*Looking for Musicians and Vocalist Collaborators!* Looking for instrumentalists and vocalists to experiment with some music performance during a two-week artist residency at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts from August 26th-September 8th. *PROJECT INFO* Collaborators will work with words and sounds artist, Meredith L. King, who will be in residence at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts (formerly Theatre Ninjas) for two weeks to explore musical improvisation and theatricality with instrumentalists and vocalists. The residency will explore the question: How can theatricality enhance and expand a music-making practice? (Or how can you integrate theatre skills into music making in such a way that both art-forms are forced to stretch and grow?) Collaborators will bring ideas to life using jamming and improvisation as well as pre-planned music arrangement. The styles of music we’ll be (loosely) playing with could be described as a) cheeky funk and its coded language, b) 90s-style r&b (with an eye to honoring its humor and extraness) c) and outsider/alt hip- hop Think Parliament Funkadelic meets Scott Bradlee’s Saturday Morning Slow Jams (Duck Tales Theme Song Edition) meets Peaches. *WHEN & WHERE...* Rehearsals will take place largely on weekday evenings and weekend afternoons from August 26th-September 8th. Participants do not have to be available for all days, but a fair amount of availability would be awesome. All rehearsals will take place at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts (5403 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH.) *SEEKING MUSICIANS & VOCALISTS* · Instrumentalists of any sort will be considered (non- traditional and electronic instruments welcome! Drummer/percussionists appreciated especially.) · Vocalists of any/all ranges considered · Must be able to learn music by ear · Able to or excited to try musical improvisation Though this project might very well expand, it is currently in experiment-phase and welcomes people who are excited to embrace the experimental magic! *If interested, email mlaurenking@gmail.com <mlaurenking@gmail.com>* *Meredith L. King* makes words and sounds collide on the stage, including work as a playwright, performer, lyricist, and composer. Meredith is currently a cadre member with Maelstrom Collaborative Arts in Cleveland, Ohio where her artistic work includes creating original work for *Short Form 2018*, *Bricolage 2018, Bricolage 2019* and *Saturnalia* 2018. This summer Meredith produced Maelstrom’s newest mixed media show *Rising Tide*. Other recent credits include work with Cleveland Public Theatre’s Entry Point (*Saturated Fat* and *Bipolar Mixtape*) & Station Hope Programs ( *Under/Stand *and *When They Took My Grandmother*), and Talespinner Children’s Theatre’s PLAYground (*The Garden of In-Between*). Meredith is passionate about theatre that brings the personal into the public and serves as a catalyst for connection and community building.