Join Detroit-based musician, composer, and visual artist Zara Teicher for two workshops, one on October 2nd and one on October 3rd, exploring sound as a pathway for play. We’ll experiment, listen deeply, let loose, get silly, improvise, and follow (or maybe break?) the rules of different game-type pieces. In the spirit of folk traditions and drawing from the work of Pauline Oliveros, Fluxus, and others, we’ll connect to each other as a community through sound making as a living social language. We will use our bodies, voices, and every day objects (that are actually instruments in disguise). Participants can attend one or both workshops. Please register for workshops separately on Partiful. The workshops will culminate in a parade in which we’ll play music together as the “What’s Cooking Orchestra!?!” alongside the Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Fest Monster Parade at 8 p.m. on Saturday night.
*Those attending on Saturday 10/3 should bring a kitchen item to play music on. 6-8pm each night Presented by Detroit Folk School and Play House Laboratories Suggested Donation $20 (Pay what you can)). Register and pre-pay on Partiful. Cash accepted at the door. Oct. 2 Partiful link: https://partiful.com/e/IEn2QC0Tmy6kJsUIlcFb?c=Ec3m2i-t Oct. 3 Partiful link: https://partiful.com/e/7eX3gItZUFF4MH3hqydB?c=jtts-r_9
Zara Teicher is a musician/artist/educator in Detroit. She has taught experimental music as adjunct faculty at Cranbrook Academy of Art and as a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois-Chicago. Currently, Zara is Resident Artist at Smith Shop Detroit where she is building sculptural brass and metal instruments. She has performed and shown work across Southeast Michigan, in Chicago, and in Los Angeles where she played with the Grammy-nominated ensemble Wild Up, among other new music residencies and such. Zara has an MFA from CalArts and a Bachelor’s of Music degree from Northwestern University. Importantly, she is a mom to two very fun kids and two silly Corgis. Recently, she’s been enjoying the sounds of the cicadas in the trees.
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