UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
SPAIN - COL·LECTIOU FREE'T : FER BROT
A special and highly anticipated collaboration between the Col·lectiu Free’t and Nicomedes Mendes.
NYC - STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE - TELL ME SOMETHING
Improv! 🎭 Live Music! 🎶 Drag! 💃🏽
TELL ME SOMETHING is an improv show like no other. Fueled by audience memories, photos, and stories, Strike Anywhere’s multitalented ensemble creates subtle, nuanced compositions that span a wide range of genres. These improvised performance pieces are sculpted through Soundpainting, the universal sign-language for live composition. Strike Anywhere is the preeminent Soundpainting ensemble in the U.S. and has performed and taught in over 200 venues in 16 states and 8 countries.
90 min show, tix are Pay-What-You-Can ($25-25 suggested, $5 min)
FRANCE - BATIK SOUNDPAINTING ORCHESTRA & Les Mystères du Reste
BATIK SOUNDPAINTING ORCHESTRA
& Les Mystères du Reste
"CROSSOVER"
20 artistes, musiciens, comédiens, danseurs seront réunis sur cette nouvelle création placée sous la direction d'Eric Chapelle. Un spectacle surprenant, drôle, émouvant, à ne manquer sous aucun prétexte.
Renseignements et Réservations: +33(0)4 70 02 27 49
NEW YORK, USA - The Walter Thompson Orchestra Players
Walter Thompson and Sam Day Harmet will Soundpaint the group using one-hand signs while performing on their instruments.
ONLINE - FLYING FISHTANK #6
FLYING FISHTANK #6
Our next Flying Fishtank is almost here! Join our warm, vibrant community on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 20:00 CET / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST to reconnect, share, and strengthen our global network in an international Zoom meeting.
Flying Fishtank is the Soundpainting Community’s quarterly online gathering — an open space where Soundpainters from around the world connect, share ideas, and collaborate to grow the community.
It’s not a workshop, but a forum for organizing, dreaming, and shaping the future of Soundpainting together.
Your presence and participation keep our community thriving—come help shape the future!
Please register before April 12, 2026 !
NETHERLANDS - Soundpainting: Echoes of a Tale
Soundpainting: Echoes of a Tale is bringing to the stage an explosive show of theatre, music and visual arts to bring you onto a beautiful journey.
NETHERLANDS - Soundpainting: The Big Show
Soundpainting: Echoes of a Tale is bringing to the stage an explosive show of theatre, music and visual arts to bring you onto a beautiful journey.
NETHERLANDS - Soundpainting: Sunday Stories
Soundpainting: Echoes of a Tale is bringing to the stage an explosive show of theatre, music and visual arts to bring you onto a beautiful journey.
NYC - STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE - TELL ME SOMETHING
Improv! 🎭 Live Music! 🎶 Drag! 💃🏽
TELL ME SOMETHING is an improv show like no other. Fueled by audience memories, photos, and stories, Strike Anywhere’s multitalented ensemble creates subtle, nuanced compositions that span a wide range of genres. These improvised performance pieces are sculpted through Soundpainting, the universal sign-language for live composition. Strike Anywhere is the preeminent Soundpainting ensemble in the U.S. and has performed and taught in over 200 venues in 16 states and 8 countries.
90 min show, tix are Pay-What-You-Can ($25-25 suggested, $5 min)
ONLINE - FLYING FISHTANK #7
FLYING FISHTANK #7
Our next Flying Fishtank is almost here! Join our warm, vibrant community on Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 20:00 CET / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST to reconnect, share, and strengthen our global network in an international Zoom meeting.
Flying Fishtank is the Soundpainting Community’s quarterly online gathering — an open space where Soundpainters from around the world connect, share ideas, and collaborate to grow the community.
It’s not a workshop, but a forum for organizing, dreaming, and shaping the future of Soundpainting together.
Your presence and participation keep our community thriving—come help shape the future!
