photo: Lloyd Wolf, Washington DC

Sunday July 12 * 3pm * $10-25 / email us for scholarships * TICKETS

Join renowned trombonist and educator Dan Blacksberg (Anthony Braxton, The Body, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, klezmer music) for an afternoon meeting all about committing and recommitting to freedom in our music. Choosing to make music with freedom at its center is more than just experiencing "Freedom From" the rules of genre and playing that left us feeling constricted and wanting to escape. It is the "Freedom To" choose how we want to make music, from how we play our instruments to how we relate to all the so-called "rules of music." It's a chance to set our own musical goals, and to reevaluate and modify those goals whenever and however we choose. 

Dan will lead participants in group playing, large and small, and in group discussion to explore the opportunities and responsibilities that come with committing ourselves to freedom. Playing music, especially free improvisation, is fully recognized when we connect with other people, even when playing solo or practicing. Over the course of this workshop, we will model/practice/fake-it-til-you-make different ways of being in the Free Music community. We'll take cues from the whole history and present of creative music - with the clear understanding of its roots in Black music - and aim to bring out our own free creativity - something we all had as children. Join us and take the chance to go deep into ourselves, each other, and into the brilliant experimental musical world.