NMC Workshop with Pauline Oliveros

NMC Presents: Performance Workshop with Pauline Oliveros
Ceremony Hall Thursday, May 29th 4:00pm

As part of The NMC's performance of "Four Meditations for Orchestra" the composer Pauline Oliveros gave a workshop on the piece and it's interpretation.

The Four Meditations are multifaceted works which require focused concentration, skilled musicianship and strong improvisational skills.

During the two hour long workshop, she guided the NMC ensemble through some of the listening and playing strategies outlined in the score which the ensemble had be studying and experimenting with in rehearsals over the past few months. She also discussed some of the past performances of the work and her motivations for writing it.