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Building Homemade Musical Instruments Workshop

Benjamin Miller’s Workshop informs students on the basic principal of sound vibration by building a variety of homemade musical instruments. Using books by Bart Hopkins from www.windworld.com, he helps attendees understand and build Rubber-band Guitars, Straw Oboes, Bobby Pin Marimbas, PVC flutes, Tin Can Drum Sets, 6-string Wood Planks, various Percussion and Mallets and much more! Time willing, Miller then discusses Composition, Open-ended Improvisation and Intuitive Listening. Attendees, Musicians and non-Musicians of All Ages, have Fun creating new sounds and recording them for posterity. Miller also shares his active and diverse musical background over the past four decades.

Registration Required: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/510657

LaunchPad
721 Franklin Ave
2/3/4/5/C to Franklin Ave
4pm; $20 (registration required)
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/510657

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