{"id":176845,"date":"2026-03-03T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/176845\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:31:08","slug":"frost-art-museum-to-host-a-music-improvisation-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/176845\/","title":{"rendered":"Frost Art Museum to Host a Music Improvisation Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe communal improvisation workshop combines guided movement, live music, and intuitive exploration.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Photo by Peter Nieblas<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is a slightly better place for having improvisation in it than it was before,\u201d the late writer, actor, coach, and comedy raconteur Del Close \u2014 a Second City legend who trained most the early Saturday Night Live<\/a> cast \u2014 once said. \u201cThere\u2019s something about it that says something positive about the human spirit, that a bunch of people can get together and by following a few simple traffic rules can create art and can entertain an audience and can thrill and exalt each other.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

If that utopia-adjacent vibe sounds alluring, join the Frost Art Museum<\/a> at FIU<\/a> and brilliant composer\/guitarist Diego Melgar<\/a> \u2014 seriously, his dizzyingly eclectic 2025 album Swamp Lily<\/a> will refract and reconfigure your conception of music \u2014 on Wednesday, March 4 and March 11 for\u00a0 MOVE, a two-part \u201ccommunal improvisation workshop\u201d that \u201ccombines guided movement, live music, and intuitive exploration\u201d and invites participants, regardless of medium, to \u201cmove, listen, and explore at their own pace\u2014no prior movement experience required!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we did these workshops at Miami Light Project<\/a> last year,\u201d Melgar tells New Times, \u201cthe most interesting feedback I got was that people felt the space we established gave them permission to try new things, to explore creatively with their peers in a safe space, to try new mediums or to look at their craft through a new lens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attendees of the series \u00a0\u2014 part of the popular Frost After Dark programming and funded by Art Bridges Access for All \u2014 can expect conversations about the fundamentals of composition across mediums and \u201cshould come ready to dance or play some music,\u201d but, Melgar further notes, \u201cvisual artists, poets and people who\u2019d like to observe are welcome! We will do some improvisational exercises that foster personal expression while maintaining a group cohesion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PhotoMelgar is passionate about the power of improvisation.<\/p>\n

Melgar is passionate about the power of improvisation because, at least in part, it has unlocked greater depths of his own creativity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m [about to premiere] a ballet called Swamp Lily as part of Miami Light Project\u2019s Here and Now program,\u201d he says. \u201cI wrote and directed the piece, composed the twenty-five-minute score, but also am dancing in the ballet as well! Choreographing and moving like this is new to me, but it doesn\u2019t feel scary at all because of the tools I\u2019ve developed in my musical practice. Understanding the fundamentals of an art form allows you to transfer that knowledge to other mediums and this is what I\u2019d like to share with everyone who attends the workshops.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information and tickets visit the Frost Art Museum website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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