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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241115T120000
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Phil Mullen\, "Ways Into Improvisation"
DESCRIPTION:*** Rescheduled to 12:00 PM (ET) *** \nPlease join us on Friday\, November 15 at 12:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Ways Into Improvisation” with Phil Mullen. \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. \nMore About the Workshop\nIn this participatory workshop\, Dr Mullen will look at three approaches to group improvising—1) improvising with pulse and rhythm\, 2) using stimuli such as text\, visuals and thematic starting points\, and 3) the Search and Reflect methodology as pioneered by Phil’s mentor John Stevens\, a key figure in European Free Group Improvisation. Please bring an instrument if possible. \nMore About the Presenter\nPhil Mullen has worked for forty years developing music with people who are socially excluded. He specializes in working with excluded children and young people at risk. He has run workshops\, seminars and training in 28 countries across Europe\, North and South America\, Australia and Asia. \nPhil has a PHD from Winchester University and has written a number of book chapters on musical inclusion including for the Oxford Handbook of Community Music (2018). Phil’s book “Challenging Voices: Music making with young people excluded from school” is published by Peter Lang.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-phil-mullen-ways-into-improvisation/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Thinking Spaces
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241113T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241113T141500
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SUMMARY:On Cuddling: Loved to Death in the Racial Embrace—Reading and Conversation with Dr. Phanuel Antwi (UBC)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, November 13 at 1:00 PM (ET) for On Cuddling: Loved to Death in the Racial Embrace—a Reading and Conversation with Dr. Phanuel Antwi (UBC) \nThis event will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. This event is free and open to everybody!\n \nMore About the Event\nRanging from the terrifying embrace of the slave ship’s hold to the racist encoding of ‘cuddly’ toys\, On Cuddling is a unique combination of essay and poetry that contends with the way racial violence is enacted through intimacy. Informed by Black feminist and queer poetics\, Antwi focuses his lens on the suffering of Black people at the hands of state violence and racial capitalism. As radical movements grow to advance Black liberation\, so too must our ways of understanding how racial capitalism embraces us all. Antwi turns to cuddling\, an act we imagine as devoid of violence\, and explores it as a tense transfer point of power. \nMore About the Presenter\nDr. Phanuel Antwi is the Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia. He is an artist\, teacher and organizer concerned with race\, poetics\, movements\, intimacy\, and struggle. He works with text\, dance\, film\, and photography to intervene in artistic\, academic\, and public spaces. He is a curator\, activist\, and associate professor. He is an alumnus of the U of G and a research team member with the IICSI. \nPresented by Interdisciplinary Programs\, the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation\, and the Office of Academic Equity and Anti-Racism
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/on-cuddling-loved-to-death-in-the-racial-embrace-reading-and-conversation-with-dr-phanuel-antwi-ubc/
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:20241102T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241102T210000
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SUMMARY:My Sextortion Diary - Co-presented by the Guelph Film Festival and Ed Video
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Saturday\, November 2 at 7:30 PM (ET) for the a screening of “My Sextortion Diary\,” directed by Patricia Franquesa (Spain)\, co-presented by the Guelph Film Festival and Ed Video.\n \nPatricia Franquesa ⋅ Spain ⋅ 64 min ⋅ Full Subtitles \n\nThis film screening will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is $15 or Pay What You Want. \nMore About the Event\nThe Guelph Film Festival is back from November 1st–9th\, showing films about our world and relationships\, with themes of resistance\, inclusion\, and care! \nIn collaboration with Ed Video\, the GFF will be screening Patricia Franquesa’s My Sextortion Diary at the ImprovLab. The film documents the experience of the filmmaker after her laptop is stolen and an anonymous hacker begins sending intimate images of her to her contacts\, demanding payment to stop. Realizing that thousands of others have had a similar experience\, and that the authorities will be of little help\, Franquesa takes it on herself to figure out a way to end this situation. Franquesa tells her story with humour and candour\, via texts\, emails\, and phone calls\, refusing to be shamed\, and “reclaiming the fragments of her body.” \nAfter the screening\, the audience will be able to take in Intimate Power\, “a media arts exploration of vulnerability online and living in a digital culture.” \nThe suggested admission for this event is $15\, but attendees are free to pay what they want—GFF would rather you come if interested than miss out because of the ticket cost\, so please do come on out! \nGrab your tickets here!
