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SUMMARY:2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: "Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us from Wednesday\, September 11–Saturday\, September 14 for the 2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium in Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada. \nThis year’s event\, titled “Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes\,” draws inspiration from jazz critic and historian Ira Gitler’s description of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1958 recording Soultrane. Gitler famously coined the phrase\, “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s playing. The event also takes its cues from Daphne Brooks’ recent work\, Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound\, highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black women in the history of popular music. Dr. Brooks\, one of the colloquium’s keynote speakers\, will present a compelling new work on Friday from 2:30–3:45 PM\, titled “Liner Notes for the Hurricane: Crate Digging for Porgy and Bess.” The other keynote speaker\, Ashley Kahn\, a prolific American music historian\, will deliver a presentation on Thursday from 3:45–4:45 PM\, titled “Liner Noting in the Time of Streaming.”\n \nThis colloquium will take place in person at ImprovLab (Room 108 MacKinnon Building) on the University of Guelph Campus. The event is free and open to everybody. \n\nMore About This Event:\nSince 1996 the Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium\, co-presented by the University of Guelph in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival\, has brought together diverse communities of interest by providing a scholarly forum for dialogue among researchers\, creative practitioners\, arts presenters\, and members of the general public. \nThe focus of this year’s colloquium is “Liner Notes” \nIn what ways have liner notes shaped the way the music is received? To what extent do liner notes contribute to the ways in which we negotiate and construct meaning about the music\, how we understand history\, how and why we listen? In what ways have digital dissemination and streaming services disrupted our notions of liner notes? And how has this shifted listener/audience understanding about their favourite artists? \nThe learn more about this year’s presenters and to see a full schedule\, please follow this link to the colloquium web portal.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/2024gjfc-sheets-of-sound-jazz-improvisation-and-liner-notes/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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SUMMARY:2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: "Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us from Wednesday\, September 11–Saturday\, September 14 for the 2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium in Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada. \nThis year’s event\, titled “Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes\,” draws inspiration from jazz critic and historian Ira Gitler’s description of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1958 recording Soultrane. Gitler famously coined the phrase\, “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s playing. The event also takes its cues from Daphne Brooks’ recent work\, Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound\, highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black women in the history of popular music. Dr. Brooks\, one of the colloquium’s keynote speakers\, will present a compelling new work on Friday from 2:30–3:45 PM\, titled “Liner Notes for the Hurricane: Crate Digging for Porgy and Bess.” The other keynote speaker\, Ashley Kahn\, a prolific American music historian\, will deliver a presentation on Thursday from 3:45–4:45 PM\, titled “Liner Noting in the Time of Streaming.”\n \nThis colloquium will take place in person at ImprovLab (Room 108 MacKinnon Building) on the University of Guelph Campus. The event is free and open to everybody. \n\nMore About This Event:\nSince 1996 the Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium\, co-presented by the University of Guelph in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival\, has brought together diverse communities of interest by providing a scholarly forum for dialogue among researchers\, creative practitioners\, arts presenters\, and members of the general public. \nThe focus of this year’s colloquium is “Liner Notes” \nIn what ways have liner notes shaped the way the music is received? To what extent do liner notes contribute to the ways in which we negotiate and construct meaning about the music\, how we understand history\, how and why we listen? In what ways have digital dissemination and streaming services disrupted our notions of liner notes? And how has this shifted listener/audience understanding about their favourite artists? \nThe learn more about this year’s presenters and to see a full schedule\, please follow this link to the colloquium web portal.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/2024gjfc-sheets-of-sound-jazz-improvisation-and-liner-notes/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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SUMMARY:2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: "Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us from Wednesday\, September 11–Saturday\, September 14 for the 2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium in Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada. \nThis year’s event\, titled “Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes\,” draws inspiration from jazz critic and historian Ira Gitler’s description of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane’s 1958 recording Soultrane. Gitler famously coined the phrase\, “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s playing. The event also takes its cues from Daphne Brooks’ recent work\, Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound\, highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black women in the history of popular music. Dr. Brooks\, one of the colloquium’s keynote speakers\, will present a compelling new work on Friday from 2:30–3:45 PM\, titled “Liner Notes for the Hurricane: Crate Digging for Porgy and Bess.” The other keynote speaker\, Ashley Kahn\, a prolific American music historian\, will deliver a presentation on Thursday from 3:45–4:45 PM\, titled “Liner Noting in the Time of Streaming.”\n \nThis colloquium will take place in person at ImprovLab (Room 108 MacKinnon Building) on the University of Guelph Campus. The event is free and open to everybody. \n\nMore About This Event:\nSince 1996 the Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium\, co-presented by the University of Guelph in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival\, has brought together diverse communities of interest by providing a scholarly forum for dialogue among researchers\, creative practitioners\, arts presenters\, and members of the general public. \nThe focus of this year’s colloquium is “Liner Notes” \nIn what ways have liner notes shaped the way the music is received? To what extent do liner notes contribute to the ways in which we negotiate and construct meaning about the music\, how we understand history\, how and why we listen? In what ways have digital dissemination and streaming services disrupted our notions of liner notes? And how has this shifted listener/audience understanding about their favourite artists? \nThe learn more about this year’s presenters and to see a full schedule\, please follow this link to the colloquium web portal.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/2024gjfc-sheets-of-sound-jazz-improvisation-and-liner-notes/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240820T193000
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SUMMARY:Ultra-Sonic Moth Songs
