The NY Theremin Society & Pioneer Works present:
KID COOL THEREMIN SCHOOL!
The NY Theremin Society presents October Theremin Workshop for kids
with Dorit Chrysler, Rob Schwimmer and Charlie Hobbs
Sunday Oct.5th Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer St (Red Hook)
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Phone:(718) 596-3000
supported by Moog Music
Kids 4-6 years
11:00 - 11:45am
$35
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Kids 7+
12:30 - 1:30pm
$35
Parents are encouraged to attend with kids for free
More Info & Registration (space is limited):
shhttp://classes.pioneerworks.org/collections/music-sound-classes/products/ny-theremin-society-kids-theremin-workop
* Learn how to play the Theremin and Have Fun at the same Time! *
Theremin Crash Course for Kids - held by Dorit Chrysler & Rob Schwimmer
Let's start a new generation of Thereminists or just have fun while training hearing, fine motor skills and creative spirits!
Music, Science, Body Awareness, Drawing Sounds, Movement and Music, Hearing Motion!
How do the 5 senses relate to the theremin?
Train your ear by understanding the basic principle of sound and motion.
"There have never been as many thereminists in the world as there are right now..."
The NY Theremin Society Workshop in The Wall St. Journal!
and here's the pictures from WSJ!
Dorit Chrysler, "a futuristic Lotte Lenya" Wall Street Journal, has been commissioned for the MoMA this year. Her compositions have been performed at the Venice Biennale '13, Lincoln Center, Performa, Vienna Konzerthaus, Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Berlin Biennale and Palais Tokyo..Her most recent record "Avalanche" has been produced by Anders Trentemøller with whom she also toured extensively and headlined Roskilde Festival. Dorit has cofounded the NY Theremin Society and is the founder of America's first Theremin School for Kids, the Kid Cool Theremin School. She is a Moog music artist and is currently holding a long term residency at Pioneerworks.org helping to build their music
department. www.doritchrysler.com/
ROB SCHWIMMER A devoted parent himself, having played over 100 concerts for Carnegie Kids, Rob is an experienced, fun and inspirational teacher for kids of all ages. A pianist-composerdescribed as a "Theremin master" in The New York Times and a "Theremin hero" in The New Yorker, Rob was theremin soloist with The Orchestra of St. Luke's at Caramoor playing the premiere of Bernard Herrmann's Scene d'Amour from Vertigo performed with theremin for the first time and played theremin and piano on Matthew Barney's epic Cremaster 3 movie. An original member of The NY Theremin Society as well as a founding member of Polygraph Lounge, Rob has worked with Wayne Shorter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Simon, Bobby McFerrin, Willie Nelson, Chaka Khan, Laurie Anderson, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler, Adam Guettel, T-Bone Walker, Sam Rivers, Marc Shaiman, Trey Anastasio, The Klezmatics, Theo Bleckmann, Christian Marclay, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marshall Brickman, Mary Cleere Haran, Arif Mardin, Mabou Mines, John Cale, Steve Buscemi, Burt Bacharach, The Roches, Edie Brickell, Teo Macero, Hal Willner, Vernon Reid, The Everly Brothers, Ethel, Kurt Vonnegut, Sammy Davis... Rob has recently added the Haken Continuum to his arsenal of instruments. http://www.robschwimmer.com
Together Dorit Chrysler & Rob Schwimmer curate the concert series of the NY Theremin Society and have conducted an historic 17-piece theremin orchestra performance earlier this year.