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“Has it started…?” by Rebecca Barnstaple – Artist Residency at ImprovLab

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

Please join us starting from Monday, May 27 , at 10:00 AM(ET) for "Has it Started...?" with IICSI Postdoctoral Fellow Rebecca Barnstaple. There will be a schedule of events each day until May 30th.  "Has it started...?" is a 4 day open-door artist residency and practice-based inquiry at the ImprovLab, University of Guelph. 

On May 31, at 11:00 AM (ET), Dr. Barnstaple has scheduled an Open Class, preceded by a lecture/webinar on adapted dance (Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre). Register here for the Open Class!

Free

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.

“Has it started…?” by Rebecca Barnstaple – Artist Residency at ImprovLab

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

Please join us starting from Monday, May 27 , at 10:00 AM(ET) for "Has it Started...?" with IICSI Postdoctoral Fellow Rebecca Barnstaple. There will be a schedule of events each day until May 30th.  "Has it started...?" is a 4 day open-door artist residency and practice-based inquiry at the ImprovLab, University of Guelph. 

On May 31, at 11:00 AM (ET), Dr. Barnstaple has scheduled an Open Class, preceded by a lecture/webinar on adapted dance (Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre). Register here for the Open Class!

Free

IF 2024: Silence-Producing Machine

Fonoteca Nacional de México Francisco Sosa 383, Barrio de Santa Catarina 04010, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico

"IF 2024: Silence-Producing Machine" takes place from Wednesday, June 26th to Saturday, June 29th, 2024 at the Fonoteca Nacional de México, Mexico City (Part of the XXXVII International Colloquium, “Silence-Producing Machine: Improvisation in and Beyond Music and the Arts“).

Free

IICSI Co-Presents: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis – Hillside Festival 2024

Guelph Lake Conservation Area 7743 Conservation Road, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Please join us on Saturday, July 20 at 10:00 PM (ET) for “The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis” at Hillside Festival 2024!
This performance will take place in person on Guelph Lake Island. Tickets are available on the Festival Website.

$116.24

“Aerials” with François Houle LIVE at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum

Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum 294 route 132 est, Coin-du-Banc, Quebec, Canada

Please join us on Monday, August 12 at 8:00 PM (ET) for “François Houle at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum."

This 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.

$10

François Houle and MILE Camp Participants LIVE at the Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc / Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum

Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum 294 route 132 est, Coin-du-Banc, Quebec, Canada

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."

This 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.

$10

Ultra-Sonic Moth Songs

The Moth Garden (Ignatius Jesuit Centre) 5420 Highway 6, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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. This performance will take place…

Free

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

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

Please join us from Wednesday, September 11 to Saturday, September 14 for the “2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, "Sheets of Sound: Jazz, Improvisation, and Liner Notes" in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

This colloquium will take place in person at the Arts Research Centre (ARC), MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph Campus. The event is free and open to everybody.

Free

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

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

Please join us from Wednesday, September 11 to Saturday, September 14 for the “2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, "Sheets of Sound: Jazz, Improvisation, and Liner Notes" in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

This colloquium will take place in person at the Arts Research Centre (ARC), MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph Campus. The event is free and open to everybody.

Free

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

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

Please join us from Wednesday, September 11 to Saturday, September 14 for the “2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, "Sheets of Sound: Jazz, Improvisation, and Liner Notes" in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

This colloquium will take place in person at the Arts Research Centre (ARC), MacKinnon Building, University of Guelph Campus. The event is free and open to everybody.

Free

Research Partners

International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation IICSI House,
9 University Avenue East,
Guelph, ON,
N1H 1M8
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53885 | [email protected]

Send mail to:
IICSI House
9 University Avenue East
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 1M8
improv@uoguelph.ca