Starting with Soundpainting

I've got a very young big band this year. I introduced them to Soundpainting in the second week of classes. I thought I would start there so that they would have Soundpainting as a background before being introduced to "Oh Pierre!".

They are very quick to learn it and kwow around 45 gestures after three 15 minute rehearsals. Once they've learned a few more gestures I'll have them take turns being the conductor. Once they are comfortable with that, we'll learn Oh, Pierre!.

'Oh, Pierre!' at Pingree School

I have recently started introducing 'Oh, Pierre!' to my new students at the Pingree School in South Hamilton, MA. So far, I've started teaching some cues to students in my Instrumental Ensemble (2 guitars, 2 basses, 2 keyboards, trombone, drums) and in my Contemporary Music Ensemble (violin, viola, flute, clarinet, 2 saxes, keyboard, tuba, drums, percussion). They all seem to be having fun learning the cues, and seem to be trying to figure out where exactly this is all headed. I am very impressed with their open-mindedness. I can already tell this is going to be a blast. As the year goes on, I will be posting feedback (my own as well as theirs) as well as audio and video clips of our work.