A Soundtrack for Your Words: Creating and Performing Literature with Music

Ian Ferrier and Moe Clark bring years of experience as spoken word performers and soundscape innovators. They will offer writing prompts and exercises to help generate ideas, and support participants through editing and crafting their written works for performance, including a collaborative exploration of sound as a base for words. Ian and Moe will bring the looping pedal, teweikan, guitar, synthesizer and other instruments, to be used in creation of the soundscapes. Participants will explore breathwork, vocal work, and improvisation to engage with audiences and to move beyond the anxiety of performance. Workshop will culminate in a Sunday afternoon performance open to the public.
Open to all poets, writers, and anyone interested in exploring sound with their work, including short prose, monologues. Also open to musicians interested in developing more language for their sound.
This workshop is FREE but space is limited. To register: elise.m@videotron.ca.
Métis multidisciplinary artist Moe Clark is a nomadic songbird with wings woven from circle singing and spoken word. Originally from Treaty 7, she calls tio’tia:ke (Montreal) home.
Ian Ferrier is a poet, musician and performer. Ian is the founder of the monthly Words & Music Show and the Mile End Poets’ Festival.