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Tuesday\, August 20 at 7:30 PM (ET) for “Ultra-Sonic Moth Songs” with Lucy Rupert\, Lisa Hirmer\, Christina Kingsbury\, and Ben Finley.\n \nThis performance will take place in person at the Moth Garder\, located at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre\, 5420 Highway 6 in Guelph. Attendees will meet at the Ignatius Farm Workshop parking lot at 7:30pm and walk out to the garden for the performance. The event is free\, although seating is very limited. Preregistration is required. Please book your ticket on the Moth Garden Eventbrite page.\n \nMore About This Performance\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at the Moth Garden. At dusk on August 20th\, experience improvised music and movement amoung the moths. Created by artists Lisa Hirmer and Christina Kingsbury\, the Moth Garden is dedicated to the often underappreciated\, yet vitally important nocturnal pollinators of our world. Did you know moths make music that human ears can’t hear? As the sun sets and the moths come out to play\, you are invited to experience dancer Lucy Rupert and bassist Ben Finley’s interpretation of ultra-sonic moth songs. \nWe will meet at the Ignatius Farm Workshop parking lot at 7:30pm and walk out to the garden for the performance. The garden is a 10-15 minute walk along a gravel roadway and then mowed grass paths which have some uneven surfaces and slight inclines. The walk is less than 1km. Please let us know if this is an access barrier as we can arrange to shuttle some folks to the garden if needed. There are several straw bales and blankets around the garden for informal seating. Please contact us if you have any other access needs that we can support with. \nBecause the garden and event are centred around meeting other beings in their own sensory worlds\, and to support human access considerations\, we ask that you avoid the use of insect repellents and other scented products. We will have bug suits available\, or let us know if you will bring your own. We also recommend long sleeves and pants to protect from the mosquitoes. \nThis workshop is part of the project Moth Garden by artists Lisa Hirmer and Christina Kingsbury. \nMore About the Performers\nLucy Rupert is a dancer\, choreographer\, art-science researcher\, and writer. She has performed with Fujiwara Dance Inventions\, Theatre Rusticle\, Nova Dance\, Anandam Dance\, Sashar Zarif Dance\, Puppetmongers Theatre\, Circus Orange\, and Chartier Danse\, among others. In 2004 Lucy founded Blue Ceiling dance\, an umbrella for her choreography and commissions\, performing throughout Ontario\, in New York\, Montreal and Stuttgart\, Germany. Her creations are inspired by cosmology\, biology and philosophy – anything from monsters to photons to the end of the universe. Lucy has a Joint Honours BA in Dance and Music (University of Waterloo)\, an MA in History (University of Toronto)\, and currently studies philosophy through Oxford University. She lives in Toronto with her husband and son\, and two feral cats\, in a magical neighbourhood full of coyotes and old trees. \nLisa Hirmer is an interdisciplinary artist who works in visual media\, especially photography; social practice; community collaboration\, and sometimes writing. Her work is focussed on collective relationships both in human communities and in human relationships with the more-than-human world. A lot of her recent work wrestles with what it means to be living inside the climate emergency and on the edge of planetary collapse. Her work finds home both in traditional gallery contexts and an expanded field of other public and semi-public spaces and is always created with a keen awareness that multiple realities exist alongside one another. \nShe has shown her work across Canada and internationally including at Art Gallery of Ontario\, Art Gallery of Guelph\, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery\, Cambridge Art Galleries\, Art Gallery of Mississauga\, Tom Thomson Gallery\, Art Windsor-Essex\, Doris McCarthy Gallery\, Peninsula Arts\, CAFKA\, Queens Museum\, and Flux Factory\, among others. She has done artist residencies with Arts House Melbourne\, the Santa Fe Art Institute\, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation\, the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World\, KIAC and Camargo Foundation\, and was the 2022 Waterfront Toronto Artist in Residence. She has received numerous grants including from the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts and has a Master of Architecture from the University of Waterloo. \nChristina Kingsbury’s (she/her) interdisciplinary art practice is inspired by histories of care and explores themes of place\, ecology and inter-species relationships. Her work takes the form of performance\, installation and social practice. Christina collaborates regularly with poets\, ecologists\, artists\, choreographers and the public-including ecological public – to create relational works that offer a quiet and radical challenge to the commodification of life. Her work is rooted (often literally) in the Grand River watershed and treaty lands of the Mississauga’s of the Credit and part of her practice works through relationships with land as a settler person. Her solo and collaborative work has been shown as public interventions and in curated exhibitions both locally and internationally. \nAt the age of 14\, Ben Finley plucked his first bass string. Everything changed! Immediately\, things fell still\, without worry\, in playful possibility. Miraculously\, that feeling remains. Ben Finley is a collaborative and solo performer-composer\, singer\, improviser\, and writer grounded in creative acoustic and electric bass playing. He leads and co-leads several ensembles that cross compositional boundaries\, drawing inspiration from chamber music\, song forms\, improvisational music making\, electronics and the sound worlds of local environments. He grew up on a music festival farm (Westben) where he witnessed many ways of making music\, entwined with land and creatures. Ben is the co-founder and creative director of the Westben Centre for Connection & Creativity’s Performer-Composer Residency\, which since 2018 has welcomed many diverse sound explorers to collaborate\, share creative music and exchange perspectives. He is also Westben’s Sustainability Coordinator\, working on various environmental care initiatives on the Westben grounds. He is a current Ph.D. candidate in the Critical Studies in Improvisation program at the University of Guelph\, studying music festivals and creative music practices as sites of eco-cultural regeneration. Please find more about Ben’s projects at benfinleymusic.com. \nBe sure to book your ticket on the Moth Garden Eventbrite page.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/ultra-sonic-moth-songs/
LOCATION:The Moth Garden (Ignatius Jesuit Centre)\, 5420 Highway 6\, Guelph\, Ontario\, n1h6j2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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SUMMARY:François Houle and MILE Camp Participants LIVE at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, August 16 at 4:00 PM (ET) for “François Houle and MILE Camp Participants LIVE at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum.”\n \nThis performance will take place in person at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum\, located at 294 route 132 est in Coin-du-Banc. Tickets cost $10 and will be available for purchase at the door (cash only). Please note that seating is limited. \nMORE ABOUT THIS EVENT:\nOn Monday\, August 12th\, at 8:00 PM (EDT)\, camp facilitator François Houle—improvising clarinetist extraordinaire—will perform a concert at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum\, located at 294 route 132 est in Coin-du-Banc. The Vancouver-based musician is one of Canada’s most renowned and innovative improvisational musicians\, and his performance in this wonderful space is not to be missed. \nMORE ABOUT THE ARTIST:\nClarinetist François Houle has established himself as one of today’s most inventive musicians\, in all the diverse musical spheres he embraces. Inspired by collaborations with the world’s top musical innovators\, François has developed a unique improvisational language\, virtuosic and rich with sonic embellishment and technical extensions. He has worked with Dave Douglas\, Mark Dresser\, Joëlle Léandre\, Benoît Delbecq\, Evan Parker\, Samuel Blaser\, Gerry Hemingway\, Marilyn Crispell\, Myra Melford\, René Lussier\, Alexander Hawkins\, John Butcher\, Kris Davis\, Georg Graewe\, Håvard Wiik\, Guillermo Gregorio\, Eyvind Kang\, Hasse Poulsen\, and many of Canada and the International scene’s top creative music artists. \nHis extensive touring has led to solo appearances at major festivals across Canada\, the United \nStates\, Europe and Australia. A prolific recording artist\, he has released over twenty recordings as a leader\, earning multiple Juno Award and West Coast Music Award nominations. He is the founder of Afterday Audio\, a record label dedicated to the documentation and dissemination of his many musical projects and collaborations. In addition\, he has appeared on numerous recordings on the Songlines\, Red Toucan\, Leo Records\, Drip Audio\, PSI\, Between-the-Lines\, Nuscope\, Spool\, hat[now]ART\, Redshift\, and CRI labels\, among others. \nHe has been listed on numerous occasions in DownBeat magazine’s Readers and Critics’ Polls  as a “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” and a “Rising Star”. \nFrançois studied at McGill University\, went on to win the National Debut competition\, and \ncompleted his studies at Yale University. