International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation - IICSI

Stories of Impact: Heather a new video series

exploring IICSI’s research and the wide-ranging impacts

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Musical Improvisation at Land’s End/ Coin-du-Banc en Folie A short documentary.

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MILE-2018

Musical Improvisation at Land's End All musical abilities welcome!

August 4-11, 2018

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CFPs Papers, Participation, Residencies

& more!

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films, articles, think pieces, and interviews...

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Stories of Impact: Katy a new series

exploring IICSI’s research and the wide-ranging impacts

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talia PWYA Stories of Impact

Stories of Impact: Talia a new series

exploring IICSI’s research and the wide-ranging impacts

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Sound It Out

Sound It Out on CFRU 93.3FM

Alternating Tuesdays at 5pm

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Feedback and Reflections Improviser-in-Residence 2015-16 Douglas R. Ewart

Crepuscule 2016

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Critical Studies in Improvisation

CSI-ECI is an open-access, peer-reviewed, electronic, academic journal.

Critical Studies in Improvisation

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AUMI

Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) software interface and iOS App are new musical instruments that enable…

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A Special Issue of Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation

A Special Issue of Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation - Just Improvisation:…

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on improvised creative practices.

The Institute's mandate is to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action.

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International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
Room 042 MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53885
improv@uoguelph.ca