We have two spots left for tomorrow’s project night! Come code with us!
Technology + Art = Awesome
‘Open source’ extends beyond computer code and free software—it’s an outlook that drives the way we share and create new information. The platforms and tools that shape and deliver our music are increasingly open and crowd sourced: YouTube, Soundcloud, Pure Data, Audacity, among many others. The philosophy and methodology of ‘Open source’ also relies on the collective wisdom of engaged users to fuel innovative products and ideas.
A creative team of NEC students, led by contemporary cellist Peter Gregson, have spent a semester musically exploring the concept of open source. The result is an invigorating program of eclectic new work that ranges from a solo piece for tuba and guitar pedals to an avant-garde multimedia sound collage. The work will be premiered on May 17th in the Space with a Soul loft—a shared workspace for young tech and social entrepreneurs.
Newly-composed and adapted works to be performed include (OPEN)Source by Peter Dodds, which uses crowd-sourcing data in composition; Silence by Charlie Haden for solo bass and loop station; Unseen by Tara Mueller for Violin, Voice, and electronics; Significant Transits by Vanessa Wheeler for solo tuba and electronics; Solo Duet in Three Movements by Peter Gregson, which uses goPlay, a new responsive performance interface; and H No. 1-7 Redux by Neal Markowski, performed by The Gradient Us Ensemble, with art film by SMFA student Angela Counts.
Wanted: A few nerdy women
As we get the ball rolling in Boston and continue to grow in Philadelphia, we’re looking for instructors who love geeking out on web development as much as we do.
If you have the knowledge and the confidence to lead a group of smart, determined women on any of the following topics, we should talk!
- HTML / CSS
- JavaScript / jQuery
- PHP / MySQL
- Ajax
- Photoshop
- Git
- WordPress
- Drupal
- Graphic Design
- Business (as it pertains to the web, ‘course :-)
Many of the courses already have curriculum created, so your job is just to come in and teach it. For an example of our material, check out the notes from our first class in the HTML/CSS series. Other topics have not been run yet, and you’ll have the opportunity to help us develop that material (compensation will be higher).
Class commitments are usually a couple hours, one night a week or occasionally a half an afternoon on a weekend.
If this sounds like fun to you, send us some information about yourself and your background to instructors@webstartwomen.com.
And, if you don’t fit the description above, but you know a woman who does, please let her know! The more talented, awesome instructors we can find, the more classes we can run, and the quicker more women can start coding their ideas into reality. :-)
