Solfege Workshop

Steffani Jemison, Récitatif (What if we need new words), 2017. Research image.
Steffani Jemison, Récitatif (What if we need new words), 2017. Research image.

Led by visual artist Steffani Jemison, this workshop introduces participants to the history and diverse applications of the solfege singing system and related systems of music notation. Participants will learn to translate between musical pitch, physical gesture, and notated score, and will learn to apply tools for listening to diverse pop musical material. No musical training required.

Steffani Jemison - Steffani Jemison uses time-based, photographic, and discursive platforms to examine "progress" and its alternatives. Jemison’s work has been presented in solo and collaborative exhibitions and performances at Mass MoCA, the Museum of Modern Art, the RISD Museum, LAXART, the New Museum, Triple Canopy, and the festival steirischer herbst. Other presentations include the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Whitney Museum, the Drawing Center, and Sprueth Magers. Her work is in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Whitney Museum, and the Kadist Foundation. She is currently preparing video and performance commissions for the Jeu de Paume, CAPC Bordeaux, and Western Front.

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