IICSI Research Studio Session, Featuring Dr. Rashida K. Braggs’ “Amber in the City of Light”

ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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"

The morning will kick off with Dr. Braggs' keynote, followed by presentations of student work through the rest of the day. Detailed schedule to follow.

This 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. 

This 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.

Free

Live @ImprovLab: Susanna Hood Trio and Sarah Belle Reid

ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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. 

This 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!

$15

ImprovLab Open House Sessions, April 18

ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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!

CFP – The 2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, “Sheets of Sound: Jazz, Improvisation, and Liner Notes”

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI), in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival and the University of Guelph, invites proposals for presentations at our annual interdisciplinary international conference. The colloquium will take place September 11-13, 2024, as part of the 31st annual Guelph Jazz Festival. Featuring panel discussions, debates, performances, workshops, keynote presentations, and critical conversations among researchers, artists, and audiences, the colloquium fosters a spirit of collaborative, boundary-defying inquiry and dialogue, and an international exchange of cultural forms and knowledges.