Proposed by Carole Finer and Stefan Szczelkun, two original members of the Scratch Orchestra, Scratch Cottage and Nature Study Notes are an experimental framework for exploring the methodologies, technics, and spirit of the Scratch Orchestra. This three-day public workshop involving students of the Athens Conservatoire propose a journey through two important works of the orchestra: Nature Study Notes (1969) and Scratch Cottage (1971).
Visitors are invited to attend part or all of the workshop as well as the public performance taking place on May 5 at 5 pm.
Improvisation workshops using the rites from the collection Nature Study Notes (1969)
May 3–5, 2017, Athens Conservatoire (Odeion), documenta 14
This audio program by Stefan Szczelkun and Carole Finer was first broadcast on Resonance Radio 104.4 FM (London) on July 11, 2017.
Edit and introduction: Carole Finer
Workshop participants in Athens: Petros Chytiris, Alexandra Damiragi, Mika Ebbsen, Maria Gouveli, Stathis Grafanakis, Kai Hansen, Achilleas Karagiannidis, Theodoris Pistiolas, Kassapis Andreas Ragnar, Janna Mirl Redmann, Ioannis Sarris, Marina Stavrou, Barbara Voltea, Helen Zervou, and others
Stefan Szczelkun, Scratch Cottage, 1971