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbria\, Italy\, and was a featured soloist in the International Clarinet Association’s 2007 and 2008 ClarinetFests. He is a faculty member at the Vancouver Community College School of Music\, and a former graduate clarinet studio instructor at the University of British Columbia. He served as Artistic Director of the Vancouver Creative Music Institute for five years. In 2008 he was appointed as “Associate Composer” of the Canadian Music Centre. \nFrançois Houle is a Backun artist and clinician. He plays Backun clarinets\, mouthpieces\, bells\, and barrels. He is also a Légère Artist\, performing on Signature European cut reeds. \nVisit François on-line at www.francoishoule.ca \nThese events at Musical Improvisation at Land’s End / Coin-du-Banc en folie are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Musagetes Foundation\, La société historique de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Historical Society\, La MRC du Rocher-Percé\, La Ville de Percé\, the Vancouver Community College Faculty Association\, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/francois-houle-and-mile-camp-participants-live-at-the-musee-culturel-de-coin-du-banc-corner-of-the-beach-cultural-museum/
LOCATION:Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum\, 294 route 132 est\, Coin-du-Banc\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240812T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240812T213000
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SUMMARY:"Aerials" with François Houle LIVE at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, August 12 at 8:00 PM (ET) for “Aerials with François Houle at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum.”\n \nThis performance will take place in person at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum\, located at 294 route 132 est in Coin-du-Banc. Tickets cost $10 and will be available for purchase at the door (cash only). Please note that seating is limited. \nMORE ABOUT THIS EVENT:\nAerials is a set of improvisations exploring the clarinet’s uncharted territories. Developed during a five-week residency in Italy at the 15th century Castello Civitella Ranieri\, the music is complex and seductive\, taking the listener inside the instrument. Technically\, this project taps deeply into the clarinetist’s inclination for the unexpected\, from disembodied clarinets played simultaneously to flute-like melodies. Examining the way the instrument “reacts” to various acoustical spaces\, this program is virtuosity coupled with stunning lyricism. \nMORE ABOUT THE ARTIST:\nClarinetist François Houle has established himself as one of today’s most inventive musicians\, in all the diverse musical spheres he embraces. Inspired by collaborations with the world’s top musical innovators\, François has developed a unique improvisational language\, virtuosic and rich with sonic embellishment and technical extensions. He has worked with Dave Douglas\, Mark Dresser\, Joëlle Léandre\, Benoît Delbecq\, Evan Parker\, Samuel Blaser\, Gerry Hemingway\, Marilyn Crispell\, Myra Melford\, René Lussier\, Alexander Hawkins\, John Butcher\, Kris Davis\, Georg Graewe\, Håvard Wiik\, Guillermo Gregorio\, Eyvind Kang\, Hasse Poulsen\, and many of Canada and the International scene’s top creative music artists. \nHis extensive touring has led to solo appearances at major festivals across Canada\, the United \nStates\, Europe and Australia. A prolific recording artist\, he has released over twenty recordings as a leader\, earning multiple Juno Award and West Coast Music Award nominations. He is the founder of Afterday Audio\, a record label dedicated to the documentation and dissemination of his many musical projects and collaborations. In addition\, he has appeared on numerous recordings on the Songlines\, Red Toucan\, Leo Records\, Drip Audio\, PSI\, Between-the-Lines\, Nuscope\, Spool\, hat[now]ART\, Redshift\, and CRI labels\, among others. \nHe has been listed on numerous occasions in DownBeat magazine’s Readers and Critics’ Polls  as a “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” and a “Rising Star”. \nFrançois studied at McGill University\, went on to win the National Debut competition\, and \ncompleted his studies at Yale University. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Umbria\, Italy\, and was a featured soloist in the International Clarinet Association’s 2007 and 2008 ClarinetFests. He is a faculty member at the Vancouver Community College School of Music\, and a former graduate clarinet studio instructor at the University of British Columbia. He served as Artistic Director of the Vancouver Creative Music Institute for five years. In 2008 he was appointed as “Associate Composer” of the Canadian Music Centre. \nFrançois Houle is a Backun artist and clinician. He plays Backun clarinets\, mouthpieces\, bells\, and barrels. He is also a Légère Artist\, performing on Signature European cut reeds. \nVisit François on-line at www.francoishoule.ca \nThese events at Musical Improvisation at Land’s End / Coin-du-Banc en folie are made possible thanks to the generous support of the Musagetes Foundation\, La société historique de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Historical Society\, La MRC du Rocher-Percé\, La Ville de Percé\, the Vancouver Community College Faculty Association\, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/francois-houle-at-the-musee-culturel-de-coin-du-banc-corner-of-the-beach-cultural-museum/
LOCATION:Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum\, 294 route 132 est\, Coin-du-Banc\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240720T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240720T230000
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SUMMARY:IICSI Co-Presents: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - Hillside Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Saturday\, July 20 at 10:00 PM (ET) for “The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis” at Hillside Festival 2024! \nThis performance will take place in person on Guelph Lake Island. Tickets are available on the Festival Website. \nMore About This Event:\nThe Hillside Community Festival is a not-for-profit music festival that celebrates creativity through artistic expression\, community engagement\, and environmental leadership. This year\, Hillside Festival runs from July 19–21. \nMore About the Artists:\nOne of the most iconic rhythm sections in modern music\, drummer Brendan Canty and bassist Joe Lally were the insistent engine of DC post-hardcore legends Fugazi for over 15 years. In 2016\, they formed Messthetics with guitar virtuoso Anthony Pirog\, and released two albums of turbulent\, propulsive\, groove-laden instrumental art rock. Drawing on jazz\, punk\, dub\, and free improv\, they’re equally at home in an expansive take on Sonny Sharrock’s “Once Upon a Time” as they are in blazing\, math-metal riff barrages. \nIn late-2021\, they were joined onstage by acclaimed saxophonist James Brandon Lewis\, and sparks flew. Lally recalls a full-throttle passage when Lewis and Pirog began trading solos. As the intensity escalated\, the bassist felt simultaneously challenged and exhilarated. “You’re just holding on and going\, it sounds great\,” he remembers telling himself. “Just keep going!” Thankfully for fans of next-level\, genre-defying music\, they have. Called “one of the modern titans of the tenor” by All About Jazz\, the ecstatic fervour of James Brandon Lewis’ playing points back to John Coltrane\, Pharoah Sanders\, and the rich tradition of the Impulse! label–a tradition that the combustive quartet is now a part of with their eponymous 2024 release. For his part\, Lewis relishes the chance to plug into the power of the Messthetics’ punk-adjacent milieu\, calling their provocative real-time musical conversation a “high point of musical bonding and purely unapologetic energy! When you hear the Messthetics by themselves\, that shit is cranking. And I’m always signing up to crank.”
