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CFP Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation
Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation (CSI-ÉCI) invites submissions for a special issue with the theme “Cultural, social, and political issues of current improvisation practices in music,” guest-edited by Postdoctoral…
The Walrus Talks Resilience Enacting the Possibilities we Envision: Improvisation, Resilience, Hope
On October 8th, 2014, IICSI project director Ajay Heble delivered a talk at the Art Gallery of Ontario as part of The Walrus Talks series. Dr. Heble was joined by…
Sound It Out! Radio Show and Podcast
Sound It Out is a bi-weekly broadcast produced in conjunction with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). On the show we think, talk, listen and yes, make…
IICSI People: Ben Authers
From the beginning of 2015, Ben Authers will be joining the School of Law and Justice at the University of Canberra, Australia, as an assistant professor. A former graduate researcher…
IICSI People: Congratulations Ingrid Mündel!
Please join us in offering our hearty congratulations to Ingrid Mündel on the recent completion of her PhD. Ingrid is a former graduate researcher with ICASP and IICSI, and her…
IICSI in Vancouver, University of British Columbia
Following Susanna Hood’s and Scott Thomson’s noon-hour performance of The Muted Note: Songs Based on Poems by P.K. Page, IICSI convened a colloquium called “Extraordinary Presences: Women, Poetry, Art Song”…
IICSI in Athens, Greece Sounding Possibilities: Improvisation and Community Action Symposium
“Sounding Possibilities: Improvisation and Community Action” is the title of a symposium that took place November 1 and 2 in Athens. A joint production of IICSI and the Onassis Cultural…
The Improvisation Studies Reader: Spontaneous Acts Ajay Heble & Rebecca Caines (eds)
Improvisation is a performance practice that animates and activates diverse energies of inspiration, critique, and invention. In recent years it has coalesced into an exciting and innovative new field of interdisciplinary…
Assistant Professor Position in Music: Composer-Improviser University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine is seeking applicants for a composer-improviser with an established reputation who will diversify the range of contemporary creative practices explored in the department’s graduate program in…
ImprovNotes October 2014 Artist of the Month: Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014)
At the Rex in Toronto on October 2, saxophonist Mike Murley (with a quintet of John MacLeod trumpet, Jim Vivian bass, Dave Restivo piano and Ted Warren drums) paid tribute…