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/my-sextortion-diary-co-presented-by-the-guelph-film-festival-and-ed-video/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241025T123000
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Melissa Noventa\, "Movement Across Borders: Improvisation\, Diplomacy\, and Transcultural Dialogues"
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, October 25 at 11:00 AM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Movement Across Borders: Improvisation\, Diplomacy\, and Transcultural Dialogues” with Melissa Noventa\, accompanied by percussionist Mario Allende.\n \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via IICSI’s new Twitch Stream. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. \nMore About the Workshop\nIn a world with ever increasing migration and cultural exchange\, dance holds a unique power to facilitate dialogue across cultural and political boundaries. Combining an informal talk with an interactive movement session\, we’ll dive into how movement can act as a tool for diplomacy\, offering new ways to engage with people from different backgrounds and experiences. Participants will be encouraged to engage with the nuances of improvisation as both a personal and collective practice\, experiencing how movement can communicate across borders. Whether you are a seasoned dancer\, or someone just curious about how the body communicates\, come ready to move\, experiment and reflect. No prior experience is required—just a willingness to move and explore new ideas! \nMore About the Presenter\nMelissa Noventa is a dancer and ethnographer originally from Guelph\, Ontario. She has over 15 years of experience performing and teaching a wide range of dance genres\, including classical\, contemporary\, urban\, West African\, Latin\, and Afro-Caribbean vocabularies. Melissa has collaborated with renowned institutions such as NYU Tisch and performed alongside a diverse range of artists from Canada’s Arcade Fire to some of Cuba’s premier folkloric ensembles. Most recently\, she performed in the Obeah Opera which toured South Africa over the summer. Melissa holds a BFA and MA in Dance from York University and is currently a PhD candidate at Queen’s University where her research focuses on cultural diplomacy through music and dance\, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between Canada and Cuba. \nFor this presentation\, Melissa will be accompanied by percussionist Mario Allende.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-melissa-noventa-movement-across-borders-improvisation-diplomacy-and-transcultural-dialogues/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:Thinking Spaces
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241024T213000
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SUMMARY:"SAVE THE DATE!" A Creative Community Concert with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, October 24 at 7:00 PM (ET) for the culminating event of our Fall 2024 Improvisers-in-Residence Series: “SAVE THE DATE!” A Creative Community Concert with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon.\n \n\nThis community concert will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is FREE and open to everybody.\n \nMore About the Event\nAfter an inspiring series of six “Open Sessions” workshops\, IICSI’s 2024 Improvisers-in-Residence are thrilled to invite you to a two-part evening of creativity and surprise: \n“SAVE THE DATE! A Creative Community Concert with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon” \nThe night kicks off with an interactive\, behind-the-scenes look at how multidisciplinary collaboration comes to life\, as  Jimmy and Lilly\, along with an ensemble of creative community members from diverse artistic traditions\, invite you to “peak behind the curtain” and witness their creative process. \nIn the second half\, Jimmy and Lilly will take the stage for a more formal\, concert-style performance with VERY special guests. (We can’t spill the beans yet\, but you won’t want to miss it!) \nMore About the Performers\nJimmy Weinstein / drums\, piano\, guitar\, composer \nBorn in Chicago\, Jimmy moved with his family to California and Spain. A Berklee College of Music alumnus ’89 and leader of a consortium of New York based ensembles\, Jimmy has been on the move for over 25 years\, touring the US\, Europe and Japan.  Major associations include recordings and tours with virtuoso improvisers\, Ahmed Abdullah\, Chris Cheek\, Ben Monder\, Satoko Fujii\, Alex Harding\, Jeff Parker\, Oscar Noriega\, Natsuki Tamura\, Frank Carlberg\, Elie Massias\, Dan Fox\, Sten Hostfalt\, Masa Kamaguchi and Matt Renzi.  