DEAR GARAGE,
YOU'VE BEEN GREAT,
BUT I'VE MET SOMEONE NEW.
Public Practice invites you to step out of your garage, your living room and your home and practice at unexpected hours in surprising outdoor spaces at the Music Center. Try a new tune, gain confidence on an unfamiliar instrument and discover a new soundscape. Exclusively for non-professional musicians of all skill levels and cultural music traditions.
Public Practice featured in Making Music magazine! Read article.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
A unique and informal music-making opportunity...
- Apply to participate as a solo musician.
- Non-professional instrumentalists are then selected to PRACTICE music outdoors in surprising outdoor public spaces on the Music Center campus.
- Practice a new piece of music or a new instrument - warm-ups, scales, riffs, patterns, improvisation, starts/stops and mistakes allowed.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
- Open to SOLO non-professional instrumental musicians/music hobbyists of all skill levels and cultural musical traditions.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must provide your own acoustic instrument*, sheet music and music stand (if needed).
- Public Practice will take place starting noon on Saturday, April 21 to noon on Sunday, April 22. Total time commitment is 90 minutes - you choose a timeframe that works with your schedule.
- Must be willing to spend time practicing (not performing) in outdoor public spaces at the Music Center.
*Note: Instruments that require electricity to amplify sound, such as keyboards, are not considered acoustic. This program is designed as a practice opportunity for instrumentalists and not vocalists.
QUESTIONS? Check out our FAQ or E-mail activearts@musiccenter.org.
Application period for Spring 2012 is now closed. Please check back in Fall 2012 for an update.
Through a peer review process, amateur musicians are selected based on stated interest, understanding of Public Practice goals and commitment to recreational music-making. There is no audition.
Active Arts® at the Music Center
From the novice dancer, to the casual singer, to the recreational musician, Active Arts invites you to come sing, dance, make music and tell stories in Downtown Los Angeles. Be Active with this series of low or no cost do-it-yourself programs.
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