Dr. Woodson has been presenting play-along concerts with major orchestras
and ensembles since 1991. At such an event, the audience has a chance to
make a set of simple instruments and then during the performance, play
along with the orchestra or ensemble on special compositions for his
instruments or on arrangements of standard repertoire. The instrument
making can take place during the concert for 10-15 minutes or immediately
before the concert in several locations around the lobby. In some cases,
instruments have been constructed at schools before the concert. The
instruments are then brought by the teachers for distribution just before
the play-along portion of the concert. Typically Dr. Woodson conducts the
audience using signs mounted on stands on stage and other props.
Directions for making the instruments come from Dr. Woodson verbally on
stage or in workshops and/or in written with illustrations in the program
notes.
Recent Concerts
A spring play-along concert featuring Dr. Woodson was on May 20, 2006
with the Tuscarawas Philharmonic in Dover, Ohio. It featured the "Concerto
for Drumpet" by Eric Benjamin. Follow this link for more information about this
concert.