As a sideman he has worked supporting Sheila Jordan\, Noah Preminger\, Rachel Gould\, Greg Burk\, Marcello Tonolo and Reggie Veal.  \nIn collaboration with Abdullah\, Harding and Kamaguchi he founded the adventurous and highly acclaimed melodic quartet NAM\, whose album Song of Time was voted among the top 25 all time live performances by critic Kevin Whitehead. As a leader\, his discography contains albums released by Fresh Sound\, Clean Feed\, Accurate\, CIMP\, El Gallo Rojo and Gunther Schuller’s GM Recordings.  Among Weinstein’s current projects\, is a quartet featuring the pianist extraordinaire Satoko Fujii\, in addition to trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and vocalist Lilly Santon . As a teacher\, Weinstein’s experience has brought forth TRAVELING SCHOOL PLAYJAZZ\, an organization dedicated to conducting jazz workshops where he often performs with his students.  Jimmy’s new quintet features Chris Cheek\, Ben Monder\, Tom Beckham and Dave Ambrosio\, all musicians who he has worked with over the past 25 years\, coming together to perform Jimmy’s new compositions on his latest album “Sobrinos”.  \nTraveling School Playjazz has been organizing the yearly jazz workshop at the acclaimed Mallorca Jazz Sa Pobla Festival since 2006.  Over the years Jimmy has coordinated workshops with leading artists including Lee Konitz\, Sheila Jordan\, Chris Cheek\, Dennis Irwin\, Matt Garrison\, Noah Preminger\, Dan Fox\, Toni Miranda\, Pedro Cortejosa\, Perico Sambeat\, Marco Mezquida\, Paolo Porta and Carlo Cattano.  \nLilly / Liliana Santon / vocalist \nLilly Santon trained as an architect before venturing into the world of jazz and energy therapy. After spending her formative years in Brazil\, she attended middle and high school in Padua\, Italy and received her degree in architecture from the University of Venice. \nLilly lived in New York and Munich between 1980 and 2003 where she worked as an architect and studied jazz with the likes of Barry Harris\, Sheila Jordan\, Mark Murphy and Jay Clayton. During the 80’s in New York she performed with Don Cherry’s Collective Ensemble alongside Jim Pepper\, Bob Moses\, Dennis Charles and Clarence “C” Sharpe. While deepening her musical studies\, she trained in bio-energetic therapy\, which has been integrated into her teaching methods in private classes and workshops. In 2003\, she moved to Italy and Spain\, and co-founded the Cultural Association Traveling School. Lilly performs regularly with Satoko Fujii\, Jimmy Weinstein Quintet\, and different formations of the Traveling School Band. \nProjects include Sten Hosfalt’s Microtonal Ensemble Dimensional States; vocal duet improvisations with renowned composer Constance Cooper; 2014 appereances in NYC recording sessions with Jimmy Weinstein Quintet\, Noah Preminger. New collaborations 2016/2017 include Johnny Lapio’s Porta Palace featuring Satoko Fukjii\, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Natsuki Tamura.  Story Told By Sound a multi-media project with Elie Massias and Jimmy Weinstein.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/save-the-date-improvisers-in-residence-community-concert/
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:20241023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241023T130000
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SUMMARY:SOAN and IICSI Present: "Deference Rituals and Creative Buzz: Theorizing the Creative Trajectories of Songs and Songwriters" with Taylor Price.
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, October 23 at 12:00 PM (ET) for the first event in the 2024–2025 SOAN Seminar Series: “Deference Rituals and Creative Buzz: Theorizing the Creative Trajectories of Songs and Songwriters” with Taylor Price.\n \n\nThis presentation will take place in person inside MCKN 621 at the University of Guelph (6th floor\, next to the elevators). The event is free and open to everybody!\n \nMore About the Seminar\nTaylor 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. \nMore About the Presenter\nTaylor Price is a postdoctoral fellow in New York University’s Department of Sociology. He completed his PhD at the University of Toronto\, where he wrote a dissertation exploring how cognition\, interaction\, and relationships facilitate culture creation in songwriting teams. His postdoctoral research draws on ethnographic observations in music studios and interviews with music producers to understand how social interactions facilitate the linear and nonlinear dimensions of the creative process. Beyond his research on creative situations\, he has also written about cultural consecration\, knowledge production\, and qualitative social research methods. \nFor more information\, contact Prof. Mervyn Horgan (mhorgan@uoguelph.ca).