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/iicsi-hillside-2024-the-messthetics-and-james-brandon-lewis/
LOCATION:Guelph Lake Conservation Area\, 7743 Conservation Road\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1H 6J1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240626T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240629T223000
DTSTAMP:20240624T154758Z
CREATED:20240624T154650Z
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SUMMARY:IF 2024: Silence-Producing Machine
DESCRIPTION:Our fifth annual Improvisation Festival runs from June 26–29\, 2024. \n\n\nIF 2024 will feature robust\, in-person programming inside the Fonoteca Nacional de México\, in Mexico City—our first international iteration—and folks around the globe can tune in online for a stream of live events. \nWatch Here! \nCentred on the theme Silence-Producing Machine\, IF 2024 will showcase legendary and emerging improvisational performers from “the territories of the ñ.” \nFor a full schedule and more information\, please head to the IF 2024 website! \nIF 2024 is a partnered project between the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) in Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada\, and 17\, Institute of Critical Studies in Mexico City\, Mexico. \nMore About the Festival\nIF is an around-the-clock celebration of improvised arts. \nFounded by Dr. Ajay Heble (Founder and former Artistic Director\, Guelph Jazz Festival) and presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation\, IF (Improvisation Festival) is a 24-hour celebration of creative art-making showcasing new\, improvised works. Created in response to the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic\, this annual Festival is dedicated to showcasing an incredible array of new\, original performances by improvising artists of all disciplines\, for audiences residing around our home in Guelph\, Ontario\, as well as digital attendees from all around the world. \nSince the Festival’s inception in 2020\, IF has featured 400+ artists of all artistic disciplines hailing from over 25 countries. Through digital video livestreams and simultaneous international radio broadcasts\, IF has reached thousands of attendees from 55+ countries. \n\n\n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/if-2024-silence-producing-machine/
LOCATION:Fonoteca Nacional de México\, Francisco Sosa 383\, Barrio de Santa Catarina 04010\, Coyoacán\, Ciudad de México\, Mexico City\, Mexico
CATEGORIES:IF 2024
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SUMMARY:Live Music: Anne Bourne/Joe Sorbara/Ajay Heble Trio - ArtsEverywhere Festival
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Sunday\, May 5th\, from 8–9 pm (ET) for a live music performance by the Anne Bourne/Joe Sorbara/Ajay Heble Trio. The performance will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event acts the finale of the ArtsEverywhere Festival. \nRefreshments will be served before the performance. \nMore About the Event\nFor this special closing night concert at the ArtsEverywhere Festival\, these three friends will come together to perform for the first time in a trio setting. Their music will be freely improvised and animated by deep and attentive listening\, joyful creative interaction\, meditative soundscapes\, and possible nods to various influences and traditions ranging from Pauline Oliveros to Indian ragas to free jazz and beyond. \nImprovLab is a physically accessible venue. For details on the festival’s accessibility\, please visit our general accessibility page.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/live-music-anne-bourne-joe-sorbara-ajay-heble-trio-artseverywhere-festival/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T190000
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SUMMARY:Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros - Film Screening - ArtsEverywhere Festival
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Sunday\, May 5th\, from 4–7 pm (ET) for a screening of  “Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros.” The screening will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is part of the ArtsEverywhere Festival. \nA post-screening conversation with director Daniel Weintraub (remote)\, executive producer IONE (remote) and collaborator Anne Bourne will be moderated by Ajay Heble. \nMore Information about the Event\nDaniel Weintraub’s new feature-length film\, “Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros“\, is a documentary that traces the life and work of visionary composer\, musician\, teacher\, technological innovator\, and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016). \nPauline was one of the world’s original electronic musicians\, the only woman amongst notable post-war American composers\, a master accordion player\, a teacher and mentor to musicians\, a gateway to music and sound for non-musicians\, and a technical innovator who helped develop everything from tools that allow musicians to play together while in different countries\, to software that enables those with severe disabilities to create beautiful music. \nProduced in collaboration with executive producer IONE\, Oliveros’ partner in life and work\, and the Ministry of Maåt\, Inc.\, the film combines rare archival footage\, live performances\, and unreleased music with appearances by Terry Riley\, Anna Halprin\, Ione\, Linda Montano\, Laurie Anderson\, Thurston Moore\, Alvin Lucier\, Claire Chase\, Miya Masaoka\, Morton Subotnick\, Tony Martin\, Ramon Sender\, and many more ground-breaking artists. \nPlease find a preview on the festival event webpage. \nImprovLab is a physically accessible venue. The Q&A portion of this event will feature live transcription and ASL interpretation. For details on the festival’s accessibility\, please visit our general accessibility page.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/deep-listening-the-story-of-pauline-oliveros-film-screening-artseverywhere-festival/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240502T150000
DTSTAMP:20240430T184155Z
CREATED:20240212T140523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T184155Z
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SUMMARY:(Cancelled) ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, May 2
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-may-2/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T141616Z
CREATED:20240212T135924Z
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SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, April 18
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-april-18/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240417T213000
DTSTAMP:20240410T121547Z
CREATED:20240319T134947Z
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SUMMARY:Live @ImprovLab: Susanna Hood Trio and Sarah Belle Reid
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, April 17 at 7:30 PM (ET) for the series premier of Live @ImprovLab\, featuring the Susanna Hood Trio and Sarah Belle Reid in an inspiring double bill. This performance will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph.  \nTickets are $15 or PWYC and available online through IICSI’s Eventbrite page. While tickets will be made available at the door\, attendees are encouraged to reserve tickets ahead of time. \nThe double bill will be preceded by a panel discussion moderated by Marie Zimmerman in which the artists will contextualize the work they will be presenting\, and share insights about the role that improvisation plays in what they do. \nMORE ABOUT THE EVENT:\nIICSI’s new Live @ImprovLab concert and performance series serves to showcase touring artists working in a variety of improvisatory idioms. Curated by IICSI Director Dr. Ajay Heble (Founder and former Artistic Director of the Guelph Jazz Festival and 2023 Killam Prize winner)\, the new series\, says Heble\, “aims to celebrate live improvised performances and to spotlight our beautiful new venue.”  \nTiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal-based bandleader and vocalist-dancer\, Susanna Hood\, along with the superb Tkaronto/Toronto-based musicians\, Tania Gill (piano) and Kayla Milmine (soprano saxophone) bring poet Judith Malina and composer Steve Lacy’s 1995 “Packet” suite to life through sound and movement. These audacious new arrangements blur the lines between what is heard and what is seen. Heart-felt\, yet unsentimental\, these eight songs hold no punches as they bring voice to a woman’s later life\, grappling with imperfection\, sexism\, paradox\, grit\, beauty\, regret\, invisibility\, death\, and love. \nIn Sarah Belle Reid’s improvisations and compositions\, musical notation is often experimental and graphical—an invitation to explore a new sonic universe. This spirit for exploration has led her to collaborate with musicians and artists of all genres\, including experimental electronic musician David Rosenboom\, thereminist Carolina Eyck\, and baroque-pop artist Julia Holter. Reid recorded trumpet and electronics on Holter’s 2019 record Aviary\, and recently wrapped up an extensive tour throughout North America\, Europe\, and Australia as a member of her band. Reid’s own compositions have been premiered and performed by a number of renowned musicians\, most recently pianist Vicki Ray and trumpeter Nate Wooley. In 2017 her composition “Flux” for amplified percussion quartet won the Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Percussion Quartet’s Next Wave Composer Initiative. \nMORE ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:\nSusanna Hood has devoted her career to synthesizing voice and movement\, creating intimate\, sensual and dynamic performances both in dance-theatre and improvised music contexts. Founder of her interdisciplinary performance company hum dansoundart (2000-2013) her work has been marked by significant collaborations with musical artists Nilan Perera (She’s Gone Away\, Shudder)\, John Oswald (Spinvolver)\, and Scott Thomson (The Rent – Musique de Steve Lacy\, The Muted Note – songs and dances setting the poetry of P.K. Page).  \nRecent creations (Music Is\, 2016\, and Impossibly Happy\, 2019) have been driven by her own musical compositions arranging voices\, instruments and movement. Other collaborations of note include Tortues Vapeur\, a duo with Montreal turntablist\, Martin Tétreault\, mixing turntables\, electronics\, synthesizers\, vocals and objects. (DAME’s Mikroclimat label\, 2019); a duo with Belgian bassist\, Peter Jacquemyn; and performances with the French trio Rrève Sélavy (Frédéric BBriet\, double bass; Nicolas Pointard\, drums; and Christophe Rocher\, clarinettes). Unpacked\, the first project with her trio with Toronto/Tkaronto musicians Tania Gill (piano) and Kayla Milmine (soprano saxophone)\, is a new arrangement and interpretation of the Packet suite by late American poet\, Judith Malina and late American jazz composer\, Steve Lacy. unPacked will be released as a recording in early 2024 on Quebec’s DAME label. Awards include the 1998 K.M. Hunter Emerging Artists Award in Dance\, 2006 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in Dance\, and the 2008 Canada Council Victor Martin Lynch-Staunton Award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Dance. For more information\, please follow this link to Susanna’s website. \nKayla Milmine loves the new and under-explored sonic possibilities that only the soprano saxophone can offer. Her unique approach has the edginess and brashness of Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell yet also a warmth and thoughtfulness reminiscent of Steve Lacy. In 2019\, Milmine released a solo album called ‘Straight Horn Magick; a mixture of field recordings and solo soprano saxophone improvisations. She plays regularly in trio form with pianist Bill Gilliam and percussionist Ambrose Pottie\, and in duo form with guitarist/composer Brian Abbott in their band FASTER. In February 2019\, she was invited to record with celebrated bassist\, William Parker in a chamber-improv sextet in NY\, where she often travels to study with mentor/collaborator\, Sam Newsome. She is presently composing for her new project\, the ‘Kayla Milmine Quartet’ with aforementioned Sam Newsome\, and drummers Mark Ferber and Rachel Housle. She is co-founder of the Women From Space Festival in Toronto. \nToronto-based pianist and composer Tania Gill has spent over twenty years cultivating a singular but polymorphous musical approach. She has developed a distinctive improvisational language in jazz and improvised music\, playing in ensembles such as the Brodie West Quintet\, Chris Banks Trio\, The Titillators\, See Through Trio and Rebecca Hennessy’s Makeshift Island. Her own group\, the Tania Gill Quartet\, comprises leading Canadian musicians Lina Allemano (trumpet)\, Rob Clutton (bass)\, and Nico Dann (drums). Their acclaimed disc Bolger Station (2010\, Barnyard Records)\, was nominated for best debut album in the Village Voice jazz critics’ poll and was included among the Globe and Mail’s top ten albums of the year. The follow-up\, Disappearing Curiosities\, launched in 2022 and was included on best-of-2022 lists in the Wire. Gill’s unconventional versatility keeps her engaged in an eclectic array of styles. She was a member of Deep Dark United and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band\, and is a regular collaborator to vocalist Fides Krucker\, and singer-songwriter Kyp Harness. She has also shared the stage with Steve Reich\, Man Forever\, Gord Downie\, Mary Margaret O’Hara\, the Weather Station\, Margaret Atwood\, and Charles Spearin’s Happiness Project\, and she has performed with dancers including Peggy Baker\, Andrea Nann\, Heidi Strauss and Laurence Lemieux. Tania is a supportive and dedicated educator and currently teaches at Humber College and the University of Toronto. Fore more information\, please follow this link to Tania’s website. \nSarah Belle Reid is a performer-composer who plays trumpet\, modular synthesizer\, and an ever-growing collection of handcrafted electronic instruments. Her unique musical voice explores the intersections between contemporary classical music\, experimental and interactive electronics\, visual arts\, noise music\, and improvisation. Often praised for her ability to transport audience members through vivid sonic adventures\, Reid’s sonic palette has been described as ranging from “graceful” and “danceable” all the way to “silk-falling-through-space\,” and “pit-full-of-centipedes” (San Francisco Classical Voice). \nReid holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from California Institute of the Arts\, with a research focus on the development of new electronic instruments and musical notation systems as interfaces for exploring temporal perception and co-creation. Her debut album for trumpet and interactive electronics\, “Underneath and Sonder\,” was released on pfMENTUM in October\, 2019. In March 2024 she released a tape-music inspired electroacoustic record titled “MASS”\, featuring trumpet\, voice\, electronics\, and amplified objects\, on Aurora Central Records. \nIn addition to her performance and compositional work\, Reid runs an online music education company dedicated to teaching sound synthesis and electroacoustic composition to professional and hobbyist musicians. She has mentored thousands of musicians from around the world in her online programs\, and is a frequent guest lecturer at notable institutions in the US and Canada including Stanford University\, University of Victoria\, California Institute of the Arts\, New York University (NYU)\, among others. For more information\, please follow this link to Sarah’s website.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/live-improvlab-susanna-hood-trio-and-sarah-belle-reid/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Live @ImprovLab
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T153000
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SUMMARY:IICSI Research Studio Session\, Featuring Dr. Rashida K. Braggs' "Amber in the City of Light"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, April 12 at 9:00 AM (ET) for IICSI’s “Research Studio Session\, Featuring a Keynote Presentation by Dr. Rashida K. Braggs: Amber in the City of Light”  \nThe morning will begin with Dr. Braggs’ keynote\, followed by presentations of student work through the rest of the day. \nThis event will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The keynote presentation by Dr. Braggs will be streamed online via Zoom\, the student portion will be in person only.\n \nTo attend the Keynote Portion of our day of research\, please RSVP via our Google Forms. The studio session and keynote presentation are free and open to all!  \nMore About the Research Studio Session:\nThe idea is to encourage grad students in the IMPR program and students/researchers working as research assistants with IICSI to present short (3-5 minute) descriptions of their improvisation-related research or work at an end-of-semester gathering of other students\, as well as IICSI team members\, staff\, and invited guests. \nInspired\, in part\, by the “Three-Minute Thesis” competition for grad students\, we hope that participants will respond to the challenge to present their work and its wider impact and implications in plain language in five minutes or less.\n \nKicking off the Research Studio Session will be a keynote presentation by Dr. Rashida K. Braggs (Africana Studies\, Williams College\, USA)\, entitled “Amber in the City of Light” which will begin around 9:00 AM (ET). Dr. Braggs’ presentation will be streamed online via Zoom. \nMore About The Keynote Presentation:\nDr. Rashida K. Braggs will screen and discuss Amber in the City of Light\, a solo multimedia performance that shares and re-envisions the experiences of Black African diasporic women jazz artists who have migrated to Paris\, France. Culling original interviews\, field notes and archival research\, Dr. Rashida K. Braggs enacts multiple narratives through an embodied performance that merges original song\, dance\, poetry and theatre. \nMore About The Presenter:\n\nDr. Rashida K. Braggs is a scholar-performer who acts\, dances\, sings\, composes music and performs spoken word. Jacob’s Pillow\, Williams College Museum of Art\, the Tapir Art Gallery and the United Solo Theatre Festival have featured her performances. She is also a Professor of Africana Studies at Williams College (Williamstown\, Massachusetts)\, a Fulbright Global Scholar\, and a co-recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship. The author of Jazz Diasporas: Race\, Music and Migration in Post-World War II Paris\, Rashida has also published in such journals as the Nottingham French Studies\, the Journal of Popular Music Studies and The Black Scholar. \n\nSchedule of Events:\n9:00 KEYNOTE: Rashida K Braggs (Africana Studies\, Williams College\, USA)\, “Amber in the City of Light” \n10:00 – 10:30 BREAK \n10:30 