Workshop with Greg Runions and Dave Barton

Greg Runions (vibraphone) and Dave Barton (guitar) will talk about their respective approach to creating music using a couple examples from the pieces they will perform at their gig.

From Greg:

“After creating a fair amount of music for large and small ensembles I’ve started to understand my own writing process a bit.  I usually create music that has a limited amount of source material.  I tend to think of these as structural building blocks or cells. The 2 tunes of mine that we will look at use this concept extensively.”

From Dave:

“I often compose music away from any instrument, on blank manuscript. Less often I write from a chord progression or melody fragment that I improvise on guitar or piano. I write quickly, and let the piece age for a couple of days, then edit later. The amount of editing required is never predictable!  ”

To end the workshop Greg and Dave will speak to some of the unique challenges presented by playing this music on their respective instruments, vibraphone and guitar.