SPAIN - Orquestra Galega de Liberación: Proceso aberto
Orquestra Galega de Liberación offers an insight into the group’s working process
USA - ANDREA ARIEL DANCE THEATRE - KMFA Offbeat Concert Series
KMFA Offbeat Concert Series Presents A Soundpainting Collaboration of Live Music Compositions Created in Real Time with Austin Unconducted & Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre
KMFA Classical 89.5’s Offbeat Concert Series continues its commitment to adventurous, boundary-pushing performance with an extraordinary new collaboration between Austin Unconducted and Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre. A Soundpainting Collaboration of Live Music Compositions will take place Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the KMFA Draylen Mason Music Studio (41 Navasota Street), presented in collaboration with Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre as part of the KMFA Offbeat Concert Series.
USA - ANDREA ARIEL DANCE THEATRE - KMFA Offbeat Concert Series (Copy)
KMFA Offbeat Concert Series Presents A Soundpainting Collaboration of Live Music Compositions Created in Real Time with Austin Unconducted & Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre
KMFA Classical 89.5’s Offbeat Concert Series continues its commitment to adventurous, boundary-pushing performance with an extraordinary new collaboration between Austin Unconducted and Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre. A Soundpainting Collaboration of Live Music Compositions will take place Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the KMFA Draylen Mason Music Studio (41 Navasota Street), presented in collaboration with Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre as part of the KMFA Offbeat Concert Series.
SPAIN - Orquestra Galega de Liberación: Acción na Ulloa
Agora Guerrilla supporting a resistance performance against ALTRI.
Agora Guerrilla is a small guerrilla group from the Orquestra Galega de Liberación. It strikes hard, and disappears fast.
USA - ANDREA ARIEL DANCE THEATRE - KMFA Offbeat Concert Series
KMFA Offbeat Concert Series Presents A Soundpainting Collaboration of Live Music Compositions Created in Real Time with Austin Unconducted & Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre
KMFA Classical 89.5’s Offbeat Concert Series continues its commitment to adventurous, boundary-pushing performance with an extraordinary new collaboration between Austin Unconducted and Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre. A Soundpainting Collaboration of Live Music Compositions will take place Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the KMFA Draylen Mason Music Studio (41 Navasota Street), presented in collaboration with Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre as part of the KMFA Offbeat Concert Series.
NYC - STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE - TELL ME SOMETHING
Improv! 🎭 Live Music! 🎶 Drag! 💃🏽
TELL ME SOMETHING is an improv show like no other. Fueled by audience memories, photos, and stories, Strike Anywhere’s multitalented ensemble creates subtle, nuanced compositions that span a wide range of genres. These improvised performance pieces are sculpted through Soundpainting, the universal sign-language for live composition. Strike Anywhere is the preeminent Soundpainting ensemble in the U.S. and has performed and taught in over 200 venues in 16 states and 8 countries.
90 min show, tix are Pay-What-You-Can ($25-25 suggested, $5 min)
FRANCE - BATIK SOUNDPAINTING ORCHESTRA
BATIK SOUNDPAINTING ORCHESTRA
Live @ Clermont-Ferrand, France
Under the direction of Eric Chapelle, this new creation brings together 12 artists, including musicians, actors, and dancers. A surprising, funny, and emotional show — Must see!
More information : +33 473 712 978
ONLINE - FLYING FISHTANK #5
FLYING FISHTANK #5
Our next Flying Fishtank is almost here! Join our warm, vibrant community on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 20:00 CET / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST to reconnect, share, and strengthen our global network in an international Zoom meeting.
Flying Fishtank is the Soundpainting Community’s quarterly online gathering — an open space where Soundpainters from around the world connect, share ideas, and collaborate to grow the community.
It’s not a workshop, but a forum for organizing, dreaming, and shaping the future of Soundpainting together.
Your presence and participation keep our community thriving—come help shape the future!
STRIKE ANYWHERE - TELL ME SOMETHING
TELL ME SOMETHING is back at The Rat! Grab a brew and settle in for some laughs while we animate your stories, photos, gestures, and more, live through soundpainting!
GERMANY - MuPATh Soundpainting Workshop at The Orbit Festival
The Orbit Festival for Contemporary Music Theatre offers a vocal Soundpainting Workshop (3 x 3 hours) with Samu Gryllus. The event is a preparation for the performance of the Host_Opera production at the festival in April, where participants are invited to perform as a choir.