Nick Fraser\, “Smooth Operations: Composing Music for (Free?) Improvisers” \n10:45 Rachelle Myrie\, “‘The Spirit of the Thing’: Music\, Improvisation\, and Human Flourishing in African\, Caribbean\, and Black Communities” \n11:00 Taylor Graham (School of English and Theatre Studies\, University of Guelph)\, “The Blyth Festival Theatre and the Imagined Community of Rural Canada” \n11:15 Matthew Endahl\, “Holding Space for/in Ensemble Creativity” \n11:30 Kathryn Cobbler\, “Growing Intimate Conversations: Examining the Performer-Composer Connection of Music Improvisation” \n11:45 Jordan Zalis (Ethnomusicology\, Memorial University of Newfoundland)\, “Clouds of Probability: Improvisation as Effectuality in Spectacular Sports Theatre” \n12:00 noon – 1:00 lunch \n1:00 Aimée Dawn Robinson\, “Full Circle” \n1:15 Michael Bergmann\, Improvnetics: Post-anthropocentric performance and improvisational modes for human-AI play\, or: What we talk about when we talk about Intersentient empathy” \n1:30 Mike Hansen\, “When Does Noise Become A Sound?: Redefining Through Participatory Sound Art Practices” \n1:45 Sofia Boz (Pedagogical\, Educational and Instructional Sciences\, University of Padua\, Italy)\, “Jazz’n School” \n2:00 Bob Wiseman\, “The Black Box” \n2:15 Brent Rowan\, “Critical Hardware\, Software\, and Infrastructure Considerations for Telematic Musicking” \n2:30 annais linares\, “Arts-Based Kin Making: Co-creative Multispecies Accompaniment” \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/iicsi-research-studio-session-2-0-featuring-dr-rashida-k-braggs-amber-in-the-city-of-light/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240406T153000
DTSTAMP:20240319T145055Z
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SUMMARY:Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab - VoI. III: AJAY\, EMMA\, KATHRYN and jashen
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, April 6th\, at 2:00 PM for the third in a series of small-scale\, largely acoustic Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab. \nVol. III:\nAJAY\, EMMA\, KATHRYN\,  and jashen \n(piano\, electric guitar\, loop pedal viola\, and trumpet) \nSubsequent ‘Pop Up Concerts’ will take place the first Saturday of each month\, @ ImprovLab (108 MacKinnon Building\, University of Guelph Campus)—the best sounding room in Guelph! \nAs always\, entry is free and our Pop Up series will remain low-key.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/pop-up-concerts-improvlab-voi-iii-ajay-emma-kathryn-and-jashen/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240405T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240405T120000
DTSTAMP:20250415T185939Z
CREATED:20240403T120838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T185939Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: IICSI Postdoctoral Researchers\, "Same Place\, Same Time\, Different Stories: Creative Interpolations"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, April 5\, at 1p:30 AM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Same Place\, Same Time\, Different Stories: Creative Interpolations” with IICSI Postdoctoral Researchers\, Rebecca Barnstaple\, Shelby Bohn\, and jashen edwards.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nIn this improvisational play session\, current IICSI postdoctoral students (Rebecca Barnstaple\, Shelby Bohn\, and jashen edwards) will demonstrate and discuss ways their research intersects to inform new ways of sensing\, knowing\, and being. Weaving a tapestry of dance\, science\, and music\, our presentation will elucidate how multisensory perceptions may be formed and (re)formed via multidisciplinary approaches to creative arts. \nMore about the speakers:\nRebecca Barnstaple (PhD Dance Studies; Graduate Program in Neuroscience 2020\, York University) is the Manager of Community Initiatives\, Research and Innovation at Centre Communautaire Chigamik Community Health Centre\, Midland\, Ontario\, and an IICSI Postdoctoral Fellow\, University of Guelph. A graduate of the National Centre for Dance Therapy at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (2015)\, she provides education and training in dance therapy and associated research globally. She has been involved in the development and delivery of improvisational arts and health initiatives in the United States (IMPROVment\, Wake Forest University) and Canada (SingWell\, Toronto Metropolitan University; Piece of Mind\, McGill; Dance for Health\, Nova Scotia) and serves in a leadership capacity for professional organizations including the Dance Movement Therapy Association of Canada (Accreditation and Certification Committee)\, the American Dance Therapy Association (Research and Practice Committee)\, and the International Association of Dance Medicine Science (International Benchmarking Standards Task Force\, Dance for Health Committee). Rebecca directs the Research to Practice Lab for ZOE School of Dance Movement Therapy in Basel\, Switzerland. \nDr. Shelby Bohn\, a post-doctoral researcher at #UofG and lead artist behind College Royal’s 100th-anniversary mural\, aims to bridge the gap between two disciplines that don’t often communicate with each other.\n \njashen edwards‘ research centers around students’ sonic lifeworlds – sound currents streaming at home\, school\, on the streets and cyberspace –examining how sonic encounters may be a conduit and catalyst for creative critical consciousness. Drawing upon the fields of archaeoacoustics\, sound studies\, and sensuous scholarship\, his work seeks to draw connections between music education and social justice arts education through the phenomenon of sound. He has worked in PK-12 schools\, colleges and universities\, juvenile detention centers and homeless shelters in San Francisco\, Oakland\, Chicago\, Berlin\, Deutschland and London\, ON. jashen has published and presented his research internationally and is co-founder of Sound\, Meaning\, Education (SME). Presently\, jashen is a in post-doctoral fellow at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). He has earned a Ph.D. in music education from Western University\, an MA in music education from Northwestern and a BA in music (composition) from the University of California\, Berkeley. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-iicsi-postdocs/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240404T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240404T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T141427Z
CREATED:20240212T135727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T141427Z
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SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, April 4
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-april-4/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240403T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240403T150000
DTSTAMP:20240319T151108Z
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SUMMARY:Campus Friends and IICSI present: "Sounds Like Us" - Final Performance
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, April 3 at 1:30 PM (ET) for “Sounds Like Us” a Final Concert Performance by Campus Friends and IICSI.  \nThis performance will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. This special concert event is free and open to all! \nMORE ABOUT THIS EVENT:\n“Let’s make it up as we go along!” \n“Sounds Like Us”—presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and the Campus Friends (CF) program—brings professional musicians into collaboration with community members of varying developmental and physical needs through a series of fun and playful improvisation-based workshops.  \nThis event celebrates a semester of music and community making with a final public concert!\n \nMORE ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:\nCampus Friends is an initiative that offers post-secondary experiences on the University of Guelph campus to adults with varying developmental and physical needs. \nA partnership between Community Living Guelph Wellington and U of G’s Experiential Learning Hub\, this program has run on campus since 2016. Twelve participants take part each year\, along with more than 20 mentors. \nTypically\, students attend Campus Friends one day per week during the year for up to three years. They take part in activities including academic and learning opportunities\, volunteering\, athletics and special events. \n“Sounds Like Us” draws upon IICSI’s 12+ years of co-running “Play Who You Are” workshops with KidsAbility that have offered all participants—from new musicians to the very experienced; from music afficionados and scholars to first-time listeners—revelations about the links between music and community-making\, improvisation and individual/community well-being\, sound and self-expression.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/campus-friends-and-iicsi-present-sounds-like-us-final-performance/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T150000
DTSTAMP:20240228T142508Z
