By Philipp Rüttgers & Remco Menting
Workshop Round 2 – Blauwe zaal
Language: Bilingual
Abstract
The workshop participants will practice with percussion instruments in order to become part of the last performance of the Festival. Together with the musicians, they will learn to listen and understand the structure of the different sounds. Participants will learn how to react to what’s happening around them, to understand musical cues. They will feel the group energy when performing with many musicians on stage. In this way, we develop a musical story together.
For this workshop, you don’t need any musical background or knowledge in harmony, rhythm, or playing an instrument. Everyone is welcome.
What to expect:
About the maker:
Philipp Rüttgers is a pianist/improviser and composer in the field of jazz and contemporary music. He is a faculty member of ArtEZ Arnhem Conservatory, where he teaches classes in composition, piano, and works as a mentor for the Interdisciplinary Master of Music at ArtEZ Arnhem.
Remco Menting is a percussionist/drummer/ composer and improviser, and works with different projects in the broad scene of improvised and contemporary music. He is the director of the Ricciotti ensemble, and learned the sign language “Rhythm and Percussion with Signs” by Santiago Vasquez, which he developed into his workshop: Pulse.
Both Philipp and Remco share a deep love of improvisation and freedom within the music, caring about structure, dynamics, and textures as tools for the audience experience. During the Unexpected Subject Festival, all the artists (Philipp, Luca, Oene, Remco, River, Miri and Edward) will create an interdisciplinary space together, while integrating the audience.