From: The Misha Glouberman School of Learning
To: Undisclosed Recipients
Subject: Terrible Noise Birthday Party March 28
Terrible Noises for Beautiful People: Misha
Glouberman’s Birthday Party
Friday March 28, 2008
FOR MY BIRTHDAY PARTY, I WILL GET A
“IF YOU THINK THIS
ISN’T EXACTLY YOUR SORT OF THING, YOU ARE PROBABLY THE KIND OF PERSON I
AM LOOKING FOR.”
Doors 7:30, show 8:00 sharp.
Tickets: $12 at the door, $10 online or at
Soundscapes.
For more information, http://schooloflearning.org/birthday/
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A letter from Misha
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Over the past
several years, I’ve done a series of events where I get groups of people
to make noises together. The events started several years ago when, for my
birthday, I begged my friends to come out and try some ideas I had about music
improvisation. They obliged, and the event was a pretty amazingly fun and
interesting night, producing some astounding varieties of sounds.
That event led to other events, and the events turned into a series called
“Terrible Noises for Beautiful People”. There’s been Terrible Noises for Beautiful People: How to
Improvise (a course), Terrible
Noises for Beautiful People: Cobra Edition (an exploration of a game
composition by John Zorn), Terrible Noises
for Beautiful People: Nuit Blanche Edition (an all-night series of
improvisations for the general public) and more.
I’m now returning to the origins of this project, and presenting Terrible Noises For Beautiful People: Misha
Glouberman’s Birthday Party. This will be a full evening event
(going till around 11) with sounds, running around, and cake. I have an idea,
possibly mistaken, that this is a useful and new kind of party.
If you haven’t been to any of these events, they are not like a lot of
other things. Generally, you make sounds with other people. You only use your
voice. I boss you around. The results are sometimes alarming, sometimes spooky,
sometimes beautiful. I am really interested in what this is like for people
both as a musical experience, and as a social experience. People usually enjoy
the events a lot (see some comments
on the Nuit Blanche event, a video
about a recent Cobra series, and more). This event will
feature noise-making, some running around, and a certain amount of something
I’m calling “improvised behaviour” (like theater, but dumber,
and with more arguing).
If you think this isn’t exactly your sort of thing, you are probably the
kind of person I am looking for. The ability to sing is not at all required (it
might even be a bit of an impediment). Familiarity with music doesn’t
matter. It helps a little if you like to listen to unfamiliar sounds, but
it’s definitely not a necessity. Same goes for making unfamiliar sounds.
I will say that if unusual noises make you really really unhappy, you probably
will not enjoy this, though I guess you never know.
Tickets will be available at the door for $12. But better than that is to get
tickets in advance. You can buy them at Soundscapes (572 College. Tickets are
on sale now.) or online.
If you get advance tickets, the price is lower, and you’re guaranteed to
get in should the event sell out, and you make me happy (since it’s
easier for me to plan if I have a sense of how many people are coming)
If you want to know more about this event (and past related events), visit this
page at the Misha Glouberman School of Learning web site: http://www.schooloflearning.org/birthday/
.
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