Workshops, lectures and supervision
Simon arranges workshops in improvisation and flute playing. He also gives lectures in the subjects of music and its relation to improvisation and the art of communicating with music. Besides that, he supervises a number of improvisation teaching colleagues. For more information, please contact Simon.
Two different workshops are planned this year. See the information below.
Workshop: Never ending improvisation – the art of telling stories with music
Time: September the 6th 2008, 10.00 am to 18.00 pm.
Place: Göteborg, Sweden.
Price: 1800 SEK (i.e. aproximately 190 EUR or 290 USD).
Requirements: This workshop is for all instruments.
No previous experience of improvisation is required, but you need to be skilled in playing your instrument.
The main objective of this workshop is to investigate the relation between improvisation and the art of telling stories with music. Simon gives instruction on how to improvise without thinking in terms of music theory. The participants of this workshop will study the essential elements that make music say something, and they will make an attempt to control these elements. How do we play sorrow, melancholy, excitement, anger, happiness, fear and all the other moods and feelings that form a story, a message or life itself? Simon has developed several improvisation exercises, with inspiration from drama exercises.
For more information, please send e-mail to workshop@simonjensen.com.
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Workshop: High-speed fluting – techniques needed to play fast while improvising
Time: November 2008 (no date set yet)
Place: Göteborg, Sweden.
This workshop is only for flute players. The topic is the different kinds of techniques needed to play fast while improvising. More information will be presented on this site during the summer.
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