Deep Listening Intensive with Pauline Oliveros

Deep Listening® is experiencing heightened or expanded awareness of sound, silence and sounding.

In a meditative atmosphere we will explore core concepts of improvisation.   Musicians and non-musicians of all abilities may participate in the Deep Listening exercises during the intensive.  All styles and abilities will be welcomed in an open exploratory circle. There will be improvisations with and without instruments.

Some of the benefits of Deep Listening practice include expanded awareness of time and space, relaxation that supports musical activity, an expanding sense of humor, dissolution of old limits and opening to new patterns.  There will be opportunities to work alone, in pairs, trios and in larger groups, drawing on Deep Listening practices explored in the open circle exercises.

Our goal will be to improvise from our meditative listening in solo, small ensemble and large group ensemble configurations with a creative musical finale of presentations.

This session is co-presented by the Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice research project of the Department of Philosophy of McGill University and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology at McGill University and Naada Yoga.