First lineup of Neighborhood Sound Lab classes and workshops announced
The first classes and workshops of the Neighborhood Sound Lab, Bowerbird’s free community synth studio at AMLA Studios at Esperanza in Hunting Park, are now open for registration. Sound artist Eugene Lew and field recordist and journalist Carolyn Zaldivar Snow, the studio manager, lead the opening lineup, from a first night with the instruments to a four-week course. No previous experience is needed.
- Intro to Synths: Orinoco Signal Flow, with Eugene Lew. Tuesday, October 20, 6:30–8pm. Set up a sound system for electronic music and explore the basics of modular systems.
- Synth Foundations (Four-Part Course), with Eugene Lew and Carolyn Zaldivar Snow. Four Tuesdays, October 27 to November 17, 6:30–8pm. Signal flow, voltage, gates, triggers and clocks, put to work on drones, percussion, loops and soundscapes.
- Studio Orientation, with Carolyn Zaldivar Snow. Thursday, November 5, 6:30–7:30pm. Free. A walk through the studio’s instruments, and the first step to booking studio time.
- Intro to Synths: Wired for Sound, with Carolyn Zaldivar Snow. Tuesday, December 1, 6:30–8pm. A 90-minute crash course in hardware electronic instruments.
The Community Synth Studio opens for free open studio time on Wednesday, October 21.
Classes meet in the Community Synth Studio at AMLA Studios at Esperanza in Hunting Park, are for ages 18 and up, are limited to 10 people, and need an advance ticket reservation. See the full schedule on the Neighborhood Sound Lab page. Questions: SoundLab@bowerbird.org
Major support for Neighborhood Sound Lab has been provided by the William Penn Foundation with additional support from The Presser Foundation.