BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23667@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Swarm with Claron (beginners) DTSTAMP:20260609T214035Z DTSTART:20260728T083000Z DESCRIPTION:An interactive workshop exploring free vocal improvisation\n\nD iscover your own intuitive and our collective creativity in this fun works hop\nwith Claron McFadden!\n\nSplendor musician Claron McFadden [http://cl aronmcfadden.com/] doesn't only\npossess a mesmerising voice with which sh e leaves worldwide audiences in awe\nwherever she takes the stage (whether she sings early baroque or the latest\ncompositions that often were writt en especially for her) – she also holds an\ninvestigative and philosophica l curiosity about the world\, always searching for\nwonderful new people t o meet\, possibilities to learn\, and inspiration to create.\nClaron can p op up in the main programming of the Holland Festival\, in an\nunderground jazz bar\, in a multidisciplinary experimental theatre piece\, in a\nsqua t club\, or in a music theatre performance that she herself inititiated: a nd\nwherever you encounter her\, she is guaranteed to blow your mind while at the\nsame time make you feel as comfortable and joyful as in your own home.\n\nIn this interactive (and fun!) workshop with Claron\, we'll be di ving into the\nworld of improvisation\, exploring what's 'between the note s' and searching for\nthat which scientists call the Swarm Principle. We m ainly know this principle\,\nin which a system collaborates in a collectiv e but de-centralised and\nself-organising way\, from examples in nature su ch as bird flocking\, bee colonies\nor bacterial growth. But can people do this too? Claron has no doubt about it.\nShe asked professor Robbert Dijk graaf whether particles can improvise\, and when\nhe said "absolutely!" sh e knew it: if atoms can do it\, so can we.\n\nClaron originally developed the SWARM! workshop for singers\, but she strongly\nbelieves that anyone w ho is open-minded and comfortable 'making noises' with\ntheir own body\, c an gain something from this workshop. The focus will be on the\ndiscovery of your own intuitive creativity and on how improvisation within a\ngroup can generate a connective/collective energy: a group which 'swarms'\ntoget her\, moving as one entity toward a common goal.\n\nDuration: ±120 minutes \n\nWhether you're totally new to improvisation or have experience\, there is a\nworkshop for every level\, so:\nLeave your inhibitions at the door and dive into the exciting and liberating\nworld of improvisation and inst ant composition.\n10:30-12:30 Beginners\; no experience with impro\n14:00- 16:00 Intermediate\; some experience with impro\n17:30-20:30 Advanced\n\nM ember concert\nSplendor can only be the independent and free hub that it i s\, thanks to the\nmembers who support us. We pay them back with our speci alty: music. Every year\,\nall Splendor musicians play one concert that's free for this crucial group to\nwhom Splendor owes its everyday existence. Combined with many other events\, this\nmeans that our members have free entrance to about 80 concerts a year for €9\,99\np/m (and €4\,99 p/m for m inima and students!) – and receive a discount for all\nother concerts. Pre tty good deal\, right?\n\nThe members enable Splendor to remain independen t\, which is the only way to\nsecure real freedom in programming\, experim entation\, risk-taking and the\npromotion of young\, upcoming artists. If you can think of another place without\na central programming\, where last -minute concerts can be planned any moment\,\nwhere there is no backstage and artists and audience are constantly mingling and\nhanging out at the b ar\, where mysterious creative outbursts can be presented\nthat are often labeled 'too risky' elsewhere\, and that still guarantees high\nquality by unleashing the best of The Netherlands' music scene in this creative\npla yground – you get a free membership!\n\nWould you rather just visit this c oncert without becoming a member? Feel free to\nbuy a ticket below\, you'r e more than welcome! URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/swarm-with-claron-beginners GEO:52.3699078;4.9032848 LOCATION:Splendor - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116\, 1011 LX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,concert,experimental,festivals,improv,jazz,mus ic,nieuwmarkt/lastage,performance,theater,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:An interactive workshop exploring free vocal i mprovisation

Discover your own intuitive and our coll ective creativity in this fun workshop with Claron McFadden!

Splendor musician Claron McFadden doesn't only possess a mesmerising vo ice with which she leaves worldwide audiences in awe wherever she takes th e stage (whether she sings early baroque or the latest compositions that o ften were written especially for her) – she also holds an investigative an d philosophical curiosity about the world, always searching for wonderful new people to meet, possibilities to learn, and inspiration to create. Cla ron can pop up in the main programming of the Holland Festival, in an unde rground jazz bar, in a multidisciplinary experimental theatre piece, in a squat club, or in a music theatre performance that she herself inititiated : and wherever you encounter her, she is guaranteed to blow your mind whil e at the same time make you feel as comfortable and joyful as in your own home.

In this interactive (and fun!) workshop with Claron, we'll be diving into the world of improvisation, exploring what's 'between the not es' and searching for that which scientists call the Swarm Principle. We mainly know this principle, in which a system collaborates in a co llective but de-centralised and self-organising way, from examples in natu re such as bird flocking, bee colonies or bacterial growth. But can people do this too? Claron has no doubt about it. She asked professor Robbert Di jkgraaf whether particles can improvise, and when he said "absolutely!" sh e knew it: if atoms can do it, so can we.

Claron originally develop ed the SWARM! workshop for singers, but she strongly believes tha t anyone who is open-minded and comfortable 'making noises' with their own body, can gain something from this workshop. The focus will be on the dis covery of your own intuitive creativity and on how improvisation within a group can generate a connective/collective energy: a group which 'swarms' together, moving as one entity toward a common goal.

Durati on: ±120 minutes

Whether you're totally new to imp rovisation or have experience, there is a workshop for every level, so: Leave your inhibitions at the door and dive into the exciting and libera ting world of improvisation and instant composition.
10:30-12: 30 Beginners; no experience with impro
14:00-16:00 Intermediate; some experience with impro
17:30-20:30 Advanced

Member concert
Splend or can only be the independent and free hub that it is, thanks to the memb ers who support us. We pay them back with our specialty: music. Every year , all Splendor musicians play one concert that's free for this crucial gro up to whom Splendor owes its everyday existence. Combined with many other events, this means that our members have free entrance to about 80 concert s a year for €9,99 p/m (and €4,99 p/m for minima and students!) – and rece ive a discount for all other concerts. Pretty good deal, right?

< p>The members enable Splendor to remain independent, which is the only way to secure real freedom in programming, experimentation, risk-taking a nd the promotion of young, upcoming artists. If you can think of another p lace without a central programming, where last-minute concerts can be plan ned any moment, where there is no backstage and artists and audience are c onstantly mingling and hanging out at the bar, where mysterious creative o utbursts can be presented that are often labeled 'too risky' elsewhere, an d that still guarantees high quality by unleashing the best of The Netherl ands' music scene in this creative playground – you get a free membership!

Would you rather just visit this concert without becoming a member? Feel free to buy a ticket below, you're more than welcome!

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