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 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…

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

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

KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble – Final Performance at the Guelph Jazz Festival

TD Market Square Guelph, ON, Canada

Please join us on Saturday, September 14 at 3:00 PM (ET) for the culminating performance of the “KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble" at the Guelph Jazz Festival. This performance will take place in person at TD Market Square, Downtown Guelph. The event is free and open to everybody!

Free

Thinking Spaces: Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon, “Building a Safe Creativity Environment”

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

Please join us on Friday, September 27 at 11:00 AM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Building a Safe Creativity Environment” with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon, a featured event in the Ontario Culture Days calendar!

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!

Free

“Singing in the Circle,” with the GCVI Chamber Choir, Carey West, and Joe Sorbara

"How to Draw a Tree" Wellness Circle Johnson Green, Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Please join us on Tuesday, October 22 at 12:15 PM(ET) for “Singing in the Circle,” with the GCVI Chamber Choir, Carey West, and Joe Sorbara. This concert will take place at the "How To Draw A Tree" Wellness Circle, at the SW corner of Johnson Green, University of Guelph Campus (across from the Reynolds Building near Gordon Street). The event is free and open to all students and community.

Don't miss the GCVI Chamber Choir (directed by: Lane Osborne) improvising with vocalist Carey West and percussionist Joe Sorbara in a special collaboration with the IICSI!

Free

SOAN and IICSI Present: “Deference Rituals and Creative Buzz: Theorizing the Creative Trajectories of Songs and Songwriters” with Taylor Price.

MCKN 621 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Taylor Price will dive into the dynamics of culture creation in songwriting teams, exploring how cognition, interaction, and relationships shape the creative process. Drawing from his ethnographic observations in music studios and interviews with music producers, he will discuss the social interactions that drive both the linear and nonlinear paths of creativity.

Free

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