ComMUSIKey’s first Community Art Project
A bunch of people showed up at ComMUSIKey’s headquarters today with food, paint, and brushes to make the mobile stage more parade ready. Our first community art project!
Music for People Art of Improvisation
In 2011 I graduated from Music for People‘s Musician Leadership Program. I consider them a main inspiration for ComMUSIKey. Their flagship workshop is the five day Art of Improvisation at SUNY Fedonia, NY.
What Makes Great Music
Only one person showed up to my playshop today. So we had a chance to focus in. We started with what Music for People calls “One Quality Sound” where everybody just sings whatever note happens to come out of their mouth and we listen to the quality of that spontaneous chord. In our case it […]
West Coast Tour Begins in June
The Mobile Stage will leave Prescott AZ to play its first performance June 8 for Dunsmuir Railroad Days Festival in Dunsmuir CA. The next day Jonathan Best will perform at the Piano Extravaganza at the Siskiyou Art Museum in Dunsmuir. The next day Jonathan will lead a Music for Everybody Playshop at Patty Hill’s house. […]