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"Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide"
Sunday, February 7, 2010, 2-5 pm
Forsyth Chapel, Jamaica Plain, MA
Free and Open to the Public
Author and Musician Tom Hall Book Launch & Concert
"Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide"
Sunday, February 7, 2010, 2-5 pm
Forsyth Chapel, Jamaica Plain, MA
Free and Open to the Public
Tom Hall celebrates the luanch of his new book, "Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide, " at the beautiful Forsyth Chapel at Forest Hills Cemetery. Tom will be presenting a lecture on Improvisation, followed by an improvised music concert.
BOSTON, MA, December 31, 2009 /Books PR News/ -- Tom Hall celebrates the launch of his new book, Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide, on February 7, 2010 in the beautiful Forsyth Chapel at Forest Hills Cemetery. Tom will be presenting a lecture, Life is One Big Improvisation, followed by an improvised music concert. In conjunction with the book launch, there will be an art exhibit of improvisational art by Lennie Peterson, whose intricate portraiture graces the cover and interior of the book. This unique cultural event is free and open to the public.
Event Details:
2:00 pm Meet the Author & Artist, Art Exhibit, Refreshments & Hors d'oeuvres
3:00 pm Lecture by Tom Hall, Life is One Big Improvisation
3:30 pm Improvisational Concert featuring:
Tom Hall - saxophones
Michael Rivard - acoustic bass
Marty Ballous - acoustic bass
Jerry Leake - percussion
and special guest, Lennie Peterson - trombone
The Book:
Improvisation is a big part of our daily lives, essential to the things we love to do and the music we love to hear. Improvising together seems natural when we're playing a game or having a conversation, yet improvising music together is often viewed as mysterious and
forbidding. Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide provides a practical way for any group of people, no matter what their style of music or level of musicianship, to learn about improvising together. With over 100 improvisational exercises and invaluable instructional
tips, this book is an essential tool for every musician, teacher, or music lover.
The Author:
Tom Hall, a graduate of New England Conservatory, is an improvising saxophonist and music teacher. He has been teaching free improvisation ensembles at Brandeis University since 1997 and has conducted improvisation classes at New England Conservatory,
Wellesley College, the Royal Conservatory, and the Rotterdam Conservatory. Tom has played saxophone professionally since he was seventeen. He is a co-founder of Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet, and has performed and recorded throughout the
world in a wide variety of musical styles. Whether he's playing Jazz, Blues, Rap, Rock, Folk, Funk, Latin, or R&B, what has always fascinated Tom most is not the differences between musical styles, but what they all have in common - the process of improvisation.
Performing and studying with actors, dancers, and visual artists has shown Tom that improvisation is a creative process common not only to all music, but to all creative endeavors. In addition to teaching and performing, Tom has served as curator for Cultural
Constructions, a concert series which creates the opportunity for musicians from different cultures to improvise, compose, and perform together. Currently, Tom produces The Sessions, an improvised music series that brings together great improvisers from all styles of
music and sets them loose in a free improvisatory setting. www.freeimprovisation.com
The Artist:
Lennie Peterson has devoted his life to visual art, music, and arts education. He has traveled the world as a visual artist, performer, conductor, arranger, producer, educator, and recording artist. Peterson's award-winning artwork has been featured in solo and group
exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States, including the Ceres Gallery in New York City, the Brenda Taylor Gallery, the Atlantic Works Gallery and the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
The Big Picture, his nationally syndicated daily comic strip, appeared in more than 100 newspapers and was published as a book collection by Andrews/McMeel Publishing. In addition, Peterson has written and illustrated nearly a dozen books published by CCC
Publications.
Peterson is also a professional musician, participating in a wide range of musical genres including Jazz, Rock, Latin, and Classical. He was a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and on the faculty of the South Shore Conservatory in Hingham,
Massachusetts. He has also served as a creative consultant and music director for film and audio recordings.
www.lenniepeterson.com
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