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On September 10, 2013 - Admin

 
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Welcome to our 110th Toronto Ravel Study!

TORONTO RAVEL STUDY is back in-person at The Tranzac Club

 

 
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This Month’s Guest

Casey Sokol

We are honoured to welcome Casey Sokol back to Toronto Ravel. Casey has been an educator for over 50 years, and has developed a Pedagogy of Improvisation that resulted in receiving the OCUFA Award For Excellence in Teaching in 2001. He is also a pianist of exceptional ability and breadth, performing in everything from folk to contemporary classical settings. His improvisations, compositions and musical presentations have been heard around the world and on dozens of recordings and over 1000 concert performances.   https://caseysokol.com

This is how Casey has described what he will take us through at Ravel;

Disambiguating Composition and Free Improvisation

“What can be said about the relationship between music composition and free improvisation? Are they merely related, as Wayne Shorter once suggested, by the speed of creation? I suggest that there are distinctions that are both more profound and practical. One way I will approach this question is to show some of the exercises and assignments I gave to students over five decades of university teaching—ones that are detailed on my website. I will try to walk everyone through as much of that material as time allows and also lead some workshop activities to give everyone a taste of the kind of internal functioning required of the free improviser. It will not be scary.”

NOT TO BE MISSED…..

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**IF YOU ARE JOINING US ON ZOOM, PLEASE CONSIDER A $10 DONATION TO SUPPORT TORONTO RAVEL. SEND YOUR eTRANSFER TO info@torontoravel.com. PLEASE NOTE – ONLY Adventures in Listening and the study will be broadcast

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A GUEST STUDY LEADER, please contact John info@torontoravel.com.

LISTEN TO PAST STUDIES @ https://soundcloud.com/toronto-ravel-podcast

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NEW ADVENTURES IN LISTENING – Film clips from “On The Waterfront” and “Ryan” are posted on the “Study Materials” page for download. With the sound removed, they can be scored as an exercise, and brough in to “Adventures in Listening” for feedback and analysis. Adventures in Listening is a unique opportunity to get unbiased and honest feedback on your ‘in-progress’ or experimental work from a community of your professional peers. Because it is anonymous, it is a risk-free environment.  Whether you are an emerging composer or an experienced one, and whether your work is for concert or screen, I encourage you to take advantage of this invaluable resource.

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Many of you are actively performing musicians or are composers with TV shows or films containing your original scores. If you would like me to mention upcoming concerts or showtimes, please see me during the first hour, and I will make the announcement during “Adventures in Listening”. This way we can get the word out while preserving the relaxed and casual atmosphere that we have created at Toronto Ravel.
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We need your help. We know that Toronto Ravel is viable, but we need to ensure that it is sustainable. There are 2 ways you can help;  First, by spreading the word to your friends, Facebook friends, colleagues, etc., and by passing around the links to our videos – the links are below. Also – you can volunteer a bit of your time and be part of the Ravel team.  Please email info@torontoravel.com if you can lend a hand. 
 
Promo Video – PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQN8yoJpDI
Producer Larry Weinstein talks about Ravel 
http://youtu.be/PAsiZJYFeY
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See you at Ravel!
JH
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