Interview

On Saturday, October 21st, 2023, IICSI and Musagetes presented the Big Ideas in Improvisation lecture, “Vijay Iyer and Hafez Modirzadeh: in Conversation” as a part of IICSI’s fourth annual Improvisation Festival: IF 2023. The event was recorded in its entirety, and is now available to watch below.

This Thinking Spaces session, “Why Music Festivals Now?: Ellen Waterman and Ajay Heble In Conversation,” took place on April 21, 2022. Description: Festival studies has become a vital and growing…

This reflection was written by Bob Wiseman, and appeared in the April 2022 edition of the ImprovNotes newsletter. It was in Toronto in the 1980s. I was searching for meaning…

On May 28th, 2021, IICSI and Musagetes presented the inaugural Big Ideas in Improvisation lecture, “Fred Moten and Vijay Iyer: in Conversation.” This online event brought these two artistic visionaries,…

“Sounds that Emerge from You” is an interview with musician and writer David Lee, conducted by IICSI Research Paul Watkins about what led Lee to improvised music.

A short interview with Allen Tush Naturinda about the role of improvisation in the transformative art workshops for youth in Uganda.

IICSI researcher Lisa Lorenzino talks about her work and its relation to improvisation at the IICSI team gathering in Guelph, ON.

IICSI researcher Kristin Harris Walsh talks about her work and its relation to improvisation at the IICSI team gathering in Guelph, ON.

IICSI associate Linda Hawkins talks about her work and its relation to improvisation at the IICSI team gathering in Guelph, ON.

IICSI associate Mack Furlong talks about his work and its relation to improvisation at the IICSI team gathering in Guelph, ON.