A 40-hour music workshop with Elvis Homan, free and designed for migrants in Slovenia, 7 - 18 November 2022. The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union under the European Social Fund.
A free 40-hour workshop for migrants in Slovenia
From 7 to 18 November 2022, Monday to Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Pekinpah studio, Trg prekomorskih brigad 1 in Ljubljana.
Application deadline: 2 November
Call for participants
The Pekinpah Association is inviting participants to enroll in educational program carried out within the project Creative Bodies in Movement: under the mentorship of experienced musician, composer and educator Elvis Homan, we are focusing on making (film) music.
The 40-hour music program, followed by 4 hrs of individual counseling, is designed for individuals of all ages and musical background, and is aimed at beginners as well as those who already have some musical knowledge. The workshop will be taking place from 7 to 18 November 2022, Monday to Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Studio Pekinpah, Trg prekomorskih brigad 1 in Ljubljana.
Who is it for?
Migrants - young adults and adults (15+) - who moved to Slovenia, feel creative or would like to develop their creative skills; for those who are interested in creating music, want to gain new skills or upgrade existing knowledge (both beginners and those who play an instrument are welcome); for those eager to meet new people and spread their network of contacts.
What can you get from this?
If you are an artist, building up your skills in the workshop will increase the opportunities of employment in Slovenia thus spreading your social and cultural horizons. If you are not experienced in creating music, you’ll gain new skills, engage in the process of making music, and you’ll enjoy and socialise with different people. In both cases, you’ll meet and work with renowned, amazing artists, make new friends and have great fun while learning, strengthening intercultural dialogue on the way.
As the participant, you will:
- develop the skills to design and develop creative ideas - Creativity is the ability to create new ideas, concepts or solutions to a problem; it is a method to establish new connections between existing ideas or concepts
- gain experience in teamwork and collaborative skills, as a part of multicultural community/group
- improve your working knowledge of sound design for film and theatre
- acquire the basic foundational knowledge, skills and habits to effectively use computer technology
- spread your network of professional and personal contacts
- have opportunity to be part of the public event with you own project
- get special individual counselling, which can help you with new job opportunities
Overview of the activities:
- introduction to different percussion instruments and different musical rhythms from around the world
- introduction to different coordination exercises needed to play
- learning the principles of free improvisation, which allows for more freedom and creativity in playing
- learning basics of music theory
- forming and playing in different musical ensembles
- focus on film music - shaping and manipulation of sound, picking the right instruments according to the film genre, and the balancing of the tensions, divergences and dynamics of a specific film frame
- using the computer music program Ableton - you will learn the basics of the program and use it to write film music and create various sound effects
- engagement in preparation for and production of the public presentation, which will close the project on 28 February 2023
The workshop will be organised in three parts:
1. Drums - percussion
Participants will be introduced to different percussion instruments and different musical rhythms from around the world (such as Pop, Rock, Disco, Reggae, Jazz, Funk, Samba, etc.). They will also be introduced to different coordination exercises needed to play. Participants will form several small percussion ensembles to try out group playing, and will also learn in practice the principles of free improvisation, which allows more freedom and creativity in playing.
2. Group playing (band)
This part of the workshop is aimed at forming different musical ensembles with several instruments and singing. The content is designed in such a way that the participants play the music they like and in this way improve and develop their own musical knowledge. This part ncludes the basics of music theory, which will help participants to create original music on the spot. The participants who already play an instrument are therefore encouraged to bring their own instruments.
3. Film music
This part focuses on the creation and composition of film music: particular emphasis is placed on the shaping and manipulation of sound, the choice of instruments according to the film genre, and the balancing of the tensions, divergences and dynamics of a specific film frame. At the end of the workshop, the newly composed music will be recorded and presented. We will use the computer music program Ableton to help us in our work; participants will learn the basics of the program and use it to write film music and create various sound effects. It is recommended that participants bring their own computer and headphones.
About the mentor
Elvis Homan is a professional musician, drummer, composer and arranger, who is also active as a film composer, sound designer and educator. He graduated from the Codarts Rotterdam in 2017 (jazz drums) and is currently completing his Master's degree at the Academy in Amsterdam (live electronics & composition). He is an active member of several bands; he has released five CDs and performed at several festivals in Slovenia and abroad. He regularly collaborates with various festivals (International Film Festival Rotterdam, Festival Kurja polt, etc.) and individual artists, musicians and filmmakers (Noralie, Roel van Doorn, Lisanne Hoogwerf, Jochem Walboomers, wim Van Zon, Jozef Dumoulin, etc.). He is a member of bands such as Celestial Turkey, Quartzite 4tet (2. place Erasmus Jazz Prijs Award), REIO - Rotterdam Electronic Improv Orchestra, Marco Apicella Trio (recipient of the prestigious Leiden Jazz Award 2017), etc. At the Kurja Polt Festival in 2021, with Boštjan Simon, he composed and premiered the music for the silent film Haxan (1922). He lives and works in the Netherlands.