SPAIN - Col·lectiu free't : Calma Glitch
ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITIONS FOR 8 MUSICIANS AND 8 SPEAKER SYSTEM. A MEETING BETWEEN WRITTEN COMPOSITION AND LIVE COMPOSITION
ONLINE - FLYING FISHTANK #4
FLYING FISHTANK #4
Our next Flying Fishtank is almost here! Join our warm, vibrant community on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 20:00 CET / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST to reconnect, share, and strengthen our global network in an international Zoom meeting.
Flying Fishtank is the Soundpainting Community’s quarterly online gathering — an open space where Soundpainters from around the world connect, share ideas, and collaborate to grow the community.
It’s not a workshop, but a forum for organizing, dreaming, and shaping the future of Soundpainting together.
Your presence and participation keep our community thriving—come help shape the future!
RSVP before June 18, 2025 to secure your spot on Zoom
Soundpainting Academy with Walter Thompson, Angélique Cormier and Johan Sabbe
The participants of our Soundpainting Academy put theory into practice. Together with the Safety Last Soundpainting Ensemble, led by Walter Thompson , Angélique Cormier and Johan Sabbe, they provide a live composed soundtrack to animated films.
COL·LECTIU FREE'T - QUI ETS TU? (WHO ARE YOU?)
COL·LECTIU FREE'T - QUI ETS TU?
Multidisciplinary live composition piece based on the poem QUI ETS TU? by Miquel àngel Marin. Within the framework of the REUS NEW CREATION MUSIC FESTIVAL (Reus- Catalonia)
The collective understands the stage as a living space, where the dialogue between bodies, sounds and ideas generates a unique and unrepeatable composition.
Dance: Irene Baró, Zoe Balasc, Thaïs Julià, Alba Vicario, Anna Cabal Music: Joan Sancho, Maria Berengué, Rafael Esteve, Miquel Àngel Marín, Montse Piqué, Linda Habitante Actors: Oriol Planes, Montserrat Trepat, Eulàlia Guarro, Marta Oriach Composer: Arnau Millà
Conference with Walter Thompson and guests
Conference on Soundpainting with Walter Thompson and the Suelen Estar Quartet from Santiago de Compostela.
Hosted by Xacobe Martínez Antelo
Soundpainting Thinktank final Performance
Orquestra Galega de Liberación + Thinktank participants, led by Walter Thompson and Xacobe Martínez Antelo
Soundpainting Thinktank Compostela - Guerilla concert 4
Xosé Miguélez, LAR Legido, Saul Puga, Diego Alonso & Macarena Montesinos + Linda Habitante, led by
Eric Chapelle, Samu Gryllus, François Cotinaud, Leese Walker & Audrey Vallarino
Soundpainting Thinktank Compostela - Guerilla concert 3
Manuel Cebrián, Elena Vázquez, María José Pámpano, Max Gómez & Xosé Miguélez, led by
Johan Sabbe, Ricardo Gassent, Claude Whipple, María Ángeles Cueva & Andrea Ariel
Soundpainting Thinktank Compostela - Guerilla concert 2
Soundpainting street concert in Santiago de Compostela !
Rosolino Marinello, Saul Puga, Olivier Cano, Carlos Freire e Rubén Fernández + Linda Habitante and Sam Day Harmet, led by
Yeonathan Sachar, Oscar Vidal, Tilmann Derhart, Angelique Cormier & Valentine Quintin
Soundpainting Thinktank Compostela - Guerilla concert 1
Soundpainting street concert in Santiago de Compostela !
Macarena Montesinos, Rubén Fernández, LAR Legido, Diego Alonso & Javier Pereiro,
led by Arnau Millá, Sam Day Harmet, Nicole Poole & Hada Benedito
ONLINE - FLYING FISHTANK #3
FLYING FISHTANK #3
Our next Flying Fishtank is almost here! Join our warm, vibrant community on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 20:00 CET / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST to reconnect, share, and strengthen our global network in an international Zoom meeting.
What to look forward to:
• Connect and share: Take a moment to catch up, meet new faces, and foster friendships within our international Soundpainting family.
