Apply online AUGUST 18 to SEPTEMBER 18, 2010
(Early applications encouraged.)
Do you like playing music for fun?
Need a change of scene for your music practice routine?
Ever wonder what your music would sound like when practiced outdoors?
Then PUBLIC PRACTICE is for you!
Refresh your music practice routine with PUBLIC PRACTICE.
Enjoy the outdoors and interplay with urban street sounds while practicing (not performing) your music in unexpected, off-the-beaten path public spaces at the Music Center.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
A unique and INFORMAL music-making opportunity...
- Selected volunteer non-professional instrumentalists practice music outdoors in designated "off-the-beaten path" public spaces on the Music Center campus.
- Choose to participate as a solo musician or as part of a duo (with another musician you know).
- Practice a new piece of music or a new instrument - warm-ups, scales, riffs, patterns, improvisation, starts/stops and mistakes allowed.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
You can apply to participate as a solo musician or as part of a duo (with another musician you know).
- Open to non-professional instrumental musicians/music hobbyists of all skill levels and cultural musical traditions.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must provide your own acoustic instrument*, sheet music and music stand (if needed).
- Must be available for two 30-minute practice sessions at the Music Center during daytime hours on a Wednesday or Friday in October 2010.
- Must be willing to spend time practicing (not performing) in an outdoor public space.
*Note: Instruments that require electricity to amplify sound, such as keyboards, are not considered acoustic. This program is designed as a practice opportunity for instrumentalists and not vocalists.
QUESTIONS? Check out our FAQ or e-mail activearts@musiccenter.org.
HOW DO I APPLY?
It's EASY - apply online, takes as little as 15 minutes. Apply now!
Via a peer review process, musicians are selected based on stated interest, understanding of Public Practice goals and commitment to recreational music-making. There is no audition.
DUOS: Each person must submit a DUO application. Your application will be linked to your duo partner's application and reviewed together.
DEADLINE: Apply by September 18. Early applications are encouraged!
All applicants will receive final notification by September 30.
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The Music Center is located at 135 N. Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. Parking is available in the Music Center garage for $9. No photography, videotaping or recordings of any kind. Information is subject to change. Program support provided by The James Irvine Foundation.
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