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/saon-and-iicsi-present-deference-rituals-and-creative-buzz-theorizing-the-creative-trajectories-of-songs-and-songwriters-with-taylor-price/
LOCATION:MCKN 621\, 87 Trent Lane\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G1Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241022T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241022T124500
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SUMMARY:"Singing in the Circle\," with the GCVI Chamber Choir\, Carey West\, and Joe Sorbara
DESCRIPTION: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.\n \nDon’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! \nRain Date: Thursday\, October 24. \n\n“Singing in the Circle” is presented by HowToDrawATree.ca with support from the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation\, UG Grounbds\, and the “Activating Art Microgrant” through the Guelph Arts Council.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/singing-in-the-circle-with-the-gcvi-chamber-choir-carey-west-and-joe-sorbara/
LOCATION:“How to Draw a Tree” Wellness Circle\, Johnson Green\, Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:IICSI events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240927T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240927T123000
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SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon\, "Building a Safe Creativity Environment"
DESCRIPTION: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! \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via IICSI’s new Twitch Stream. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. \n\nMore about this talk:\nJimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon founded Travelling School in 2002 in Padova\, Italy with the mission to teach jazz and improvisation as applied to general education. Many different projects grew out of this initiative. Drawing on their life in music and in association with other musicians\, they create workshops at jazz festivals\, music schools and regular schools.Over the course of twenty-two years since the founding of Travelling School\, Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon have developed a highly effective methodology for introducing concepts taken from jazz improvisation. These concepts can be applied to general and special education situations and dynamics. Today\, their introduction to these creative and educational concepts takes the shape of their workshop: Building a Safe Creativity Environment. \n\nSome of the points that will be outlined in this workshop could be: \n1. Inclusion with the self: Self inclusion exercises (most evident when one feels embarrassed). \n2. High Energy Encouragement: Positive high energy received in the moment of improvisation as a teacher. Real ability to improvise a class\, and how to develop this. \n3. Inclusion of conflict and disruption: Using disruption as catalyst for the improvising teacher applied in real life class dynamics. \n4. The Concert Game: The game of the 30 second concert presented as a game for kids. \n5. Listening to jazz pieces and transposing the emotion into a solo or interactive performance/concert. \nMore about the Speakers:\nJimmy Weinstein / drums\, piano\, guitar\, composer \nBorn in Chicago\, Jimmy moved with his family to California and Spain. A Berklee College of Music alumnus ’89 and leader of a consortium of New York based ensembles\, Jimmy has been on the move for over 25 years\, touring the US\, Europe and Japan.  Major associations include recordings and tours with virtuoso improvisers\, Ahmed Abdullah\, Chris Cheek\, Ben Monder\, Satoko Fujii\, Alex Harding\, Jeff Parker\, Oscar Noriega\, Natsuki Tamura\, Frank Carlberg\, Elie Massias\, Dan Fox\, Sten Hostfalt\, Masa Kamaguchi and Matt Renzi.  As a sideman he has worked supporting Sheila Jordan\, Noah Preminger\, Rachel Gould\, Greg Burk\, Marcello Tonolo and Reggie Veal.  \nIn collaboration with Abdullah\, Harding and Kamaguchi he founded the adventurous and highly acclaimed melodic quartet NAM\, whose album Song of Time was voted among the top 25 all time live performances by critic Kevin Whitehead. As a leader\, his discography contains albums released by Fresh Sound\, Clean Feed\, Accurate\, CIMP\, El Gallo Rojo and Gunther Schuller’s GM Recordings.  Among Weinstein’s current projects\, is a quartet featuring the pianist extraordinaire Satoko Fujii\, in addition to trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and vocalist Lilly Santon . As a teacher\, Weinstein’s experience has brought forth TRAVELING SCHOOL PLAYJAZZ\, an organization dedicated to conducting jazz workshops where he often performs with his students.  Jimmy’s new quintet features Chris Cheek\, Ben Monder\, Tom Beckham and Dave Ambrosio\, all musicians who he has worked with over the past 25 years\, coming together to perform Jimmy’s new compositions on his latest album “Sobrinos”.  \nTraveling School Playjazz has been organizing the yearly jazz workshop at the acclaimed Mallorca Jazz Sa Pobla Festival since 2006.  Over the years Jimmy has coordinated workshops with leading artists including Lee Konitz\, Sheila Jordan\, Chris Cheek\, Dennis Irwin\, Matt Garrison\, Noah Preminger\, Dan Fox\, Toni Miranda\, Pedro Cortejosa\, Perico Sambeat\, Marco Mezquida\, Paolo Porta and Carlo Cattano.  \nLilly / Liliana Santon / vocalist \nLilly Santon trained as an architect before venturing into the world of jazz and energy therapy. After spending her formative years in Brazil\, she attended middle and high school in Padua\, Italy and received her degree in architecture from the University of Venice. \nLilly lived in New York and Munich between 1980 and 2003 where she worked as an architect and studied jazz with the likes of Barry Harris\, Sheila Jordan\, Mark Murphy and Jay Clayton. During the 80’s in New York she performed with Don Cherry’s Collective Ensemble alongside Jim Pepper\, Bob Moses\, Dennis Charles and Clarence “C” Sharpe. While deepening her musical studies\, she trained in bio-energetic therapy\, which has been integrated into her teaching methods in private classes and workshops. In 2003\, she moved to Italy and Spain\, and co-founded the Cultural Association Traveling School. Lilly performs regularly with Satoko Fujii\, Jimmy Weinstein Quintet\, and different formations of the Traveling School Band. \nProjects include Sten Hosfalt’s Microtonal Ensemble Dimensional States; vocal duet improvisations with renowned composer Constance Cooper; 2014 appereances in NYC recording sessions with Jimmy Weinstein Quintet\, Noah Preminger. New collaborations 2016/2017 include Johnny Lapio’s Porta Palace featuring Satoko Fukjii\, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Natsuki Tamura.  Story Told By Sound a multi-media project with Elie Massias and Jimmy Weinstein. \nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-jimmy-weinstein-and-lilly-santon-building-a-safe-creativity-environment/
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:20240914T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240914T163000
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SUMMARY:KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble - Final Performance at the Guelph Jazz Festival
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Saturday\, September 14 at 3:00 PM (ET) for a public performance by the “KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble” at the Guelph Jazz Festival.\n \nThis performance will take place in person at TD Market Square\, Downtown Guelph. The event is free and open to everybody.\n \nMore About This Event:\nSince 2007\, KidsAbility and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) have partnered to bring award-winning musicians to support youth with varying developmental and physical needs. Play Who You Are includes a FREE series of musical improvisation workshops which culminate in a FREE public performance at the Guelph Jazz Festival. The KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble will be facilitated by Ben Finley. \nThis year\, the workshops take place on August 12th (info session)\, 14th\, 19th\, 21st\, and September 4th from 7-8 pm at ImprovLab\, located on the University of Guelph Campus. The final culminating performance will take place at the Guelph Jazz Festival on Saturday\, September 14th. \nMore About the Facilitator:\nBen Finley is an experienced collaborative and solo performer\, composer\, singer\, improviser\, and writer grounded in creative acoustic and electric bass playing. He leads and co-leads several ensembles and grew up on a music festival farm – Westben! He is a current Ph.D. candidate in the Critical Studies in Improvisation program at the University of Guelph. \nThe KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble will also be joined onstage by the IICSI Improvisers-in-Residence\, Jimmy Weinstein (drums\, piano\, guitar\, composer) and Lilly Santon (vocalist\, visual arts). \nFor more information\, and to register to participate in Play Who You Are\, contact Taylor Graham at improvce@uoguelph.ca.
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/kidsability-play-who-you-are-ensemble/
LOCATION:TD Market Square\, Guelph\, ON\, 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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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240820T213000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T160000
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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
DTSTAMP:20240716T141837Z
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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;VALUE=DATE:20240720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240721
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SUMMARY:Improvising Care  - McGill/Montreal\, October 5–9\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:Improvising Care\nMcGill/Montreal\nOct 5-9\, 2024\n“In a democratic society art should be the location where everyone can witness the joy\, pleasure\, and power that emerges when there is freedom of expression….” bell hooks\, “Workers for Artistic freedom” \n“Healing can occur . . . when one’s inner experience is made manifest and accepted by others.” Pauline Oliveros\, Sonic Meditations \nRecent history\, from COVID through climate change\, massive displacements of people\, a worrying increase in various forms of totalitarianism\, unjust wars (are there any other kinds?) the rapid rise of neo-liberalism (one can easily multiply this list) has both placed a greater focus on\, and need for\, care\, and at the same time radically reduced the structures from which care often operates. As traditional institutions of care are denuded of resources\, and governments implement policies that make care simultaneously more difficult to enact\, yet that much more needed\, it is fair to say we are facing a crisis of care. How can art and artists implement care in their practices? How should society care for artists\, and artists for each other\, and how can art itself be a tool for care and how should artists interact with communities in caring ways? Given improvisation’s ability to creatively and imaginatively find ways to modify existing structures\, subvert norms and implement new forms of sociality\, do we perhaps now more than ever need to improvise new models of care? \nSome topics might include: \n– How can artists work ethically in community\, showing care for them? \n– What would a society that cares for its artists look like\, what policies and structures would be called for? \n– How can art itself both model care and implement care—how can art be used to care for ourselves and others? \n– How does putting care front and centre in artistic practice problematize a host of traditional assumptions about what art is and what it