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Silence: Guelph’s Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events
Silence includes an ongoing concert series, occasional improvisation sessions, and handmade music nights and workshops. Check out Silence’s inaugural Membership programme Supporter – Name your amount – thank you! You’re helping to keep the lights…
Oral Histories Project: Roger Dean, Tracey Nicholls, and Rebecca Caines
Oral Histories is a showcase of interviews, performances, and articles by and about improvising musicians, artists, writers and scholars. This monthly feature offers an intimate look inside the minds and practices…
IICSI People: Congratulations Ajay Heble!
Project Director, Ajay Heble has been awarded the Dr. William Winegard Exemplary Volunteer Involvement Award In 2007, the University of Guelph, United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin, and the Volunteer Centre…
Regina Improv Symposium was an Enormous Success
The Improv Symposium, “Saying Yes,” recently took place at the Regina Improvisation Studies Centre. The Regina Improvisation Studies Centre, directed by Dr. Rebecca Caines, is part of the new SSHRC…
ImprovNotes April 2014 Artist of the Month: Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stanko is known for his skillful negotiation of beautiful melodies and free improvisation. The New Yorker describes him as “One of the most original and…
Call for Postdoctoral Fellows: IICSI Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2014-2015
The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI)’s mandate is to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action. For the 2014-2015…
Thinking Spaces Presents Free Voice Workshops! March 30-June 26
This year’s Thinking Spaces series has frequently emphasized vocal improvisation. We will build on this in the coming months by offering free vocal exploration gatherings Sundays 12-2pm at Silence Guelph (46…
Call for Students: Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
Memorial University of Newfoundland, June 29 to July 12, 2014 Intended for graduate students who have an interest in improvisation and its potential for dynamic forms of community building, the…
CFP: Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation
Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation invites submissions for a special issue with the theme “Cyphers: Hip Hop and Improvisation,” guest-edited by Rebecca Caines and Paul Watkins. This…
IICSI People: Congratulations Brian Lefresne
GRA Brian Lefresne awarded the “The Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship” at the University of Chicago. The award is to conduct research in the “Alton Abraham Collection of Sun Ra”…
