The 15th Annual Outsound New Music SummitCommunity Improvisation Workshop with James CornishAll Ages, Instruments Welcome
Detroit based improviser musician James Cornish conducts a community group workshop on improvisation. Collective extended technique group improvisation and graphic score interpretation are some of the on hands topics to be covered.
James Cornish is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and third-generation native of Detroit. He is the composer of three operas, including an opera using the ancient Sumerian epic of Gudea, which debuted in 2011 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. James also writes operas based from contemporary urban poetry.
James is the recipient of state and national arts grants, including American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius (2009). He was commissioned to compose a series of dance pieces in public spaces in Detroit (2011). He curates the experimental music series Radical Sounds Detroit at the Detroit Contemporary gallery. He has performed with a diverse array of artists, such as Perry Robinson, Jandek, Ellen Fullman, Jason Hwang, Tatsuya Nakatani, Phillip Greenlief, and Faruq Z Bey.
He has workshopped with Wadada Leo Smith, Faust, and Jack Wright.
Cost: $5-15 donation