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- Free
- Large Ensemble
Phrases, Improvisation with Urban Maeder
Learn to perceive phrases. Play & Listen: listen to the chain of individual sounds of each player. Focus on speed, dynamics, and form.
- Large Ensemble
- Free
Thinking Silent Matter
The excercise focuses on improvisation in a large ensemble context, bringing attention to silence and reduced sound material with slowly changing parameters.
- Small Ensemble
- Tonal/Classical
Cantus Firmus: growing and shrinking melodies
The ensemble creates one by one a growing melody, then plays backwards until the beginning note returns
- Large Ensemble
- Small Ensemble
- Free
Frozen Notes (Exercise in 7 parts)
Deconstructing and constructing the written musical material.
- Small Ensemble
- Tonal/Classical
Cantus Firmus: variations
Further variations on the growing and shrinking melodies. Canons and solos.
- Large Ensemble
- Small Ensemble
- Tonal/Classical
How to improvise with minimal techniques
Minimal techniques are used both to provide structure and to allow freedom, within a framework.
- Large Ensemble
- Small Ensemble
- Tonal/Classical
How to integrate Messiaen's techniques into an improvisation
The musicians are informed about Messiaen's use of modes, rhythms and structural aspects. All these elements are trained in a systematical way, after which they can be applied in a final improvisation.
- Tonal/Classical
- Small Ensemble
Series 1, Ex. 5 - Classical structure - Tonally free
- Tonal/Classical
- Small Ensemble
Series 3, Part 1- Ex. 1.2: Feeling at home within a structure (step 2)
Applying Improvisational approach to chamber music repertoire performance (step 2).