CREATED:20240228T135219Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: adam patrick bell "Admiration and Imitation: Toward a Disability-Led Model for Music Education"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, March 27 at 1:30 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Admiration and Imitation: Toward a Disability-Led Model for Music Education” with adam patrick bell.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nIn this presentation\, adam will discuss the disability-led model of Drake Music Lab\, a UK-based organization that brands itself as “leaders in music\, disability\, and technology\,” its influence on his community-based collaborative research projects in Canada\, and the implications of this approach for the profession of music education \nMore about the speaker:\nadam patrick bell is Canada Research Chair of Music\, Inclusion\, and Accessibility and an associate professor of music education at Western University\, Canada. He is the author of Dawn of the DAW (Oxford\, 2018)\, and editor of the Music Technology Cookbook (2020). adam is the editor of Canadian Music Educator and serves on the editorial boards of International Journal of Music Education\, Journal of Music\, Technology & Education\, Journal of Popular Music Education\, and Visions of Research in Music Education. Currently\, adam is the principal investigator of three studies funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada that focus on disability and music education \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-adam-patrick-bell-admiration-and-imitation-toward-a-disability-led-model-for-music-education/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T160000
DTSTAMP:20240318T153329Z
CREATED:20240227T141434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T153329Z
UID:14204-1711116000-1711123200@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:Balance (Detroit): Improvised Music Masterclass at ImprovLab
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, March 22 at 2:00 PM (ET) for a Masterclass with the boundary-pushing jazz duo\, Balance. This presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! As always\, our Masterclass events are free!  \nThe duo will also be performing a ticketed concert at Silence\, at 8:00PM (ET)\, that same night.\n \n\nMore about this Masterclass:\nBalance\, the dynamic duo of saxophonist Marcus Elliot and pianist Michael Malis\, renowned for their boundary-pushing jazz\, are set to share their creative process in a masterclass setting. With a fusion of composed and improvised music\, and drawing from their extensive experience as bandleaders and sidemen\, they promise insights into crafting captivating compositions and heartfelt performances. \nMore about the Artists:\nBalance is a collaborative duo between saxophonist Marcus Elliot and pianist Michael Malis. Called “two of Detroit’s most important young jazz musicians” by the Detroit Free Press\, Elliot and Malis’ “intuitive improvisations” stand on the threshold of composed and improvised music\, creating intimate portraits of musical expression that deal in the language of subtlety.  \nCheck out Balance and give them a listen via https://balance.bandcamp.com/ \nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/balance-masterclass-at-improvlab/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240321T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240321T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T141337Z
CREATED:20240205T160321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T141337Z
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SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, March 21
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-march-21/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240313T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240313T150000
DTSTAMP:20240304T145509Z
CREATED:20240227T144837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T145509Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Dreams Come True "Improvisation and Radical Accessibility"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, March 13 at 1:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Improvisation and Radical Accessibility” with Dreams Come True Music Studio.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nThe International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) is pleased to host an extended Thinking Spaces event focusing on ‘radical accessibility’ (Rice & Besse\, 2020) within arts education. In this moderated discussion/mini-performance\, we are joined by special guests\, Dr. Caroline Blumer (Western University) and Allison O’Connor (Dreams Come True Music\nStudio\, Founder). They will share ways they have merged radical accessibility and improvisational practices in creating and sustaining inclusive musical theater spaces in Brazil and London\, ON Canada. This two-hour special event will feature a mini-performance by members of London\, Ontario’s very own\, Dreams Come True Music Studio (DCT). Come enjoy a live performance by the “dreamers”as they are affectionately called\, and also insightful conversation with the DCT team\, families and caregivers. \nMore about the speakers:\nAllison O’Connor holds a Bachelor Of Music Honours Music Education and Bachelor Of Education from Western University and has been an elementary school vocal and instrumental music teacher since 1988. She has taught for the North York Board of Education and Thames Valley District School Board conducting choirs\, bands\, and school musicals. Allison is founder and artistic director of Dreams Come True Music Studio (DCT)\, a studio focusing on people of all ages and abilities. DCT holds summer\, fall\, and winter music programs\, where “dreamers” learn\, improvise\, and rehearse in preparation for musicals and concerts. Allison and the DCT musicians have received numerous accolades and notable recognition from the community\, including The London Free Press and CTV news for their commitment to inclusion and making a difference through music. \n\nDr. Caroline Blumer holds a Ph.D in Music Education from Western University as well as a Bachelor in Popular Music & Jazz degree and a Master in Music Education degree\, both from the State University of Campinas\, Brazil. As a soloist\, she has performed in “Los Conciertos de Navidad” in Havana and Matanzas (Cuba) accompanied by Brasília Jazz Symphonic. Caroline taught voice in her private studio for 10 years. She was instructor for the “Popular Singing” and “Singing for Actors” courses at Carlos Gomes Conservatory (Campinas). She was Musical Director and Vocal Coach in\nimportant Brazilian musical theater productions such as “Malandro’s Opera”\, “The Lion King”\, “Man of La Mancha”\, “Notre Dame of Paris” and others. Alongside her work as a jazz singer and musician\, she is a researcher and teacher interested in inclusive musical contexts where people with intellectual disabilities experience music-making. Caroline has worked with individuals with disabilities and individuals on the Autistic Spectrum within inclusive musical theatre programs and schools in Brazil. In Canada\, she is engaged as a volunteer and researcher with two inclusive musical programs at L’Arche Community and Dreams Come True Music Studio in London\, ON. \nGet up each day and sing your song. \n\nThese words are near and dear to my heart not only because they were composed by our friend Ken Fleet\, but also because Dreams Come True Music Studio aspires for everyone of all ages and all abilities to be able to get up each day and sing their song. \nThe Dreams Come True Music Studio creates opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to participate in high quality productions and to transform their lives through music. The studio celebrates diversity\, inclusion\, acceptance\, and all abilities. \nIt was April 2018 while walking my dog Max\, that I was chatting with my sister Heather on the phone about my dream to find a music program which was truly inclusive for all; one in which my son Cameron could be successful. He has been surrounded by music all his life and knowing the importance of music in life\, I wanted Cameron to experience success with music. We found our love of sport through Special Olympics but we were missing the music piece. Because of his intellectual disability and FASD\, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder\, he learns differently. But he learns. The goal was for Cameron to experience music and feel confident. Those of you who have been involved in music programs must relish the memories of your rehearsals\, your concerts\, your shows and your friendships made through music. I want that for everyone. \nDuring that walk with Max\, my sister said\, “Stop looking for the program. Create it. You are a music teacher specialist and have been advocating for inclusion since you and Cameron became family.” \nSo began the adventure. We offer Summer\, Fall and Winter programs all culminating in amazing Showcase Concerts. Rehearsals are spent together singing\, moving\, experiencing music and making friendships. We don’t try harder\, we try differently. We are a family. We are not a special needs music group. We are not a kids choir. We are a fantastic\, dedicated and energetic Musical Theatre group! I am so proud of every one of my musicians. It is a privilege to work with our families\, musicians\, caregivers\, local agencies and spectacular volunteers who make our dreams come true. They teach me so much and I am grateful. \nOur musicians: Wow! They are capable and we believe in them. We thank them for pushing themselves personally and musically. They make a difference. \nPlease visit our website\, Facebook\, Twitter and Instagram to learn about our DCT Family and our upcoming programs. \nI want to thank my son\, Cameron for believing in the power of Music. He provided the experiences for me to help to make this happen. Being removed from programs\, being told to look elsewhere\, motivated me to show others what he CAN do. The journey can be lonely but now with our Dreams Come True Family\, we are not alone. We believe. \nWe thank you for believing. This experience will be forever in our hearts.\n#inclusion #abilitiesfirst #singyoursong \n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-dreams-come-true-improvisation-and-radical-accessibility/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T141254Z
