Engage with some building blocks in composition and improvisation, such as call and response and ostinatos (short, repeated ideas), in these 90-minute workshops. Part of a series called Embracing [Musical] Space, this session guides participants through movement exercises, word association games, and group composition to empower their voices, leadership, collaborative ability, and creativity. Whether participants are beginners or experienced improvisers, the exercises (such as ostinatos formed from the rhythmic content of participants’ names) are designed to highlight everyone’s unique talents and abilities. Everyone enters as a teacher and learner.
Workshops primarily use vocal exercises. No instruments will be needed. Email Nicholas Felder at Nicholas.felder@colorado.edu for any questions.
Where: Mi Chantli - Art and Movement Sanctuary | 1750 30th St, Boulder
When: Friday, April 24 | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
With: Nicholas Felder
$10 for BCAA Members, $15 for nonmembers.
Nicholas Felder (he/him) is a Black queer artist, composer-vocalist, activist, and educator who creates art around identity, communal joy and healing, and youth empowerment. He builds community in artmaking, unlocking truths around self-identity, and creates a space for embodied expression. Nicholas has led educational programs and workshops with numerous arts organizations, such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, and Sphinx Organization. He loves to encourage young adults to express their social and political views through artmaking.
An active composer and collaborator, Nicholas has had his works performed nationally by ensembles, such as the Hawai’i Youth Symphony, Mivos Quartet, Kennesaw State University Symphony Orchestra, DC Youth Orchestra Program, and University of Michigan Converge Quartet.
Nicholas is currently earning his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Music Composition at the University of Colorado Boulder. For more on Nicholas, find him at www.nicholasfelder.com
1750 30th St.
Boulder, Colorado 80301
United States
| Workshop | |
| Member | $10.00 |
| Non-Member | $15.00 |