BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260424T113000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_334_9c2eadf8f3c4f1007022df8d74170fdf@www.bouldercountyarts.org SUMMARY:BCAA Business of Arts: Felder Improv Workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

En gage with some building blocks in composition and improvisation\, such as call and response and osti natos (short\, repeated ideas)\, in these 90-minut e workshops. Part of a series called Embracing [Musical] Spa ce\, this session guides participa nts through movement exercises\, word association games\, and group composition to empower their voi ces\, leadership\, collaborative ability\, and creativity. Whether participants are beginners or experienced improvisers\, the exercises (such as ostinatos formed from the rhythmic content of part icipants’ names) are designed to highlight everyon e’s unique talents and abilities. Everyone enters as a teacher and learner.

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Workshop s primarily use vocal exercises. No instruments wi ll be needed. Email Nicholas Felder at Nicholas.felder@colorado.edu for any questions.

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Where: Mi Chantli - Art and Movement Sanctuary | 1750 30th St\, Boulder

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When: Friday\ , April 24 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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~~With: Nicholas Felder~~
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$10 for BCAA Members\, $15 for nonmembers.
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Nicholas Felder (he/h im) is a Black queer artist\, composer-vocalist\, activist\, and educator who creates art around ide ntity\, communal joy and healing\, and youth empow erment. He builds community in artmaking\, unlock ing truths around self-identity\, and creates a sp ace for embodied expression. Nicholas has led educ ational programs and workshops with numerou s arts organizations\, such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, American Co mposers Orchestra\, the Denver Young Artists Orche stra\, and Sphinx Organization. He loves to encour age young adults to express their social and polit ical views through artmaking.
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An a ctive composer and collaborator\, Nicholas has had his works performed nationally by ensembles\, suc h as the Hawai’i Youth Symphony\, Mivos Quartet\, Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra\, DC Youth Orchestra Program\, and University of Michig an Converge Quartet.
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~~Nicholas is currently earning his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA ) in Music Composition at the University of Colora do Boulder. For more on Nicholas\, find him at~~ www.nicholasfelder.com
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DESCRIPTION:Engage with some building blocks in composition an d improvisation\, such as call and response and os tinatos (short\, repeated ideas)\, in these 90-min ute workshops. Part of a series called Embracing [ Musical] Space\, this session guides participants through movement exercises\, word association game s\, and group composition to empower their voices\ , leadership\, collaborative ability\, and creativ ity. Whether participants are beginners or experie nced improvisers\, the exercises (such as ostinato s formed from the rhythmic content of participants ’ names) are designed to highlight everyone’s uniq ue talents and abilities. Everyone enters as a tea cher and learner.\n \n \n \n Workshops primarily u se vocal exercises. No instruments will be needed. Email Nicholas Felder at Nicholas.felder@colorado .edu for any questions. \n \n \n \n Where: Mi Chan tli - Art and Movement Sanctuary | 1750 30th St\, Boulder\n \n \n \n When: Friday\, April 24 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM\n \n \n \n With: Nicholas Felder \n \n \n \n $10 for BCAA Members\, $15 for nonmembers .\n \n \n \n \n Nicholas Felder (he/him) is a Blac k queer artist\, composer-vocalist\, activist\, an d educator who creates art around identity\, commu nal joy and healing\, and youth empowerment. He b uilds community in artmaking\, unlocking truths ar ound self-identity\, and creates a space for embod ied expression. Nicholas has led educational progr ams and workshops with numerous arts organizations \, such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, Americ an Composers Orchestra\, the Denver Young Artists Orchestra\, and Sphinx Organization. He loves to e ncourage young adults to express their social and political views through artmaking.\n \n \n \n An a ctive composer and collaborator\, Nicholas has had his works performed nationally by ensembles\, suc h as the Hawai’i Youth Symphony\, Mivos Quartet\, Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra\, DC Youth Orchestra Program\, and University of Michig an Converge Quartet. \n \n \n \n Nicholas is curr ently earning his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Music Composition at the University of Colorado Bo ulder. For more on Nicholas\, find him at www.nich olasfelder.com \n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:Workshop CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Denver:20260424T113000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260424T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260424T130000 LOCATION:Mi Chantli: Art & Movement Sanctuary\n 1750 30th S t.\n Boulder\, 80301\n United States\n URL:https://www.bouldercountyarts.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=334 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR