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, featuring AJAY, EMMA, KATHRYN, and jashen
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.
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!
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!
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!
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…
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.
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!
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.
"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“).
Improvising Care
McGill/Montreal
Oct 5-9, 2024
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.
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]
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IICSI House
9 University Avenue East
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 1M8
improv@uoguelph.ca
