December 19, 2019: Custom-Designed In-School Residencies - Brooklyn, NY

WINDOWS AND MIRRORS Upon completion of their fall residency with Strike Anywhere teaching-artists Nolan Kennedy and Erin McCready, 6th grade students from Fort Greene Preparatory Academy perform original scenes based on the novel "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio. Strike Anywhere musicians Rolf Sturm (guitar) and Rob Henke (trumpet) provide a live, improvised score for the production.

VENUE: Fort Greene Preparatory Academy ADDRESS: 100 Clermont Ave , Brooklyn, NY WEBSITE: http://www.fortgreeneprep.org

December 19, 2019 9:00am-12:00pm

January 14, 2020: Workshops - Spokane, WA

SOUNDPAINTING MASTER CLASS Founding Artistic Director, Leese Walker, will lead a Soundpainting Master Class with students from Whitworth University. Students in the workshop will be introduced to the Soundpainting language with a hands-on master class. Walker will also share a few videos to demonstrate how Strike Anywhere has used the live-composition technique to remix David Bowie tunes and to craft site-specific and interview-based performance.

VENUE: Whitworth University ADDRESS: 300 W Hawthorne Rd , Spokane, WA WEBSITE: https://www.whitworth.edu/cms/

January 14, 2020 3:00-5:00PM

Soundpainting is the universal sign-language for live-composition. The language is comprised of over 1500 signs and allows a conductor/composer to sculpt a performance in real-time with improvising actors, musicians, dancers and visual artists. The technique was created by N.Y. composer Walter Thompson beginning in the late 1970's for use with jazz musicians. It has evolved into a multidisciplinary language that is practiced worldwide. Leese Walker was the first actress to be soundpainted and helped Thompson to adapt the language for theater.

February 25, 2020: Residency: Soundpainting - Jersey City, N.J.

INTRO TO SOUNDPAINTING Founding Artistic Director, Leese Walker, will lead a Soundpainting Master Class with students at County Prep. Students in the workshop will be introduced to the Soundpainting language with a hands-on master class. Walker will also share a few videos to demonstrate how Strike Anywhere has used the live-composition technique to remix David Bowie tunes, deconstruct Shakespeare's "Macbeth", and to craft site-specific and interview-based performance.

VENUE: County Prep High School ADDRESS: 525 Montgomery Street , Jersey City, N.J. WEBSITE: http://cphs.hcstonline.org/

February 25, 2020 9:00-10:30am

Soundpainting is the universal sign-language for live-composition. The language is comprised of over 1500 signs and allows a conductor/composer to sculpt a performance in real-time with improvising actors, musicians, dancers and visual artists. The technique was created by N.Y. composer Walter Thompson beginning in the late 1970's for use with jazz musicians. It has evolved into a multidisciplinary language that is practiced worldwide. Leese Walker was the first actress to be soundpainted and helped Thompson to adapt the language for theater.