Pamela J. Marshall discusses leading her first improv workshop for classical musicians, and captures well the different ideas that can arise, and descirbes how the creative input of various members of the ensemble make a difference. “My workshops are open to anyone who is interested in classical free improv. We try various styles: modal & [...]
There are now two Gabriella Montero podcasts available; you can also subscribe to them through Itunes (where I found them).
She says in the first that no one before her had ever made a totally improvised piano recording. Keith Jarrett might take exception to that. Perhaps she meant no classical pianist ever [...]
Ah, spring break. After eight weeks of classes in this spring semester, my DePauw students–and I–are exhausted.
In the midst of exhausting outselves, though, we’ve done some interesting things. The members of my “Improvised Chamber Music” class put on a performance Tuesday evening. They chose 9:30 PM as a starting time, as [...]
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