TOCfi Singers in Social Dreaming Experiment
As TIC and TOCfi evolved we undertook Social Dreaming experiments as a way to get in depth feedback from both singers and the Landmass Listen Party audience. Below is the TOCfi “dream”. Social Dreaming Process Create “snowflake” seating so people are in non-aligned concentric circles giving space to gaze out beyond the circle. Listen to music – collective listening for 30 minutes, extracts from snips of recordings from previous concerts. […]
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TIC Singers in Social Dreaming Experiment
As TIC and TOCfi evolved we undertook several Social Dreaming experiments as a way to get in depth feedback from both singers and the Landmass Listen Party audience. Below is the TIC “dream”. Social Dreaming Process Create “snowflake” seating so people are in non-aligned concentric circles giving space to gaze out beyond the circle. Listen to music – collective listening for 30 minutes, extracts from snips of recordings from previous […]
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Blog: TIC perform as part of Open University Women in Musical Leadership Conference
A Woman in Musical Leadership – TIC at Club Inégales, by Alistair Smith 8th March 2019 On the evening of March 8th, Jenni Roditi and the Improvisers’ Choir performed in the second of two concerts at Club Inégales in Euston, London. The concert was the culmination of a two day Open University conference International Women And/In Musical Leadership. Coinciding with International Women’s Day, the event focussed on what still remains […]
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Following the launch of our first single STEM on 8.3.19 we are looking forward to the digital release of our first EP Volume 1 LANDMASS – which is released May 11. Join us in Crouch End at the home of the choir’s director for a Launch Listen party and some extra live specials as well…details …. : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/listening-party-landmass-vol-1-the-improvisers-choir-tickets-56943810470
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June 2nd 2019 at 6.30pm – In the last term’s rehearsals the open choir have been developing songs based on the original and freshly penned poetry of its members. I think we were all amazed at the quality of the poetry and we have been finding ways to create musical backdrops over which the songsmiths themselves can improvise their solos on their own texts. We are happy the house cat […]
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Jenni will be appearing on a panel discussion about this on January 19th at the South Bank Centre. https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/132577-state-sound-do-we-need-new-music-2019?fbclid=IwAR3EorOp88Z65nJA2ZLWkZxttQPwA3Zd50tKp1OYCP7LL6Lg_Wg6_QVQ34g
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March 8th at Club Inégales, Euston TIC take over ‘the deep listening basement’ where 100’s of amazing concerts have taken place in the last 5 years. As part of a conference on Women and/in Musical Leadership Jenni Roditi will be giving the keynote speech on March 7th and she will be appearing with TIC on March 8th. http://fass.open.ac.uk/iwmlc More info to follow shortly.
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Earlier this month, in December 2018, we submitted our forthcoming double EP to AWAL – a great new model in business for the music industry and for music writers. We are delighted to announce we were accepted onto their data base which means we have now got worldwide digital distribution via iTunes and Spotify for our PRSF funded double EP, recorded in the summer, titled LANDMASS. We have also selected […]
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TIC – May 11th 2019. Listen Launch Party in North London, UK. https://www.facebook.com/events/1100054830174383/ TOIC – June 16th 2019 – Concert as part of the Crouch End Festival. Three Compasses pub. Hornsey High Street. N8. 8.30pm. https://www.crouchendfestival.org/events/the-open-improvisers-choir/
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Blog: Jenni Roditi and TIC at Club Inégales
The year started well for TIC, winning the Nonclassical Battle of the Bands back in January. This occasion saw them team up with the formidable Peter Wiegold and his amazing band at Club Inégales, Euston. Peter has been on a wonderfully rich, varied and successful musical journey: From Durham University to the Guildhall; from Birmingham Contemporary Music Ensemble to working with numerous international ensembles around the world, he has […]
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