SoundWORK
instructor: Pamela Z
August 17-28, 2011 (twice a week + private consultation)
Where:
Pamela Z's (North-East Mission) San Francisco studio
Tuition: $250 | For enrollment: BrownPaperTickets
(or contact instructor to pay by check)
Questions: email or call 415 861 3277
SoundWORK, Pamela Z's sound and performance workshop exploring experimental music, audio art, and interdisciplinary performance practices will take place in the last two weeks of August 2011. This installment of SoundWORK is co-sponsored by NEXMAP Media Workshop Series Participants explore experimental composition techniques, and the work and ideas of new music composers and sound art practitioners, receive hands-on instruction with tools (software, hardware etc.) and techniques for the creation of sound and performance works. Workshops include group meetings and sign-up time for private consultation, (plus additional Skype or phone consultation as needed) At the end, the group convenes for an afternoon of discussion and to present their new works in a salon settting. SoundWORK will meet at Pamela Z's San Francisco studio in the North-East Mission. The group sessions will meet twice a week: Wednesday, August 17, 6pm -9pm Plus each participant will be able to sign up for up to 2 hours of private consultation time to occur within the two weeks of the workshop. Tuition: $250 | For enrollment information: email or call 415 861 3277 Register on Brown Paper Tickets:
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Register on Brown Paper Tickets:
(or contact instructor to pay by check) For information: This installment of SoundWORK is co-sponsored by NEXMAP Media Workshop Series |
| The workshop will include a combination of lecture/demonstration, group listening and performance activities, hands on instruction on the basics of sound technology including digital audio recording and editing. The instructor will be available for scheduled in-person appointments or Skype consultations for individual technical assistance and help with planning, composing and creating short works, which will be presented on the conclusion of the workshop. |
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| The technical aspects of the course are designed with audio novices in mind, so you don't have to feel intimidated if you have limited or no experience working with audio.
For example, this workshop has been benificial to choreographers and filmmakers who wanted to try their hand at
making their own music or sound design for their
projects.
Final projects can be:
Drawing on her own experience as a composer and performer of experimental music, sound, performance, and installation works, and the works of other notable artists in this broad-ranging field, Pamela Z will present sessions exploring elements of sound, and expermimental music including the use of sound in performance, sound with image (video & film), experimental composition techniques, the use of sampled sounds, found text and found objects, electronic processing of voice and other acoustic sound sources, digital sound recording and editing, and the physics of sound. Additional listening examples and course resources will be made available on a private online blog containing a comprehensive list of recommended reading, listening, and viewing in addition to excerpts presented in class. |
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For enrollment information: email or call 415 861 3277
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