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Tuesday December 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
A hands-on course of in-the-moment arranging using Soundpainting, a conducting sign language. Created in the 1970s by Walter Thompson alongside Frank London and other downtown musicians, this system offers a way to shape group improvisation and arrangements in real time using a language of hand signs. Using classic klezmer repertoire as our source material, we’ll explore exciting new directions in spontaneous klez making!
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avatar for Sam Day Harmet

Sam Day Harmet

Sam Day Harmet (mandolin) is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and music educator based in Brooklyn, NY. A musician of diverse tastes, Sam’s projects range from deconstructive klezmer and jazz, to free improvisation, to left field electronic music, to Soundpainting and... Read More →
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Ilya Shneyveys

Ilya Shneyveys (accordion/piano) is an international performer, accordionist and multi-instrumentalist, teacher, composer, arranger and producer of contemporary Jewish music, from klezmer and Yiddish folk song to fusion and experimental projects. A founding member of Berlin’s famous... Read More →
Tuesday December 24, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
526 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

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