BE 2026

IMPROVISATION/COMPOSITION With Roscoe Mitchell

This week, we announced a free participatory workshop with Roscoe Mitchell, legendary founder of The Art Ensemble of Chicago. For 50 years, Mitchell has been a catalyst of international improvisational traditions; in this workshop, he will lead students through ways of thinking about composition and improvisation as dovetailing processes, all happening in the same moment. Sign up, bring your instrument, and learn from a master.

 

RSVP HERE

BIG EARS
03.26_03.29.26
Knoxville, TN · USA

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