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Soundwalking and Improvisation

Andra McCartney

Published: 2010-08-30

TEXT: The author describes and reflects upon her soundwalking practices and techniques, and presents several examples of recordings she has generated using these processes. AUDIO: Two samples of soundwalk recordings.

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...partly because I know that’s the only way that we could solve a creative problem [using improvisation with children ranging in abilities] and what doesn’t work is trying to impose a template on the students who are not able to respond to that template.

– Pauline Oliveros (in working with Abilities First)