CREATED:20240205T155816Z
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SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, March 7
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-march-7/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240302T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240302T153000
DTSTAMP:20240221T231045Z
CREATED:20240221T201428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T231045Z
UID:14140-1709388000-1709393400@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab - VoI. II: AJAY\, BEN\, and annais
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, March 2nd\, at 2:00 PM for the second in a series of small-scale\, largely acoustic Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab. \nVol. II:\nAJAY\, BEN\,  and annais \n(piano\, bass\, and voice) \nSubsequent ‘Pop Up Concerts’ will take place the first Saturday of each month\, @ ImprovLab (108 MacKinnon Building\, University of Guelph Campus)—the best sounding room in Guelph! \nAs always\, entry is free and our Pop Up series will remain low-key.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/pop-up-concerts-improvlab-voi-ii-ajay-ben-and-annais/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240301T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240301T150000
DTSTAMP:20240222T195627Z
CREATED:20240222T193833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T195627Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: MT Space "Multicultural Theatre Space: Intercultural Theatre Creation"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, March 1 at 1:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Multicultural Theatre Space: Intercultural Theatre Creation” with MT Space.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nMT Space presents a demonstration of the intercultural theatre creation methodology established by Majdi Bou-Matar\, and engages others in the conversations around devised processes\, ancestry\, and culture clash. This workshop / talk will feature four actors: Nada Abusaleh\, Ahmad Meree\, Brad Cook\, and Jewels Krauss. \nMore about the speaker:\nMT Space (Multicultural Theatre Space) was founded in 2004 by Lebanese-Canadian Majdi Bou-Matar\, who was a trained director\, actor\, and dancer. After receiving the same criticism over and over\, hearing that his accent was too thick or that he “didn’t look the part”\, Majdi decided to create a company that would become a platform for all artists that felt marginalized\, racialized\, and displaced. This is how MT Space was born. \nMT Space has grown from being a company that produces one show every year to an organization that brings culturally and socially relevant work from across the country and around the world to our community of Kitchener-Waterloo. We have challenged the preconceptions of theatre to create\, produce\, and present work that is accessible and affordable to low-income families while creating a space for Indigenous\, immigrant\, refugee\, and marginalized voices to be heard. \nMT Space challenges the definition of theatre to include all disciplines such as dance\, music\, multimedia\, and circus performing arts. As such\, MT Space is becoming a presenter of artists and arts organizations across many disciplines. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-mt-space-multicultural-theatre-space-intercultural-theatre-creation/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T140954Z
CREATED:20240205T155648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T140954Z
UID:13981-1709211600-1709218800@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, February 29
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-feb-29/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T160000
DTSTAMP:20240221T162341Z
CREATED:20240220T154358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T162341Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Zahra Habib "Lunar Rotations: Eternal Eleutheria
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, February 28 at 2:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Eternal Eleutheria” with Zahra Habib.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nZahra takes you on the cosmic experience that is Lunar Rotations\, blending musical selections with narrative overtones that connect the sounds with the theme of arriving at an eternally internal freedom: Eleutheria. \nMore about the speaker:\nAny creation from Zahra Habib is an experience. Zahra is an award-winning DJ\, producer\, radio host\, and multi-faceted creator. Her Lunar Rotations radio show and live experience is a performance of cathartic\, creative force\, and has rocked dance floors in London\, Toronto\, and New York. She has produced countless radio and podcast programs\, and is known for her ability to inspire deep understanding and transformative ideas in her interviews\, viewable on LunarRotations.TV. An advocate an expressive\, creative life for all\, she is a Board Member of TD Sunfest World Music Festival\, the JUNOs Hip-Hop and Rap Advisory committee\, and among many other distinctions\, the owner of Shakti Creative Media Garden.Keep up with Zahra via zahrahabib.ca\, and Instagram: @Zahra.Shakti @Lunar.Rotations \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-zahra-habib-lunar-rotations-eternal-eleutheria/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T140825Z
CREATED:20240205T155250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T140825Z
UID:13977-1707397200-1707404400@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, February 8
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there! \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:ImprovLab Open House Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T130000
DTSTAMP:20240221T162515Z
CREATED:20240201T174516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T162515Z
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington "Improvisation in Sequencer-based Electronic Dance Music"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, February 8 at 12:00 PM for Thinking Spaces: “Improvisation in Sequencer-based Electronic Dance Music” with Colin Harrington.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nThe culture and technology of Electronic Music has seen tremendous developments over the last decade. Thanks to the increased availability\, affordability and accessibility of equipment\, the artform’s popularity has exploded worldwide. One booming area is that of “Sequencer-based Improvisation”\, which entails the synchronizing of one or more instruments together via a “Master Clock”\, then using sequencers\, sound design\, audio mixers\, and effects\, to spontaneously compose fluid and spontaneous music in real-time. \nAlthough many different styles of music can be explored within this medium\, it is most popularly expressed within the stylistic framework and motivations inherent in Electronic Dance Music\, a genre with a rich cultural and technological history\, as well as a unique reciprocal relationship with the audience. \nWe will discuss a brief history of the technology and the cultural history of electronic dance music\, and how specific pieces of equipment changed the genre. As well as how all these factors spawned a unique type of improvisation\, and why it differs from other improvisational artforms.  \nThe presentation will be followed by an open studio session\, workshopping a wide selection of synchronized electronic instruments. \nMore about the speaker:\nColin Harrington is a Guelph based multimedia artist\, A/V technician\, and multidisciplinary musician. He performs in a “live hardware” electronic project called MOONBEAN\, who has toured Canada and Europe playing semi-improvised dance music. He also produces and directs music videos\, and works for IICSI as a technician in their ImprovLab at University of Guelph. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-colin-harrington/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240203T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240203T153000
DTSTAMP:20240201T182248Z
CREATED:20240201T182248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T182248Z
UID:13974-1706968800-1706974200@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab - vol. I: AJAY and REZA
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, February 3rd\, at 2:00 PM for the first in a series of small-scale\, largely acoustic Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab. \nVol. I:\nAJAY and REZA\n(piano) (tar\, voice) \nFollowing this first iteration\, subsequent concerts will take place the first Saturday of each month\, inside ImprovLab (108 MacKinnon Building\, University of Guelph Campus)—the best sounding room in Guelph! \nAs always\, entry is free and our “Pop Up Concerts” will remain low-key.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/events-pop-up-concert-series-volume-1/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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