Artist Concert
Beall Hall, University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Works from Ogni Suono’s SaxoVoce project by: Zach Sheets, Chris Dietz, Ruby Fulton, Erin Rogers, David Coll, and Kate Soper