Protected: Listening with TECHNE

July 21, 2020 | B

TECHNE @ [Re]Generation: The Arts & Technology Summit at Connecticut College

May 23, 2020 | B

On Saturday, February 8, 2020 Suzanne took part in [Re]Generation: The Arts & Technology Summit at Connecticut College’s Ammerman Center for Art & Technology. Along with electronic composer, educator and new TECHNE cohort member Asha Tamirisa, Suzanne presented a workshop that addressed two key concerns for TECHNE: the capacity for inclusivity (or not) of avant-garde electro-acoustic music making techniques, and the ability of strategies of care, which include listening and collaborative support, to intervene on techno-masculinist structures in the realm of electronic music education. We received enthusiastic support and thoughtful feedback from participants, which was an assemblage of accomplished artists from many disciplines and backgrounds brought together to imagine a more inclusive field. We look forward to evolving with this new information!

PeabodyHacks 2020 Workshop

January 1, 2020May 23, 2020 | B

TECHNE Co-Founder, Bonnie Jones introduces young students to DIY electronic instruments as part of the PeabodyHacks 2020 Hackathon at Peabody Institute in Baltimore, MD.

11am Saturday, February 1
DIY Electronic Instruments: An Interactive Workshop w/ Bonnie Jones, TECHNE

Join electronic musician Bonnie Jones for an interactive introduction to DIY electronic instruments! Hands-on fun with homemade contact microphones, photo-oscillator instruments, circuit bent guitar pedals, and more! Explore and collaborate with unusual new electronic sounds!

To register, visit https://peabody.asapconnected.com/#CourseID=216183

TECHNE in Chicago and Detroit Summer 2019!

June 1, 2019May 23, 2020 | B

TECHNE will be leading workshops at Girls Rock Detroit and Girls Rock! Chicago!

July 23, 24 2019
DETROIT!

August 8, 9th 2019
CHICAGO!

Sounding Points of Light at Amplify Sleepaway Camp Girls Rock SB

October 5, 2018June 3, 2021 | B

Girls Rock SB and Amplify Sleepaway Camp hosted a TECHNE “Sounding Points of Light” workshop where we built a simple photo-oscillator instrument designed by Nic Collins!

TECHNE in Europe Fall 2018

October 1, 2018January 28, 2019 | B

TECHNE is excited to head across the pond for workshops, lectures, and concerts.

October 10, 2018
Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC)
1pm – 2pm, Sonic Lab
School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen’s University Belfast

October 21 – November 6
TECHNE Residency q-02
Brussels, Belgium

10/28 – Workshop, TECHNE, Radical Sonic Transformations
We invite you to join electronic musicians and educators Bonnie Jones and Suzanne Thorpe, founders of TECHNE, for a day-long exploration of music’s potential to enact social justice and feminist ideals.

11/4 – Concert @ Les Atelier Claus
Isabelle Duthoit & Franz Hautzinger & Dieb 13 & Martin Tetreault / Bonnie Jones & Suzanne Thorpe

November 7, 2018
TECHNE Workshop
The American University of Paris
Paris, France

TECHNE Tour Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego Summer 2018

August 1, 2018January 28, 2019 | B

TECHNE’s Summer Tour 2018 is taking Bonnie, Suzanne, Katie and Jessie to Midwest and West Coast cities this year! Here’s a roll call of the amazing camps and partners for our work this summer!

July is TECHNE Birthday Month!

July 3, 2018January 11, 2020 | B

July is TECHNE birthday month! Suzanne and Bonnie and new teachers Katie Young and Jessie Marino all have July birthdays!

This summer also marks our 8th year of touring the US and introducing girls and young women to sound, improvisation and DIY technologies. TECHNE workshops build self-awareness, develop collaborative skills and nurture contemplative practice through hand-on sonic exploration and technical know-how.

This summer TECHNE will teach students at Girls Rock Camps in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Chicago and Detroit! We’re working hard to generate much-needed inclusivity in technical and creative fields.

TECHNE Tour in Chicago & Detroit Summer 2017

July 1, 2017December 13, 2017 | B

TECHNE headed to Chicago and Detroit for a series of workshops and events as part of their Teach The Teachers program. We kicked off our tour by traveling to Detroit and teaching our Electronic Music Powered by Girls workshop for Girls Rock Detroit.

Then onto Chicago for our inaugural Teach the Teachers day-long intensive. During a day-long workshop, we brought together a consortium of music educators from various Chicago institutions and introduced them to the pedagogical underpinnings, curriculum and logistical strategies involved with a TECHNE workshop.

As part of the intensive, participants experienced a signature TECHNE workshop themselves to better understand the transformative possibilities when technology based art making is embedded with contemplative practice and musical improvisation. It is this unique combination that is the principle foundation upon which all TECHNE workshops are based. Upon completion of the intensive, participants were given access to our new working guide outlining TECHNE’s pedagogy, curriculum and logistical strategies.

Working with our new TECHNE Connect collaborators, Katie Young and Jessie Marino, TECHNE did a two day workshop with Girls Rock! Chicago students.