Terrible Noises for Beautiful People: SF June 2010

Terrible Noises for Beautiful People

Vocal Noise Improvisation Workshops
in San Francisco
for Nonmusicians & Musicians

Make sounds with other people !!!
at Southern Exposure and Kunst-Stoff this June.

For more information, get in touch:
improvise@mglouberman.com
Space is limited, get in touch soon to reserve a spot.

Class description from the instructor, Misha Glouberman

In June of this year, I’ll be visiting San Francisco to present a series of sound-improv classes at Southern Exposure Gallery, as part of Extended Play, a series of weekly live performances and workshops. The class will mostly focus on group sound improvisation. It will be entirely vocal- no instruments, just voice.

Participants make sounds, and improvise together, in a series of structured exercises and games. There will be some running around and yelling. Parts of the class are very noisy and crazy; parts are very calm and quiet. Some of the exercises draw a bit on improvisation in theater and movement, but the focus is on sound.

I'm really interested in this sort of improvisation as a participatory activity, as something for people to do together. While musicians and performers are welcome to this class, non-musicians are even more welcome. You don't have to have done anything like this before; you just have to want to.

The class isn't meant to train people to be better performers or musicians (though performers and musicians might benefit from it, as might others). Rather than being the means to some other end (like, say, performance), it's intended to be something to do for its own sake, because it might be interesting or fun. People generally enjoy these classes a lot.

What people have said about "Terrible Noises For Beautiful People"

“[Misha Glouberman’s] mass sound-improv experiments have become legendary in Toronto.”
– MusicWorks magazine.

“An absolutely unique experience, mixing the community choir of small-town North America with the Dada cabarets of Zurich. For a non-musician, it's like getting a magical pass beyond the backstage and straight into the avant-garde. A very, very good time.”
- Carl Wilson, music critic at The Globe & Mail and zoilus.com

“Like a cross between an asylum and the best party in the world”
– Eye Weekly, Toronto

Links

See a video about a recent Terrible Noises class here.

Lots of articles and videos about past related projects can be found at: www.schooloflearning.org

Announcement at Southern Exposure

Announcment at Kunst-Stoff

Facebook event page

About the Instructor

Misha Glouberman is a Toronto-based artist, performer and facilitator, with an interest in how groups of people interact with each other. He has been running sound improv events in Toronto for several years. He hosts and produces Trampoline Hall, a long-running barroom lecture series for non-expert speakers, praised by the by the New Yorker for “celebrating eccentricity and do-it-yourself inventiveness.”

He is the author, with Sheila Heti, of The Chairs are Where the People Go, a book about improvisation and other things, to be published in the US and Britain by Faber and Faber in the spring of 2011.

He is currently working with the artist Ann Hamilton to present a participatory noise event at her Sound Tower at the Oliver Ranch in Sonoma in the fall of 2010, and another sound event to be presented at Mills College later this year.

Time, place, price

Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, from 7-10 pm, from June 7 to June 23. (Six sessions)

Place: Some of the workshops are held at Southern Exposure, some at Kunst-Stoff Dance Studio.

Price: There is a Pay-what-you-can price of $60 to $200 for the series. Pay whatever price you're comfortable with.

(Note: We want to make this workshop accessible for people of all income levels. If the fee is prohibitive, there are a limited number of reduced-fee spots for volunteers. Get in touch to find out more.)

Interested? Please get in touch. Space is limited, so email soon!

If you might are interested in the series send an email to
improvise@mglouberman.com , to be added to the information list and receive details on how to register. Space in the class is limited, and preference will be given to those who get in touch sooner.

If you have any questions about the series, feel free to get in touch at the same address.

Presented with the generous support of the Oliver Ranch Foundation.


	Share Terrible Noises for Beautiful People Vocal Noise Improvisation Workshops in San Francisco for Nonmusicians & Musicians Make sounds with other people !!! at Southern Exposure and Kunst-Stoff this June. For more information, get in touch: improvise@mglouberman.com Space is limited, get in touch soon to reserve a spot. Class description from the instructor, Misha Glouberman In June of this year, I’ll be visiting San Francisco to present a series of sound-improv classes at Southern Exposure Gallery, as part of Extended Play, a series of weekly live performances and workshops. The class will mostly focus on group sound improvisation. It will be entirely vocal- no instruments, just voice. Participants make sounds, and improvise together, in a series of structured exercises and games. There will be some running around and yelling. Parts of the class are very noisy and crazy; parts are very calm and quiet. Some of the exercises draw a bit on improvisation in theater and movement, but the focus is on sound. I'm really interested in this sort of improvisation as a participatory activity, as something for people to do together. While musicians and performers are welcome to this class, non-musicians are even more welcome. You don't have to have done anything like this before; you just have to want to. The class isn't meant to train people to be better performers or musicians (though performers and musicians might benefit from it, as might others). Rather than being the means to some other end (like, say, performance), it's intended to be something to do for its own sake, because it might be interesting or fun. People generally enjoy these classes a lot. What people have said about "Terrible Noises For Beautiful People" “[Misha Glouberman’s] mass sound-improv experiments have become legendary in Toronto.” – MusicWorks magazine. “An absolutely unique experience, mixing the community choir of small-town North America with the Dada cabarets of Zurich. For a non-musician, it's like getting a magical pass beyond the backstage and straight into the avant-garde. A very, very good time.” - Carl Wilson, music critic at The Globe & Mail and zoilus.com “Like a cross between an asylum and the best party in the world” – Eye Weekly, Toronto Links See a video about a recent Terrible Noises class here. Lots of articles and videos about past related projects can be found at: www.schooloflearning.org Announcement at Southern Exposure Announcment at Kunst-Stoff Facebook event page About the Instructor Misha Glouberman is a Toronto-based artist, performer and facilitator, with an interest in how groups of people interact with each other. He has been running sound improv events in Toronto for several years. He hosts and produces Trampoline Hall, a long-running barroom lecture series for non-expert speakers, praised by the by the New Yorker for “celebrating eccentricity and do-it-yourself inventiveness.” He is the author, with Sheila Heti, of The Chairs are Where the People Go, a book about improvisation and other things, to be published in the US and Britain by Faber and Faber in the spring of 2011. He is currently working with the artist Ann Hamilton to present a participatory noise event at her Sound Tower at the Oliver Ranch in Sonoma in the fall of 2010, and another sound event to be presented at Mills College later this year. Time, place, price Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, from 7-10 pm, from June 7 to June 23. (Six sessions) Place: Some of the workshops are held at Southern Exposure, some at Kunst-Stoff Dance Studio. Price: There is a Pay-what-you-can price of $60 to $200 for the series. Pay whatever price you're comfortable with. (Note: We want to make this workshop accessible for people of all income levels. If the fee is prohibitive, there are a limited number of reduced-fee spots for volunteers. Get in touch to find out more.) Interested? Please get in touch. Space is limited, so email soon! If you might are interested in the series send an email to improvise@mglouberman.com , to be added to the information list and receive details on how to register. Space in the class is limited, and preference will be given to those who get in touch sooner. If you have any questions about the series, feel free to get in touch at the same address. Presented with the generous support of the Oliver Ranch Foundation.