Expanding Sound with Speak Percussion

Next date: Monday, 07 April 2025 | 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM

An Introduction to Electroacoustic Techniques for Percussion & Acoustic Instruments

Free workshop for secondary school students

Join Speak Percussion for a workshop in applying electronic audio effects to acoustic instruments to create new and exciting sounds! Hosted by one of Speak Percussion’s Associate Artists Zela Papageorgiou, this 2-hour workshop will explore fundamental concepts of live electronic processing for acoustic instruments. Students will discover creative ways in which acoustic instruments can be transformed with audio effects.

This workshop is suitable for secondary school students of any instrument. Places are limited. 

Workshop details

Monday 7 April 
11am – 1pm OR 2pm – 4pm

Cost

FREE workshop

For further information contact soundsunheard@speakpercussion.com or biddy@speakpercussion.com

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Speak Percussion

Speak Percussion takes percussive art to its physical and conceptual extremes. Internationally recognised as a leader in the fields of experimental and contemporary classical music, Speak redefines the potential of percussion. From solo concerts to massed sound events, interdisciplinary projects to sound installations, participatory work to album releases, their “breathtakingly impressive” (The West Australian) work is presented locally and globally in concert halls, theatres, galleries and site-specific locations. Speak Percussion has been responsible for 220+ commissions and premieres of new percussion works, contributing new 21st Century masterworks to the global percussion repertoire.

Image by Darren Gill

When

Location

Darebin Arts Centre, 401 Bell Street, Preston, 3072, View Map