Musical Improvisation for All, with Anna Patton

Anna Patton and 118 Elliot invite you to create music through structured group improvisations, game-pieces, and other interactive sound-making at 118 Elliot. This is a recurring series, with structured improvisation on the 1st Thursday of every month.

This event is for any and all instrumentalists and vocalists willing to experiment with improvisational play. We’ll come up with musical/sonic material on the fly and use various cues to organize, disrupt, or otherwise mess around with the sounds. No experience is needed as long as you have a curious ear and a willingness to make things up.

Program Director Anna Patton is a clarinetist/singer/composer who performs in a full spectrum of styles. She teaches vocal and instrumental ensemble classes, aural skills, improvisation, and music theory. In 2006, Anna started the Soubrette Jazz Choir at the Vermont Jazz Center which performs her creative arrangements of historical and contemporary American music. Anna holds a Masters of Music from New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program.

For more information contact: johnloggia@gmail.com or annameryl@gmail.com