Live Looping for Strings: the Complete How & Why Workshop with Rupert Guenther

Looping live with your electric violin is a fantastic endless creative sphere of music making!

Learn how creative live looping works, the different ways you can create textures and loops. There will be tons of ideas for different sounds, playing styles, types of music, riffs, chords, tips for improvising solos, and more. Bring a pen & notepad. You can come to watch or play in the session.

Rupert Guenther is a Vienna-trained concert soloist and composer who has performed and taught violin, composition, improvisation and creativity worldwide for over 20 years. He has released over 35 albums of his own music since 2003 including 5 albums commissioned and recorded by ABC Classic FM and presented his approaches at international conferences, masterclasses and seminars including The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, the European String Teachers Association (ESTA), Vienna University of Performing Arts (MDW), the University of Western Australia, WAAPA, and the International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM) in the USA and Switzerland, and has played with members of Frank Zappas band, Procul Harem, Little River Band and toured with Olivia Newton-John, Demis Roussos and Beatles producer Sir George Martin to name a few.

Cost: $50, $40 conc, $25 students & AUSTA members

Venue: The School of Creative Arts 8 Lindsay Rd Wangara 6065

Afternoon tea provided.