Music and Technology Workshop with Michael Bisio and Timothy Hill
In November of 2023, Jack Straw Cultural Center and Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences (AVIA) presented an accessible workshop in partnership with the WA Department of Services for the Blind. Visiting professional musicians, recording artists, and educators Michael Bisio and Timothy Hill led a hands-on workshop centered around music creation and audio technology. The duo discussed their career paths as working musicians and explored the aspects of music composition, improvisation, and recording with a group of visually impaired youth and their families. Jesse Minkert of AVIA provided accessibility training for the artists.
Alongside Jack Straw audio engineers Daniel Guenther and Ayesha Ubayatilaka, Michael, Timothy, and the participants created and performed “Jugalbandi of Wind and Lo-Fi Rain,” an original composition, in Jack Straw’s professional recording studios.
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Photos by Sherwin Eng.
Artists
Michael Bisio
Michael Bisio has been a member of the Matthew Shipp Trio since 2009. The trio has played Carnegie Hall, Newport Jazz Festival, and Sons di Hiver as well as most…
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Timothy Hill
Timothy Hill began his musical life as a singer-songwriter, before branching out as a multi-instrumentalist and harmonic (overtone) singer. His explorations brought him into situations where he performed…
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Jesse Minkert
Jesse Minkert’s work has appeared in about fifty literary journals including the Cream City Review, Confrontation, Mount Hope, the Floating Bridge Review, the Minetta Review, Poetry Northwest, Common Knowledge…
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