Traveling School

Traveling School conducts creative music workshops in your school, community center or music festival. The school uses a unique approach to involve participants in an emotional and dynamic experience. The workshops are designed to encourage people to improvise, and place an emphasis on group interaction. Jazz, Rock and Blues idioms are the springboards, and Traveling School specializes in helping anyone learn to improvise. Beginners, conservatory students, professional musicians and teachers have all participated simultaneously at Traveling School workshops. Traveling School goes “on tour” with its staff. The staff is a group of facilitators that include teachers and student teachers. The staff coordinates workshops and performs concerts with the participants. Traveling School also conducts workshops on how to give workshops using the school's unique approach.

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Traveling School conducts creative music workshops in your school, community center or music festival. The school uses a unique approach to involve participants in an emotional and dynamic experience. The workshops are designed to encourage people to improvise, and place an emphasis on group interaction. Jazz, Rock and Blues idioms are the springboards, and Traveling School specializes in helping anyone learn to improvise. Beginners, conservatory students, professional musicians and teachers have all participated simultaneously at Traveling School workshops. Traveling School goes “on tour” with its staff. The staff is a group of facilitators that include teachers and student teachers. The staff coordinates workshops and performs concerts with the participants. Traveling School also conducts workshops on how to give workshops using the school's unique approach.

The concept behind these workshops is to inspire people who have diverse musical backgrounds to use their imagination and creativity to explore the possibilities of improvisation in a unique and holistic setting. This means taking part in a workshop where the idea is focused on playing and interacting in a group. The staff's main objective is to encourage participants in a safe creativity environment. An emphasis is placed on forging group interaction during a seminar that consists of tailor made ensembles. These ensembles are put together on the spot depending on the musicians participating. Therefore it is the staff's job to custom fit the participants into a dynamic group situation, where their maximum potential can be explored.

Gig Workshop and Collective Improv Ensembles These are the latest workshops developed by Traveling School. These workshops are offered for intermediate to advanced students and work well in jazz festival settings. The Gig Workshop involves small groups that are formed and coached to specifically play “gigs” during festival activities. The collective ensembles are larger and perfrom as a mainstage event at festivals

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