isn’t? \n– How can new technologies both be used to create new possibilities for care\, and themselves be the subjects of care? \nWe invite contributions addressing the topic of care and the arts\, with an emphasis on the improvisatory. Contributions can be varied\, traditional papers\, panels\, discussions\, performances\, mixed-media\, videos\, interventions—we place no limitations per se on what you might want to contribute\, except that the linkage with the theme should be clear\, and technically the contribution should not require excessive equipment\, set up\, staff\, etc. \nSome of this event will be dedicated to research and performance emerging out of the COST-Funded Toolkit of Care project (https://toolkitof.care). This pan-European project focuses on ways in which artists can model care\, enact principles of care in their artistic practices\, and create networks of mutual care. \nWe will be partnering with Art in the Margins’ Festival Flux Festival\, which will run concurrently\, affording us fun evening performances! \nTHIS CALL IS NOT DIRECTED ONLY TO ACADEMICS! We seek out contributions from community members/organizations\, independent artists and researchers\, or anyone with an interest in this topic. \nPlease send your proposal to: eric.lewis@mcgill.ca by July 20. Please put in the subject heading “improvising care”. Be clear about what you are proposing. If it involves other participants\, please name them with contact info. If you have particular tech needs/space needs be clear about them. Also let us know the length of time you ideally would need—flexibility here is helpful (e.g.\, 25-40 mins\, is better than just 40 mins!). Please limit proposals to one page. \nWhile we will endeavor to have all our spaces wheelchair accessible\, please let us know in your proposal if you have any particular needs with respect to access or adaptability (or anything else that will allow us to make the event as welcoming to you as possible!). \nThis event is a partnership between IICSI\, LUC\, Toolkitofcare\, and Arts in the Margins
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-care-mcgill-montreal-october-5-9-2024/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:CFPs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240626T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240629T223000
DTSTAMP:20240624T154758Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T180000
DTSTAMP:20240528T171921Z
CREATED:20240528T171408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T171921Z
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SUMMARY:"Has it started...?" by Rebecca Barnstaple - Artist Residency at ImprovLab
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, starting 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.  \nOn 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! \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is free and open to all. \n\nMore About the Residency\n\n\nAdapted dance is a deeply improvisational practice\, created in relation with people of diverse mobilities and ages. Community members and visitors are invited to join Rebecca Barnstaple for a drop-in class at 11am on May 31st as a Friday kick-off for the Guelph Dance Festival. Rebecca has worked extensively with partners in dance/movement therapy\, IMPROVment\, dance for Parkinsons\, and dance for health internationally. Inspired by this broad scope of practice\, we will explore the possibilities present for the bodies in attendance.  All are welcome!  \nThe Open Class will be preceded by a LIVE broadcast of Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre\, a webinar exploring programs and research associated with adapted dance offered in partnership with the National Centre for Dance Therapy and Chigamik Community Health Centre. \n\nMore About the Presenter\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. 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/has-it-started-by-rebecca-barnstaple-artist-residency-at-improvlab/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTSTAMP:20240409T180117Z
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SUMMARY:CFP - The 2024 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium\, "Sheets of Sound: Jazz\, Improvisation\, and Liner Notes"
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn his liner notes for John Coltrane’s 1958 recording Soultrane\, jazz critic Ira Gitler famously coined the phrase “sheets of sound” to describe Coltrane’s unique style of improvisational playing. It’s an apt phrase not only for attempting to capture in writing the spirit and energy of Coltrane’s distinctive style\, but also for acting as a metaphoric descriptor for the very genre of liner notes. As an important part of the history of jazz and creative improvised music\, liner notes might themselves be considered as something akin to “sheets of sound” that have played a vital role in shaping our understanding of the music. \n“Part publication relations blitz\, part advertisement\, part advance directive for hipsters\, part forum for writers hoping to match chops with the musicians they adored\, liner notes accomplished several tasks at once” writes Timothy Gray in his essay on “Jazz Criticism and Liner Notes” in the recently published volume Jazz and American Culture. This year’s edition of The Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium invites presentations\, prompts\, and creative responses that reflect on some of these tasks\, and that take up the question of what it means to use the liner note genre to write about jazz and creative improvised music. \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? \nCiting the “far-out notes produced by Sun Ra\, John Coltrane\,” and others\, Daphne Brooks in her book Liner Notes for the Revolution explains that “liner notes hold out the possibility of operating as critical\, fictional\, or experimental works of writing in and of themselves. Conventional liner notes\,” she