Igudes­man and Joo’s unique work­shop is designed for any musi­cian who wishes to widen their hori­zons and approaches to cre­at­ing, learn­ing, rehears­ing, and per­form­ing music. The work­shop explores often-ignored and less prac­ticed aspects of music mak­ing and encour­ages musi­cians to be more open to such aspects, which may include impro­vi­sa­tion, chore­og­ra­phy, the­atri­cal­ity, psy­chol­ogy of per­for­mance, stage man­ner and pre­sen­ta­tion, dif­fer­ent styles of music, clas­si­cal and non-classical rhythm, com­po­si­tion, dra­maturgy, and humor.
Musi­cians are invited to bring their own instru­ment, and any other instru­ment they might play, and are encour­aged to bring along any own com­po­si­tions, sketches (musi­cal, or the­atri­cal), and to share any “hid­den talents”.

Igudes­man and Joo’s 8 To 88 work­shop is avail­able to all musicians.

The con­tent and direc­tion of the work­shop can vary dra­mat­i­cally depend­ing on the enrolled par­tic­i­pants on any given day, which fol­lows Igudes­man and Joo’s organic and reac­tive coach­ing style that addresses each sit­u­a­tion and individual.

Active Par­tic­i­pants: Ide­ally, but not oblig­a­tory, 50% made up of violin/viola play­ers. Pre-­‐formed ensem­bles and part­ner­ships are encour­aged to take part. Num­ber of par­tic­i­pants to be deter­mined by I & J and organizer.

Audi­tors: As many as can com­fort­ably fit in the hall, while still allow­ing plenty of space for the musi­cians
to move around.