Creative Bodies in Movement project is an initiative primarily intended for migrants, for whom the Pekinpah has prepared a year-round series of educational programs in the field of performing arts (costume design, scenography, dance & performance and music). At the workshops, participants will gain the knowledge and skills needed to perform stage work with the help of established mentors. The project as a whole ends in February 2023, when the participants will publicly present their newly acquired knowledge.
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Usposabljanje na področju glasbe
Poziv za udeležence
V Društvu Pekinpah objavljamo poziv za udeležbo na četrtem izobraževalnem sklopu, ki se izvaja v okviru celoletnega projekta Kreativna telesa v gibanju: tokrat se bomo pod mentorsko taktirko izkušenega glasbenika, skladatelja in pedagoga Elvisa Homana, posvetili glasbenemu ustvarjanju oziroma filmski glasbi. Prijava je obvezna.
Delavnica je zasnovana na način, da omogoča udeležbo posameznikom vseh starosti in z različnim glasbenim predznanjem. 40-urni program s področja glasbenega ustvarjanja je namenjen tako začetnikom kot tudi tistim, ki že premorejo nekaj glasbenega znanja. Delavnica bo potekala med 7. in 18. novembrom 2022 v prostorih Studia Pekinpah, Trg prekomorskih brigad 1 v Ljubljani.
Projekt Kreativna telesa v gibanju je pobuda, namenjena priseljencem, za katere smo pripravili celoletni niz brezplačnih izobraževalnih programov s področja uprizoritvenih umetnosti. Usposabljanja potekajo na področjih performativnosti (izraznost telesa), kostumografije, scenografije in gledališke glasbe. Poleg praktičnih izobraževanj so udeležencem vseskozi na voljo tudi individualna svetovanja mentorjev.
Komu je usposabljanje namenjeno?
Migrantom – starejšim od 15. let oziroma odraslim – ki so se preselili v Slovenijo in jih zanima razvoj lastnih kreativnih veščin. Program je namenjen vsem tistim, ki jih zanima glasbeno ustvarjanje, ki bi želeli pridobiti nove veščine oziroma poglobiti svoje glasbeno znanje (usposabljanje je namenjeno tako začetnikom, kot vsem tistim, ki že obvladajo igranje kakšnega inštrumenta). V okviru usposabljanj boste spoznali nove ljudi in tako razširili svoj krog poznanstev.
Kaj lahko s tem pridobiš?
Če si glasbenik/-ica, bo nadgradnja tvojega znanja na delavnicah zagotovo povečala tvoje zaposlitvene možnosti v Sloveniji, obenem pa boš tako širil/-a tudi svoje socialne in kulturne horizonte. Če na področju ustvarjanje glasbe še nimaš večjih izkušenj, se boš s pomočjo usposabljanja poglobil/-a v proces nastanka glasbe, s tem pridobil/-a tudi nove veščine, ki ti bodo pomagale pri iskanju zaposlitve, ob tem pa užival/-a in se družil/-a z različnimi ljudmi. V vsakem primeru boš srečal/-a in spoznal/-a vrhunske umetnike in se zabaval/-a ob priobivanju novega znanja ter tako krepil/-a medkulturni dialog.
S sodelovanjem v programu usposabljanja boš lahko:
- razvijal/-a veščine zasnove in nadgradnje novih kreativnih idej. Kreativnost je zmožnost udejanjanja novih idej, konceptov in rešitev; hkrati je tudi metoda za ustvarjanje novih povezav med že obstoječimi idejami in koncepti.
- pridobil/-a dragocene izkušnje timskega dela in obenem, kot del multikulturne skupine, razvijal/-a veščine sodelovanja
- razširila/-a svoje znanje oblikovanja zvoka za film in gledališče
- pridobil/-a temeljno znanje, veščine in navade za učinkovito uporabo računalniške tehnologije
- razširil/-a mrežo profesionalnih in zasebnih poznanstev
- dobil/-a priložnost za sodelovanje z lastnim projektom pri javnem kulturnem dogodku
- izkoristil/-a individualna svetovanja, ki ti bodo pomagala pri novih zaposlitvenih priložnostih.