suggests\, “often walk a fine line between pedagogy and socialization\, between sociohistorical and cultural reportage and heuristic conditioning (here’s how and why to love the artist in question). The most ambitious notes strive toward the narrative realization\, or the narrative reimagining\, of a sonic collection of songs altogether.” What\, then\, does it mean to engage in a narrative realization or reimagining of music? What are some of the critical\, fictional\, conceptual\, or experimental forms and practices being advanced by writers of liner notes? What is it like to hear about the music from the artist’s perspective\, and how might this shape the listener’s sonic experience? What is the future of liner notes in an age dominated by the digital delivery and dissemination of music? Does writing liner notes constitute a lost art or is the practice enjoying a resurgence? In what ways do archived/archival forms of liner notes play into thinking and writing about jazz and creative improvised music today? And what roles do artwork\, design and layout play in the presentation and impact of liner notes and the reception of an album? \nWe invite presentations that address these (and other related) questions and concerns\, as well as creative work that takes up the conference prompts. We are particularly interested in interdisciplinary presentations that speak to both an academic audience and a general public. We also invite presenters to submit completed versions of their papers and presentations to our peer‐reviewed journal\, Critical Studies in Improvisation/Études critiques en improvisation (www.criticalimprov.com) for consideration. \nPlease send (500 word) proposals (for 15-minute delivery—alternate formats may also be considered) and a short bio by May 31\, 2024\, to Dr. Ajay Heble at jazzcoll@uoguelph.ca
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/cfp-2024-gjfc-sheets-of-sound-jazz-improvisation-and-liner-notes/
LOCATION:Ontario
CATEGORIES:CFPs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T180000
DTSTAMP:20240528T171921Z
CREATED:20240528T171408Z
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SUMMARY:"Has it started...?" by Rebecca Barnstaple - Artist Residency at ImprovLab
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, starting 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.  \nOn 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! \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is free and open to all. \n\nMore About the Residency\n\n\nAdapted dance is a deeply improvisational practice\, created in relation with people of diverse mobilities and ages. Community members and visitors are invited to join Rebecca Barnstaple for a drop-in class at 11am on May 31st as a Friday kick-off for the Guelph Dance Festival. Rebecca has worked extensively with partners in dance/movement therapy\, IMPROVment\, dance for Parkinsons\, and dance for health internationally. Inspired by this broad scope of practice\, we will explore the possibilities present for the bodies in attendance.  All are welcome!  \nThe Open Class will be preceded by a LIVE broadcast of Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre\, a webinar exploring programs and research associated with adapted dance offered in partnership with the National Centre for Dance Therapy and Chigamik Community Health Centre. \n\nMore About the Presenter\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. 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/has-it-started-by-rebecca-barnstaple-artist-residency-at-improvlab/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T180000
DTSTAMP:20240528T171921Z
CREATED:20240528T171408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T171921Z
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SUMMARY:"Has it started...?" by Rebecca Barnstaple - Artist Residency at ImprovLab
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, starting 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.  \nOn 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! \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is free and open to all. \n\nMore About the Residency\n\n\nAdapted dance is a deeply improvisational practice\, created in relation with people of diverse mobilities and ages. Community members and visitors are invited to join Rebecca Barnstaple for a drop-in class at 11am on May 31st as a Friday kick-off for the Guelph Dance Festival. Rebecca has worked extensively with partners in dance/movement therapy\, IMPROVment\, dance for Parkinsons\, and dance for health internationally. Inspired by this broad scope of practice\, we will explore the possibilities present for the bodies in attendance.  All are welcome!  \nThe Open Class will be preceded by a LIVE broadcast of Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre\, a webinar exploring programs and research associated with adapted dance offered in partnership with the National Centre for Dance Therapy and Chigamik Community Health Centre. \n\nMore About the Presenter\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. 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/has-it-started-by-rebecca-barnstaple-artist-residency-at-improvlab/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T180000
DTSTAMP:20240528T171921Z
CREATED:20240528T171408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T171921Z
UID:14464-1716804000-1716832800@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:"Has it started...?" by Rebecca Barnstaple - Artist Residency at ImprovLab
