Open-form Ensemble Work with Claire Chase

This course is open to instrumentalists of all instruments, vocalists, improvisers, and electronic musicians of any practice who are interested in the social dynamics, ethics, and performance practices of collectively-led ensembles.

The course offers a collaborative approach to the interpretation of open-form ensemble works by experimental composer-improvisers Annea Lockwood, George Lewis, Pauline Oliveros, and Terry Riley.

The course is facilitated by the flutist and interdisciplinary artist Claire Chase - a teacher at Harvard and Juilliard universities.

A special component of the course will be the presence of the composer Annea Lockwood, who will work with participants on her improvisation-based ensemble work bayou-borne.

The course will culminate in public performances at the Time of Music festival.

Welcome to the international festival & summer academy at the idyllic lakeside town Viitasaari, Finland!

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