Free online workshop open to all composers.
Renowned sound artist and composer Bill Thompson leads an hour-long session on the principles of collaboration in creative work.
Here's Bill's description of the session's content:
In this session I will discuss some common misconceptions about collaborative practice and share some ideas that might help you avoid or deal with these when they occur. I will also discuss some past projects that worked well and some that didn’t and what lessons I learned from them that you might find useful.
Bill's Biography:
Bill Thompson is a sound artist and composer whose work has been performed extensively throughout the UK and abroad.
A native of Texas, he relocated to the UK in 2004. Since then he has received numerous awards and commissions including the PRS for New Music ATOM award, the GAVAA visual arts award, a PRS for New Music Three Festival commission, the Aberdeen Visual Arts Award, and was nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Award.
His installations and performances frequently utilize found objects, field recordings, repurposed live electronics, and digital media to create environments that encourage active attention to each moment. He applies this same strategy within his compositional work which often include long sustained tones, densely layered textures, and indeterminate or improvised structures. He has written for a wide range of instruments including voice, guitar, contrabass, bagpipe, percussion, organ, string quartet, mixed ensembles and live electronics. As a solo performer he works primarily with live electronics and Moog guitar.
In addition to working as a solo artist, Thompson has collaborated with choreographer Ian Spink for several years in their company Airfield. Their work blurs the distinctions between dance, theatre, music and installation. Additionally, he has worked with several other well-known artists including Keith Rowe, Faust, EXAUDI and others.
He is an avid supporter of new music and is the director of both the Mercury Over Maps and Intraspect concert series. He taught collaborative arts practice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for several years and currently co-directs the multidisciplinary artist workshop fast+Dirty with Ian Spink and lectures at the University of Surrey.
You can find out more about Bill here: https://billthompson.org/aka_p...
How to join:
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