Parallel Octave chorus: musical/poetic improvisation

In this course, we perform a poem with music, and record it. We are a group of actors and musicians called Parallel Octave (http://paralleloctave.wordpress.com) seeking new collaborators. We work on choruses -- poems read and sung by multiple voices, and performed to improvised music. Past poets have included Blake, Auden, Donne, Frost, Dylan Thomas, and others.

Our weekly sessions are open to all Baltimore actors, singers, and musicians who are interested in experimentation. We meet one Saturday a month to work on a different poem,
from 2:00-3:30 pm, in the Blue Room.
You can listen to some of the recordings we've made already here:http://paralleloctave.wordpress.com/recordings.html
or read this article on Parallel Octave in CityPaper:http://thetimes-tribune.com/cmlink/baltimore-city-paper/music/all-together-now-1.939200

The course is ongoing, with occasional breaks. Participants in the course are welcome to come and go as they please: we want to accomodate artists with schedule conflicts, and keep an open door for all performers to come in. Bring your instruments and your ideas. You must be comfortable with having the session recorded and shared in order to attend.
 
For more information, contact us: (paralleloctave AT g m a i l )

Instructor Bio: Dara Weinberg (http://weinberg.wordpress.com/about/) has been directing Greek choruses for ten years and teaching chorus performance workshops for actors and musicians on choral improvisation for the past five. In Baltimore, she's taught Greek chorus workshops at JHU, Goucher, the Carver Center High School, and the Single Carrot Theater.