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- Water(color) for the Soul Music Composition Workshops for Veterans | Wednesdays from April 26 - May 31, 2023
Water(color) for the Soul: Music Composition Workshops for Veterans
Wednesday from April 26 - May 31, 2023 | 10am - 11:30am
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
In Collaboration with Black Moon Trio
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods
In Collaboration with Black Moon Trio
Black Moon Trio’s performance program, Sow the Seeds, becomes the guide for an all-new residency program in partnership with the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center and Healthy Minds Healthy Bodies. Using resources from Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods’ At Ease: Nature and Art for Veterans & the Military Community and Brushwood Art Supply Exchange, Veterans will participate in a six-week graphic score composition residency culminating in the creation of original pieces of music to be performed and recorded by Black Moon Trio.
Michael Tyler’s collection of poetry, Sow the Seeds: A Composition in Verse, will provide the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their experiences in nature and their personal connections with one another while members from Heeyoung Kim's Botanical Art Academy guide participants in painting with watercolors.
This workshop series will culminate in a pop up exhibition at The Brushwood Gallery, where audiences can view and listen to the works created by Veterans in this six-week residency.
What is a Graphic Score?
Graphic notation (or graphic scores) is the representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation. Graphic scores require that composers communicate closely with performers to achieve the desired sound world, or, compose pieces that are aleatoric or may sound different every time they are played based on when, where, or who performs them. They may look similar to pieces of abstract art, they are musical compositions which have desired and intentional performance value.
AT EASE: Art & Nature for Veterans and the Military Community is an innovative approach to empower military Veterans’ and Military Personnel's wellbeing through nature-based art, music, and photography workshops.
If you require certain accommodations in order to observe or attend our events, or have questions regarding accessibility of our facilities, please contact our Manager of Public Programs and Communications, Parker Nelson, at pnelson@brushwoodcenter.org or at (224) 633-2424 ext. 1.
Michael Tyler’s collection of poetry, Sow the Seeds: A Composition in Verse, will provide the thematic framework for Veterans to compose works about their experiences in nature and their personal connections with one another while members from Heeyoung Kim's Botanical Art Academy guide participants in painting with watercolors.
This workshop series will culminate in a pop up exhibition at The Brushwood Gallery, where audiences can view and listen to the works created by Veterans in this six-week residency.
What is a Graphic Score?
Graphic notation (or graphic scores) is the representation of music through the use of visual symbols outside the realm of traditional music notation. Graphic scores require that composers communicate closely with performers to achieve the desired sound world, or, compose pieces that are aleatoric or may sound different every time they are played based on when, where, or who performs them. They may look similar to pieces of abstract art, they are musical compositions which have desired and intentional performance value.
AT EASE: Art & Nature for Veterans and the Military Community is an innovative approach to empower military Veterans’ and Military Personnel's wellbeing through nature-based art, music, and photography workshops.
If you require certain accommodations in order to observe or attend our events, or have questions regarding accessibility of our facilities, please contact our Manager of Public Programs and Communications, Parker Nelson, at pnelson@brushwoodcenter.org or at (224) 633-2424 ext. 1.
