Seattle Circle has been sponsoring the international Tiny Orchestral Moments project since its beginning in January 2016.
Over the past three years, the Seattle Circle-sponsored TOM project has hosted four week-long annual workshops,
- TOM I: Residential Writing / Performance / Recording Retreat August 2016
- TOM II: Residential Writing / Performance / Recording Retreat August 2017
- TOM Spin-Off: TROOT Recording Retreat, October 2017
- TOM III: Residential Writing / Performance / Recording Retreat August 2018
six Weekend Workshops,
- Seattle Guitar Work Weekend 1, Theme: Sustainable Work, June 2017
- Seattle Guitar Work Weekend 2, Theme: Orchestral Management, Sept 2017
- Seattle Guitar Work Weekend 3, Theme: Avast Improvisation Exploration, Feb 2018
- Seattle Guitar Work Weekend 4, Theme: Bass Camp, Feb 2018
- Seattle Guitar Work Weekend 5, Theme: RChain Performance Prep, Feb 2018
- Seattle Guitar Work Weekend 6, Theme: SeaProg Performance Prep, June 2018
and over 120 weekly Musically Inclusive Improvisation Calisthenics workshops in Seattle.
During the last few workshops, a local documentary director, Louise Amandes has been filming the TOM story, and we are working with her to raise funds to complete, release and distribute her film about this international team of musicians working in the Seattle are to bring new music – and a new way of collaborating — into the local community.
TOM Workshops are based upon two fundamental principles:
- Inclusion – we work and collaborate with beginners, practicing musicians and masters
- Continuous Improvisation – a necessary skill based in listening, harmonization, and flexibility required for transforming how we work, play and live together in harmony within a diverse, complex, global culture.
- Invitation to Collaboration – we invite masters from outside the Seattle area to come cross-pollinate across geographies, genres, gender and generations.
To learn more about this project and the documentary under development, check out the following video:
Special Guests for Recent Workshops
Seattle Guitar Work Weekend Special Guests
- Patricia Fripp www.fripp.com
- Fabio Mittino www.fabiomittino.com
- Paul Richards www.cgtrio.com
- Brian Lucey www.magicgardenmastering.com
- Trey Gunn www.treygunn.com
- Matt Chamberlain www.mattchamberlain.com
- Frank Sheldon www.amazon.com/Far-Sea-Know-Frank-Sheldon/dp/1503398021
- David Singleton www.dgmlive.com
- Janet Feder www.janetfeder.com
- Leilani Lewis https://www.washington.edu/marketing/people/leilani-lewis
- Ingrid Pape-Sheldon www.pape-sheldon.com
- Chris Doering www.facebook.com/christian.doering1
Residential Workshops Special Guests
TOM I
- Petra Haden (Los Angeles, singer / violin player, daughter of Charlie Haden)
- Patrick Grant (NYC composer / pianist / guitarist, found of Strange Music Day)
TOM II
- Janet Feder (Denver-based composer / prepared guitarist)
- Martin de Aguirre (Madrid-based guitarists / producer / composer)
TOM III
- Beth Fleenor (Seattle legend, clarinet / voie)
- Alex Anthony Faide (Buenos Aires-based guitarist)
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