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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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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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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
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