Workshop: Free Improvisation

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Join musician and educators, Joe Allen & Eddie Bowes for this workshop exploring Free Improvisation. We'll begin looking at free improvisation in different forms, improvising as an ensemble and how we can use deep listening to help us engage with our improvisation.

The workshop will be held at The Attic @ Seagull's on Kirkstall Road, Leeds and will run between 11am-3pm with breaks. There will be access to water for refilling bottles and there's a good coffee shop down the road but do bring your own snacks!

Workshop attendees are also invited to join The Storytelling Ensemble for a side-by-side rehearsal after the workshop should you wish to which runs 3pm-6pm and your welcome to drop in and out as need be. Additionally your workshop ticket gets you free entry to the film screening of the classic silent horror film 'Nosferatu' which will be at Seagull's that evening.

We're really excited to be combining our knowledge and practice for this workshop and we look forward to welcoming you to The Attic & to improvising together.

All the best,
Joe & Eddie

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About the workshop leaders:
Joe Allen.

Joe Allen is a music director, improviser & educator working across genres. Joe is the music director for the improvised music group 'The Storytelling Ensemble' and has performed and led a number of improvisatory & contemporary classical projects. Joe's approach to improvisation draws on deep listening practices as set out by Pauline Oliveros and this features strongly in his teaching, alongside pedagogical approaches developed by movement & music improviser, Al Wunder.

Eddie Bowes.

Eddie is a drummer, educator and improviser currently based in Leeds. Having completed an undergraduate degree in Jazz he went on to study a master’s in music psychology at the university of Sheffield, where his research was focused on free improvisation in education. He continues to teach and perform free improvisation across the country, having recently began lecturing at Confetti college (part of Nottingham Trent University) as part of their master’s in music performance, where he teaches free improvisation techniques to musicians new to the music.