About this Event
**PLEASE NOTE THIS WORKSHOP IS CURRENTLY OPEN TO ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE STUDENTS ONLY**
Craft an Interactive Textile Musical Instrument
Friday 3rd December 2021
12:15 - 14:15
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
In this two hour workshop, we will craft with electronic textiles to make unique interactive textile musical instruments.
The workshop will provide an introduction to working with e-textile materials and DIY craft techniques, to enable us to design and make new electronic musical instruments.
In this hands-on and craft-focused workshop, we will explore ideas in e-textiles, DIY electronics, creative music technology and experimental music making, to learn how e-textiles can be used within an electronic circuit and how we can be creative with crafts to make playful and expressive electronic musical instruments.
Each workshop participant will design and craft a unique single oscillator analogue synthesiser, with a tactile textile interface. We will explore a variety of craft methods, such as embroidery or pompom making, to create a personalised instrument to take away.
All workshop tools and materials will be provided on the day. No prior experience necessary.
£20 per person
Limited spaces available!
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About the workshop leader:
Sam Topley is a sound artist, musician and educator from Leicester, UK. She works with textiles to create handmade electronic musical instruments and interactive sound art work. Her practice explores ideas in music, technology and textile handcrafts, to make new instruments such as giant noisy pompoms, knitted or ‘yarnbombed’ loudspeakers and DIY electronic musical instruments with e-textile interfaces.
Topley shares her work internationally through workshops, exhibitions, performances and presentations. She has recently worked with Supersonic Festival, Dubai Maker Faire, Music Hackspace, TEDxLeicester, Queen Mary University of London, Goldsmiths University of London and the University of Manchester.
Sam is a doctoral researcher at the Music, Technology and Innovation – Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2), De Montfort University (Leicester, UK), where she also lectures in experimental music, creative music technology and community arts practice. Her PhD is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
To learn more about Sam's work, follow her on social media: @samtopley
samantha-topley.co.uk
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00