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IICSI is Hiring!
Do you want to work for IICSI? IICSI is hiring a Project Manager! The position is based in Guelph, Ontario. Applications are being accepted until October 23rd. The duties of the…
Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2015
On September 16th, 17th, and 18th downtown Guelph played host to the 2015 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. The Colloquium was a total success featuring numerous paper presentations, workshops, and keynote…
IICSI People: Brian Lefresne
Improv Notes extends its congratulations to IICSI student researcher Brian Lefresne, who has just won a Morroe Berger-Benny Carter Jazz Research Fund award from the Institute of Jazz Studies at…
Welcome Harald Kisiedu to IICSI
Improv Notes is pleased to welcome Harald Kisiedu as an IICSI postdoctoral fellow for the academic year 2015-2016. Harald received his PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University in 2014…
CFP: Improfil
Improfil Theory and Practice of Improvised Music Call for Papers/ Issue 2016 Musical Improvisation and the Body For Improfil 2016 as main subject we would like to envisage Musical Improvisation…
ImprovNotes October 2015 Artist of the Month: Jimmy Blanton
This month marks the birthday of African American contrabassist Jimmy Blanton, who was born in Chatanooga, Tennessee on October 5, 1918. Trained as a violinist, Blanton took up the bass…
IICSI in Amsterdam “Jazz Beyond Borders” Rhythm Changes Conference
ICASP/IICSI associates Alan Stanbridge (University of Toronto, Scarborough) and David Lee (PhD candidate, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph) each recently returned from Europe, where they presented…
Silence, 46 Essex Street
This year’s Guelph Jazz Festival is bookended by Silence’s weekly morning music improvisation, every Monday morning at 9:30. Silence also has its own series of festival-related programming, available online on…
Guelph Jazz Festival
September 16-20 The 2015 Guelph Jazz Festival features an amazing line-up! New this year, Market Square runs Friday night in addition to Saturday. For the full line-up, information on tickets,…
This Week: Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium
Among the People: Arts, Improvisation, and Well-Being September 16-18 Downtown Guelph – Musagetes – Silence – Heritage Hall Highlights include: Wednesday September 16 Panel Showcase: Regina Improvisation Studies Centre: Improvisation,…