• Sharing the load: Through breakout rooms, we’ll brainstorm how to distribute community tasks organically (such as website updates, social media presence, etc.), empowering members to take active roles and responsibilities.
• Spotlight your ideas: 2-3 community members will have the chance to present a project or a special idea. If you’re interested, contact us directly by email before the event.
Your presence and participation keep our community thriving—come help shape the future!
RSVP before June 18, 2025 to secure your spot on Zoom
USA - STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE — TELL ME SOMETHING
Tell Me Something is an evening of Soundpaintings inspired by you! Grab a brew, settle in for some laughs and join the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble at the Rat Theater while we animate your stories, photos, gestures and more, live through Soundpainting. Come be our muse. Hosted by drag sensation Vanity Lavain! The Rat NYC 68 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
SPAIN - FISH & FREE’TS. COL·LECTIU FREE’T - 10 YEARS
Free’t Collective + guest artists
Free’t Collective celebrates a decade of musical exploration and expression, where improvisation has been the main impetus of its trajectory. To commemorate this journey, we have organized a special concert in which we will share the stage with friends and collaborators —musicians, poets and other creators— with whom we have forged artistic ties over the years.
BELGIUM - Safety Last Soundpainting Ensemble
Live composed soundtrack to the classic silent movie ‘Safety Last’ by Harold Lloyd
NYC - LIVE COMP FEST 2025: "DECENNIA - Remix the Decades" (Copy)
DECENNIA: Remix the Decades is two-nights of cutting-edge live composed performances featuring six multi-disciplinary ensembles remixing the sounds, sights, and vibes of specific decades. Each performance is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience some of the hottest experimental live performance set in the heart of the Bushwick nightlife hub.
Hosted by decorated drag darling Vanity Lavain!
Featuring performances by:
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
Walter Thompson Orchestra
Letter of Marque Theater Company
Sam Day Harmet Soundpainting Collective feat. Abazaba
Plus, guest artists Frank London and Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson!
NYC - LIVE COMP FEST 2025: "DECENNIA - Remix the Decades"
DECENNIA: Remix the Decades is two-nights of cutting-edge live composed performances featuring six multi-disciplinary ensembles remixing the sounds, sights, and vibes of specific decades. Each performance is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience some of the hottest experimental live performance set in the heart of the Bushwick nightlife hub.
Hosted by decorated drag darling Vanity Lavain!
Featuring performances by:
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
Walter Thompson Orchestra
Letter of Marque Theater Company
Sam Day Harmet Soundpainting Collective feat. Abazaba
Plus, guest artists Frank London and Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson!
ONLINE - FLYING FISHTANK #2
FLYING FISHTANK #2
Our next Flying Fishtank 🐟 is almost here! Join our warm, vibrant community on Sunday, April 13th, 2025 at 20:00 CET / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST to reconnect, share, and strengthen our global network in an international Zoom meeting.
You may be asking, "WHAT IS A FLYING FISHTANK?!” 👐🐠 (🎏)
Flying Fishtank was the name given to a small online community of Thinktankers who exchanged ideas electronically following the 2009 Think Tank in Woodstock, NY. Nicole Poole & Jeannot Salvatori gleefully created the name, which has lain dormant for over a decade. Now, because “International Soundpainting Community Quarterly Online Gathering” doesn’t quite roll off the tongue as easily, we’ve revived it temporarily, while being open to your ideas!
What to look forward to:
• Connect and share: Take a moment to catch up, meet new faces, and foster friendships within our international Soundpainting family.
• Sharing the load: Through breakout rooms, we’ll brainstorm how to distribute community tasks organically (such as website updates, social media presence, etc.), empowering members to take active roles and responsibilities.
• Launch of our Telegram Community: Join our newly created thematic Telegram chatrooms—a lively space to stay in touch and collaborate between gatherings.
• Spotlight your ideas: 2-3 community members will have the chance to present a project or a special idea. If you’re interested, contact us directly by email before the event.
Your presence and participation keep our community thriving—come help shape the future!
RSVP before April 6, 2025 to secure your spot on Zoom