Pregled aktivnosti:
- spoznavanje različnih tolkal in glasbenih ritmov iz celega sveta
- predstavitev različnih koordinacijskih tehnik, ki jih zahteva igranje tolkal
- učenje osnovnih principov proste improvizacije, ki pri igranju omogoča več svobode in kreativnosti
- učenje osnov glasbene teorije
- formiranje ter igranje v različnih glasbenih zasedbah
- osredotočanje na filmsko glasbo – oblikovanje in manipulacija zvoka, izbira pravih inštrumentov za specifične filmske žanre, iskanje ravnovesij med dinamičnimi elementi specifičnega filmskega kadra
- učenje osnov računalniškega programa Ableton, ki se ga uporablja za pisanje filmske glasbe oziroma za ustvarjanje različnih zvočnih efektov
- angažma pri pripravah ter produkciji novega odrskega dela, s katerim se projekt usposabljanja 28. februarja 2023 tudi uradno zaključuje.
Delavnica se vsebinsko deli na tri dele:
1. Bobnarsko - tolkalska delavnica
Udeleženci se bodo uvodoma spoznali z različnimi tolkali in različnimi glasbenimi ritmi iz celega sveta (kot so denimo Pop, Rock, Disco, Reggae, Jazz, Funk, Samba, idr.). Pri tem se bodo seznanili tudi z različnimi koordinacijskimi vajami, potrebnih za igranje. V nadaljevanju se bodo udeleženci formirali v več manjših tolkalnih zasedb in se tako preizkusili v skupinskem igranju, ob tem pa se bodo v praksi spoznali tudi z načeli proste improvizacije, ki omogoča več svobode in kreativnosti pri igranju.
2. Skupinsko igranje (bend)
Ta sklop delavnice je namenjen formaciji različnih glasbenih zasedb z večimi glasbili in petjem. Sklop je vsebinsko zasnovan na način, da udeleženci preigravajo glasbo, ki jo imajo radi, ter na ta način izpopolnjujejo in nadgrajujejo lastno glasbeno znanje. Sklop vsebuje tudi osnove glasbene teorije, s pomočjo katere bodo udeleženci na licu mesta ustvarili avtorsko glasbo. Udeležence (ki igrajo) zato pozivamo, da prinesejo tudi lastne glasbene inštrumente.
3. Filmska glasba
Sklop se osredotoča na ustvarjanje in komponiranje filmske glasbe: poseben poudarek je namenjen oblikovanju in manipulaciji zvoka, izbiri inštrumentov glede na filmski žanr ter iskanju ravnovesij med tenzijami, razvezi in dinamiko specifičnega filmskega kadra. Ob zaključku delavnice bomo na novo komponirano glasbo tudi posneli in jo predstavili plesalcem in drugim deležnikom odrske produkcije. Pri delu nam bo v pomoč računalniški glasbeni program Ableton; udeleženci se bodo priučili osnov dotičnega programa in ga uporabili za pisanje filmske glasbe in kreacijo različnih zvočnih efektov. Zaželjeno je, da udeleženci prinesejo lastni računalnik in slušalke.
O mentorju
Elvis Homan je profesionalni glasbenik, bobnar, skladatelj in aranžer, ki je aktiven tudi kot ustvarjalec filmske glasbe, oblikovalec zvoka, pedagog in mentor. Leta 2017 je končal študij na Akademiji za glasbo Codarts v Rotterdamu (jazz bobni), trenutno pa končuje magistrski študij na akademiji za glasbo v Amsterdamu (živa elektronika & klasična kompozicija). Je aktiven član več glasbenih zasedb; doslej je izdal pet zgoščenk in nastopal na več festivalih po Sloveniji in tujini. Redno sodeluje z različnimi festivali (Mednarodni filmski festival Rotterdam, Festival Kurja polt, idr. ) in posameznimi umetniki, glasbeniki in filmarji (Noralie, Roel van Doorn, Lisanne Hoogwerf, Jochem Walboomers, wim Van Zon, Jozef Dumoulin, idr.). Je član zasedb kot so Celestial Turkey, Quartzite 4tet (prejemnik nagrade za 2. mesto na Erasmus Jazz Prijs v Rotterdamu), REIO - Rotterdam Electronic Improv Orchestra, Marco Apicella Trio (prejemnik prestižne nagrade Leiden Jazz Award 2017) … Na festivalu Kurja Polt sta z Boštjanom Simonom leta 2021 premierno predstavila glasbo za nemi film Haxan (1922), ki sta jo tudi sama skomponirala. Trenutno živi in ustvarja na Nizozemskem.
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Dodatne informacije o projektu
The investment is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union under the European Social Fund.
Projekt Kreativna telesa v gibanju sofinancirata Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije ter Evropska unija iz Evropskega socialnega sklada.
