{"id":121,"date":"2024-02-21T05:06:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/?p=121"},"modified":"2024-02-21T05:21:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:21:08","slug":"nik-bartsch-and-ronin-full-band-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/archives\/121","title":{"rendered":"Nik B\u00e4rtsch and RONIN: Full Band Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Internationally-acclaimed <strong>Swiss pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikbaertsch.com\/\">Nik B\u00e4rtsch &amp; his Zen Funk quartet Ronin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>present a full-band Masterclass entitled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Polymetric Band Organism: Blending, Moving, Togetherness<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday March 31, 2024 \/ 11am &#8211; 4pm PST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@ the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonbridgestudio.com\/\">London Bridge Studio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSVP: Steve Ball <a href=\"mailto:workshop@steveball.com\">workshop@steveball.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>INFO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyorchestralmoments.com\/NB\">www.tinyorchestralmoments.com\/NB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>SEATTLE, WA &#8211; March 31, 2024<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>You are invited to join a Masterclass for listeners and musicians<\/strong>, all are welcome, no musical experience or ability is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The workshop is a participatory experience<\/strong> demonstrating how Nik and his band work together to craft their distinctive sound grounded in polymeter and precision. Ronin music consistently follows the same aesthetic vision under various instrumental guises: creating the maximum effect by minimal means, a principle that has guided their decades of work with <strong>Ritual Groove Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The workshop complements the band\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.thetripledoor.net\/eventperformances.asp?evt=2009\">Saturday March 30<sup>th<\/sup> show at the Triple Door<\/a> in Seattle. <\/strong>The masterclass aspires to be an enlightening experience for all attendees, offering a deeper understanding of the band\u2019s music and their unique approach to composition, improvisation and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The workshop fee is $150 \/ or $99 for students, <\/strong>and we have a few<strong> scholarships available<\/strong> from our generous sponsors, <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/\">Seattle Circle<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/\">Seattle Composers Alliance<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyorchestralmoments.com\/\">Tiny Orchestral Moments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>For more information,<\/strong> please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyorchestralmoments.com\/NB\">http:\/\/www.tinyorchestralmoments.com\/NB<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To request a reservation<\/strong> for the workshop, please complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/SiTj9mSmU8\">following form<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>To ask questions <\/strong>or learn more, email: <a href=\"mailto:workshop@steveball.com\">workshop@steveball.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Space is limited, so please reserve early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internationally-acclaimed Swiss pianist Nik B\u00e4rtsch &amp; his Zen Funk quartet Ronin present a full-band Masterclass entitled \u201cPolymetric Band Organism: Blending, Moving, Togetherness\u201d Sunday March 31, 2024 \/ 11am &#8211; 4pm PST @ the legendary London Bridge Studio RSVP: Steve Ball &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/archives\/121\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,6],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seminars","category-uncategorized","category-workshops","tag-seminars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlecircle.org\/seminars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}