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Black Music Research Journal: Special Issue
Long-overdue scholarly research on arranger, composer, jazz trombonist, and music educator Melba Doretta Liston (1926-1999) is now available in Black Music Research Journal, Special Issue on Melba Liston, 34, no.…
Improvising Spaces in St. John’s
The monthly Improvising Spaces workshop and speaker series, curated by IICSI postdoctoral fellow Chris Tonelli, continues in St. John’s, Newfoundland with Session V: Conflict, Communication, & Improvisation at 6 pm on…
AUMI Consortium
The AUMI Consortium is an international research group dedicated to exploring, sustaining, developing, and sharing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument, a free software download interface that uses camera tracking to…
ImprovNotes January 2015 Artist of the Month: Adolphe Sax (1814-1894)
Before last year completely fades from our overloaded memories, we should note that 2014 marked the 200th birthday of Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax. Adolphe Sax was a Belgian musical instrument maker…
Canadian Musicians Overseas
Montreal-based double bassist Aaron Lumley reports, “I am spending the winter and part of the spring in Europe: Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Hamburg. I am over here to study double bass…
Preparations for the AACM’s 50th Anniversary are Underway!
Since 1965 Chicago’sAssociation for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) has been instrumental in the continuation of the tradition of creating original music with an influence that extends across the globe.…
CFP: Critical Studies in Improvisation
Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation invites submissions for a special issue with the theme “Cultural, social, and political issues of current improvisation practices in music,” guest-edited by…
IICSI Video: Sounding Possibilities
Christos Carras informs us that the Onassis Cultural Centre has now posted videos of the sessions of the Sounding Possibilities: Improvisation and Community Action Symposium that took place in Athens…
CFP: Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2015, Guelph ON
The 2015 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium invites submissions related to the theme “Among the People: Arts, Improvisation, and Well-Being.” How might participation in musical improvisation be understood to affect the health – physical,…
IICSI in Saskatchewan
The University of Regina IICSI site reports an exciting new year of research plans and projects. IICSI graduate student Jayden Pfiefer along with partners will be presenting open community drop-in…
