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.
Photo:
Linda Blacken
~ SOUNDPAINTING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE ~
2010 Concert Season to Be Announced Soon!
Please visit the website again for updates.
The Walter Thompson Orchestra
An Evening of Soundpainting
The Irondale Center
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, New York
May 2-4, 2010
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 Workshop and Performance
Conservatoire de Lille Lille, France
November 2-4, 2009
for more information contact info@soundpainting.com
Soundpainting Workshop Antwerp, Belgium
October 24, 2009
for more infomation contact Sterre De Raedt sterre@jeugdenmuziek.be
Soundpainting with Paint Atonik
October 18, 2009
L'atelier 20:00 Orleans, France
for more information contact y.kaddachi@free.fr
Soundpainting Workshop UMJ Paris, France
October 17 and 18, 2009
for more info go to: www.umj-asso.com
Soundpainting with the Strange Quartet
Theatre Essaion
October 16 and 17, 2009 - Paris
21:00 6 rue Pierre au Lard
Anthony Braxton & Walter Thompson
The Irondale Center, New York City
April 16, 2009,
The Irondale Center Presents: Anthony Braxton and
Walter Thompson Premiere
A New Soundpainting
Composition Performed by Anthony Braxton, Walter Thompson,
And the Walter Thompson Orchestra April 16, 17, and 18, 2009
* * * NEW * * *
Soundpainting
Workbook 2
with instructional DVD included
Click here to inquire about purchasing.
Or send email to
info@soundpainting.com.
Also available in French!
Soundpainting
Workbook 1
with instructional DVD included
Our Latest Release
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.
RECENT
CD RELEASES:
PEXO—A
Soundpainting Symphony
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"PEXO
is way too provocative and evocative to be swept off the table
with last year's favorites."
—Michael
Davis, All About Jazz (Full Review)
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