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Successful PhD Defense, Paul Watkins
IICSI would like to congratulate Paul Watkins (former IICSI Graduate Research Assistant and Media & PR Coordinator) who successfully defended his PhD thesis, Soundin’ Canaan: Music, Resistance, and Citizenship in African…
Adaptive Use Musical Instruments – KU InterArts
University of Kansas and AUMI-KU InterArts “Globally, disparities in wealth, health care, education, political power, and social status threaten our world. Such divides are obstacles to human rights, human development, and…
June Improv Notes Released!
In this month’s issue: upcoming events, Canadian musicians in Europe, details on the Koumaria Residency, and the Guelph Jazz Festival lineup! http://www.improvcommunity.ca/content/improv-notes-june-2015
Koumaria: Experimental Artist Residency in Greece
September 18-30, 2015 (Please note the new dates!) Residency Theme: Remote Site-specific acoustic improvisations: A Recording Project Since 2009 the artist collective Medea Electronique has organized an annual 10-day experimental artist…
2015 Guelph Jazz Festival Lineup
The 2015 Guelph Jazz Festival has been moved further along in the month of September, running September 16-20. This year’s interim artistic director, Vancouver’s Rainbow Robert, has programmed a refreshing…
Call for Content!
We are always looking for improv related news to add to our newsletter! Do you know of an exciting conference, publication, or development in the world of creative musics? If…
ImprovNotes June 2015 Artist of the Month: Anthony Braxton
June 4 saw the 70th birthday of American composer/improviser Anthony Braxton. Born in Chicago in 1945, Braxton first came to attention with his solo saxophone record For Alto in 1969.…
The Black Atlantic Reconsidered
McGill-Queen’s University Press has released a new book by IICSI research collaborator Winfried Siemerling, of the University of Waterloo. The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of…
L’Année Jean Derome
As this issue of Improv Notes is being written and assembled in southwestern Ontario, to the east our neighbours in Québec are entering a new year— l’Année Jean Derome, celebrating the…
FREE AT FIRST: The Audacious Journey of the AACM
This year, Chicago is enjoying city-wide concert presentations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). As part of these celebrations, from January 19…
