The Walter Thompson Orchestra, founded in 1984, explores the interdisciplinary potential of composition through improvisatory works. Musicians, dancers, actors and visual artists improvise material across all media as directed by Thompson using his composing/conducting language of gestured signals. This technique, which has taken 20 years to codify, is called Soundpainting, a composing/conducting language comprising more than 700 gestures. What began as Thompson's novel communication tool between conductor and improviser has turned into a rigorous language through which music, dance, theater or an educational presentation can be created spontaneously.


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~ SOUNDPAINTING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE ~


2010 Concert Season
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The Walter Thompson Orchestra
An Evening of Soundpainting
The Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, New York


May 2, 3, and 4, 2010
8:00pm
The Irondale Center Presents:
The Walter Thompson Orchestra in an Evening of Soundpainting.
These performances are sponsored in part by a grant from the
New York State Council on the Arts.

or more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Soundpainting with the Strange Quartet
Theatre Essaion

Paris, France

4 et 5 juin 2010

20:30 6 rue Pierre au Lard
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson and François Jeanneau
Masterclass 2010 Soundpainting


Union des Musiciens de Jazz (UMJ)
au 19, rue des Frigos
Paris, France


Samedi 5 et dimanche 6 juin 2010
Clique ici :
Masterclass 2010 Soundpainting
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson
Soundpainting Certification Program — Level 1


Union des Musiciens de Jazz (UMJ)
au 19, rue des Frigos
Paris, France


Lundi 7 juin 2010
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson
Soundpainting avec Paint Atonik

Orleans Jazz Festival
Orleans, France

19 juin 2010
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson
Seminari Soundpainting

Bellaterra, Spain

del 28 de juny a l'1 de Juliol de 2010
dill-dij de 16,00 a 20,30h i dijous de 21h a 23h
(performance amb públic)

for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson
Soundpainting Think Tank

Bordeaux, France

4-14 juillet 2010
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson
Soundpainting Workshop

Académie Internationale d'Eté de Wallonie
Belgium

19-24 juillet 2010
more information


Walter Thompson
Soundpainting

Festival Internacional de Improvisação Teatral (FIMPRO)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

15-24 Outubro 2010
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


Walter Thompson
Soundpainting Masterclass


Conservatoire de Lille
rue A. Colas
Lille, France


25-29 octobre 2010
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com


* * * NEW * * *


Soundpainting Workbook 2
with instructional DVD included



Also available in French!



Soundpainting Workbook 1
with instructional DVD included

Click here for details.

Also available in French and Spanish




Our Latest Release


Soundpainting Haydn
Soundpainting Haydn
featuring 3 different Soundpaintings of Haydn's
Concerto in C
for cello and chamber orchestra,
with
Gil Selinger, cello soloist

Click here for details.



Now Available



PEXO
(on DVD)



Performed by The Walter Thompson Orchestra

For information and pricing, contact Walter Thompson.




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PEXO—A Soundpainting Symphony


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