International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2026 Artists On/Off the Record: Living Archives and Embodied Memory

September 10-11, 2026

Previous Slide Next Slide

New Issue of CSI/ECI Journal! Vol 17, No 1 (2026): Sound, Meaning, Education 23

Previous Slide Next Slide

IICSI Events Calendar Performances, Talks, Workshops, and More!

Check Back for Regular Updates

Previous Slide Next Slide

ImprovNotes! Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter

News, Artist Profiles, Events, and More!

Previous Slide Next Slide

A black and white of the interior of ImprovLab. Raised theatre seating sits in front of large vertical glass windows.

ImprovLab Now Available for Booking!

Request a Time Here

Previous Slide Next Slide

A number of books laid side-to-side in front of a bookshelf.

Visit our online Research Library of films, interviews, think pieces, articles, and more!

Previous Slide Next Slide

Critical Studies in Improvisation

CSI-ECI is an open-access, peer-reviewed, electronic, academic journal.

Visit Site

AUMI

Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) software interface and iOS App are new musical instruments that enable…

Learn More

CSI-ÉCI Issue 17.1: “Sound, Meaning, Education 23”

We’re thrilled to announce that Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation—IICSI’s open-source academic…

Cover of issue 17.1 of the Critical Improvisation Studies journal, featuring a tarot-style black drawing of a person with multiple limbs in different states of extension and raising, with mystical symbology against a white background. In the upper left corner is a large pink circle featuring the title information for the issue; in the lower right corner is a large green circle containingCo the names of the editors.

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on improvised creative practices.

The Institute's mandate is to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action.