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, starting 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.  \nOn 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! \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is free and open to all. \n\nMore About the Residency\n\n\nAdapted dance is a deeply improvisational practice\, created in relation with people of diverse mobilities and ages. Community members and visitors are invited to join Rebecca Barnstaple for a drop-in class at 11am on May 31st as a Friday kick-off for the Guelph Dance Festival. Rebecca has worked extensively with partners in dance/movement therapy\, IMPROVment\, dance for Parkinsons\, and dance for health internationally. Inspired by this broad scope of practice\, we will explore the possibilities present for the bodies in attendance.  All are welcome!  \nThe Open Class will be preceded by a LIVE broadcast of Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre\, a webinar exploring programs and research associated with adapted dance offered in partnership with the National Centre for Dance Therapy and Chigamik Community Health Centre. \n\nMore About the Presenter\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. 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/has-it-started-by-rebecca-barnstaple-artist-residency-at-improvlab/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240527T180000
DTSTAMP:20240528T171921Z
CREATED:20240528T171408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T171921Z
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SUMMARY:"Has it started...?" by Rebecca Barnstaple - Artist Residency at ImprovLab
DESCRIPTION:Please join us\, starting 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.  \nOn 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! \nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. The event is free and open to all. \n\nMore About the Residency\n\n\nAdapted dance is a deeply improvisational practice\, created in relation with people of diverse mobilities and ages. Community members and visitors are invited to join Rebecca Barnstaple for a drop-in class at 11am on May 31st as a Friday kick-off for the Guelph Dance Festival. Rebecca has worked extensively with partners in dance/movement therapy\, IMPROVment\, dance for Parkinsons\, and dance for health internationally. Inspired by this broad scope of practice\, we will explore the possibilities present for the bodies in attendance.  All are welcome!  \nThe Open Class will be preceded by a LIVE broadcast of Danse adaptee pour le bien-etre\, a webinar exploring programs and research associated with adapted dance offered in partnership with the National Centre for Dance Therapy and Chigamik Community Health Centre. \n\nMore About the Presenter\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. 
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/has-it-started-by-rebecca-barnstaple-artist-residency-at-improvlab/
LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T210000
DTSTAMP:20240502T144208Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240505T190000
DTSTAMP:20240502T143606Z
CREATED:20240502T143457Z
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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
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UID:13998-1714654800-1714662000@improvisationinstitute.ca
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:20240314T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240314T163000
DTSTAMP:20240401T132513Z
CREATED:20240307T142300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240401T132513Z
UID:14338-1710428400-1710433800@improvisationinstitute.ca
SUMMARY:Labour and Us: A Workshop and Performance Series
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Labour and Us: A Workshops and Performance Series by IMPR Students “Cohort Four / Almost Alchemy.” All workshop events and the final performance are free\, and the organizers a offering free snacks and hot beverages. Participation is limited to folks ages 19 and up. Please register for these special workshops at the Eventbrite link. \nThe schedule is as follows:\nWorkshop 1) Thursday March 14\, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm at ImprovLab\, MCK U of G \nWRITING & IMPROVISED DANCE WORKSHOP W/ AIMÉE DAWN ROBINSON \nWorkshop 2) Wednesday March 27\, 5:00 pm -7:00 pm Silence\, 46 Essex \nSTORYTELLING THROUGH MUSIC SHARING W/ MATTHEW ENDAHL \nWorkshop 3) Friday April 5\, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm at Guelph Public Library\, East Side Branch \nDEVISED MAKING (HANDS-ON) WORKSHOP W/ MICHAEL BERGMANN \nWorkshop 4) Wednesday April 17\, 5-6:30pm at Massey Hall\, room 300\, U of G \nDEVISED THEATRE CONFLICT RESOLUTION W/ TOM SCHOLTE \nPerformance and Roundtable Discussion – Friday April 19\, 7:00 pm\, ImprovLab\, MCK U of G \nParticipating in the performance is optional (but encouraged!) and requires taking part in at least one workshop\, though we’d love to have all workshop participants join as much as possible. The roundtable discussion will feature Alan Filewod\, Cynthia Ashperger\, and Judith Thompson\, and explore the history of worker’s theatre\, how labour and the arts interesect\, and how radical labour may help (re)define our work in the arts in the future. \nMore About the Events:\nThe workshops are designed for workers to explore creative outlets for themselves\, to build solidarity with each other through the arts. We are CUPE 3913 members – but all workers are welcome to attend! For all people ages 19 and up. \nMore About the Organizers:\nWe’re second year PhD students\, Michael F Bergmann\, Lucas Carravetta\, Matthew Endahl\, and Aimée Dawn Robinson – the fourth cohort of the Critical Studies in Improvisation program (IMPR) at the University of Guelph. We come from dance\, music\, and theatre backgrounds. We also have a band called Almost Alchemy\, which you can check out it here!
URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/labour-and-us-a-workshop-and-performance-series/
LOCATION:Ontario
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T150000
DTSTAMP:20240212T141616Z
CREATED:20240212T135924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T141616Z
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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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