Music notation

How can we grasp the different rhythms and contrasts found in drawing or painting if not by listening to different styles of music? This workshop invites participants to listen to a wide variety of musical genres (jazz, rock, ethnic, classical, etc.), performed by Guillaume Lavergne on keyboards and various small percussion instruments, in order to translate these rhythms into graphic form. Through this listening experience, participants are invited to let go of rational thought and translate onto paper the emotion, rhythm, and imagery evoked by the musical rhythms. It is a time for pleasure and discovery, a time for surprise, free from any judgment of “good” or “bad” drawing. It is a time to discover the tools—the reed pen, India ink, and paper.

Audience: all levels, ages 15 and up

Facilitators:

• Pierre Constantin (painting)
• Guillaume Lavergne (keyboards, percussion)