About
Composing Community Global Org. Founded by interdisciplinary composer, conductor & educator Composing Community Global Organization is dedicated to teach Reflexive Communication through the practice of playfulness (internal play).
We refer to Reflexive Communication as the two-way, responsive, inter-senses (synesthesia) way to form inter personal connection between people and our environment.
In our programs we create situations where serious playfulness can be learned, performed and produced always, at all levels, as we believe that a playfulness mindset being the social application of mindfulness produces creativity, resilience, empathetic connection, and sustainable growth for individuals and larger communities.
The Active Listening Playground is our 'performative stage' the safe environment necessary for producing the type of communication needed for a healthy and effective relationships individuals, for communities and for the world. Using Reflexive Music and the ALP/Playground suggests music as communication instead of knowledge and as play arises – accessible to everyone, at any time, within any condition the music never stops (very much the same like an infinite play)
In our process we compose communities with invoking playfulness to create a cultures of innovation. With the ALP tools we can achieve sustainable playfulness that develops creativity, empathy and social connection within a group.
The ALP Approach can be applied to any time-space-condition. Participants can be of any age and come from any background. A group might consist of just 2 people, or it might include 10,000 people
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KEREN
ROSENBAUM
Composer, conductor, performer, group facilitator, and creator of Reflexive Music, Keren Rosenbaum began her music education at the age of 7 with L. Kogan and flute with Y. Arenheim. She moved to The Hague at the age of 21 to study composition, electronic music and music education in the Tel Aviv Academy with A. Shapira & L. Schidlowsky. Graduating with honors at the Royal Academy with L. Andriessen, G. Bergeijk, R. DeMan, D. Wagenaar, C. Barlow and completed her Masters in Brooklyn College under A. Walman & T. Leon.
In 1999 Keren curated the first interdisciplinary music festival and founded the REFLEX Ensemble, a worldwide community of musicians and artists that gained world recognition for their unique exhibitions, workshops, and ongoing performances of Reflexive Music. Often described by both listeners and performers as "passionately inventive" and "on the edge," Reflexive Music has given rise to the Active Listening Playground (ALP) methodology.
In 2013 Rosenbaum founded the Composing Community Global Organization. Home to the Reflexive Music Academy, it was dedicated to teach and spread Reflexive Music through Active Listening tools that helped foster positive connections, creativity, and innovation with at Al Akhawayn University, Ifran; Tel Aviv University, The Arts University, Helsinki; WE ACT, The Goethe Institute, Chelsea Art Museum, NY; Musicians without Borders and the Peace Corps to name a few.
After witnessing the impact her music and methodology had on innovative communications and sustainable community growth, Keren decided to unleash it on one of the areas that need it most today - the work environment. (Executive Playground Initiative for teaching, developing and spreading playfulness - the art of infinite internal play)
