Archive for the ‘performance improvisation’ Category

Gabriela Montero begins podcasting

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 [...]

There are sound clips

Gottagopractice commented on the previous post that she’d like to actually hear something. Well, the whole “Just Musicking” concert was recorded. As soon as I get permission from the students, I’ll post links to the MP3 files. Meanwhile, I’m trying to demonstrate respect for intellectual property rights for the students.
And this [...]

Just Musicking, No Score

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 [...]