On Friday, June 21, I have the pleasure of hosting my original musical improv workshop alongside Fredrick Gietz (Improv Embassy – Musical Improv Fundamentals for Improvisers) For those who’ve taken a previous iteration of the workshop, you’ll experience that old idiom of “go fast alone, go further together” in action — what works with backingContinueContinue reading “Musical Improv workshop this Friday!”
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How Velvet Wells approaches Musical Improv workshops
Velvet loves All Request Radio (Updated June 5 to replace “Studio I/II” with “Musical Improv Primer”) I love music. While there are songs and artists I enjoy more than others, none make me disdain music across genres or generations. I love performing musically — one song or a whole hour, solo, duo, or ensemble –ContinueContinue reading “How Velvet Wells approaches Musical Improv workshops”
May the Fourth be with you
On Saturday, May 4th, I’ll have the pleasure of being in person with improvisers from across four communities. In a group chat, we collaboratively created the title GNATA festival (Not A Festival): The GNATA Festival is a two-day improv meet up for friends and colleagues from the states of New York and Rhode Island withContinueContinue reading “May the Fourth be with you”
The Velvet Duke 