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People: Paul Watkins
IICSI is pleased to congratulate Paul Watkins who has accepted a position at Vancouver Island University. Beginning August 1st, 2015, Paul will join the Vancouver Island University English Department as…
AUMI Consortium News
The AUMI Consortium is an international research group dedicated to exploring, sustaining, developing, and sharing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument, a free software download interface that uses camera tracking to…
Video Play: An Improvised Film Series
Video Play: An Improvised Film Series Video Play: An Improvised Film Series brings together filmmakers from the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Ed Video’s Play Proposition II for…
Free City Radio
Art and community activism is the focus of Free City Radio, from McGill University’s campus radio station, CKUT. Free City Radio’s website includes interviews with a range of Montreal’s music…
ImprovNotes March 2015 Artist of the Month: Pablo Vazquez
As we usually hear little or nothing about improvised music from South America, this issue’s Artist of the Month is Pablo Vazquez, double bass and electric bass player, composer and…
Think Pieces: Improvisation and Leapfrogging
Think Pieces is a special project curated by PhD student Mark Kaethler (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph). In this new Think Piece, Improvisation and Leapfrogging: The History…
NEW: The Journal of Improvisation in Professional Practice
From Columbia University, Adam Tramantano reports the debut of a new open-access peer-reviewed scholarly journal on improvisation and work, The Journal of Improvisation in Professional Practice. “We publish scholarly articles…
IICSI in Regina: The Regina Improvisation Studies Centre
Rebecca Caines of the Regina Improvisation Studies Centre (RISC) reports that: RISC researcher Charity Marsh organized a March 8 workshop on “Fighting Monkey” movement, which stresses the role of improvisation…
Michelle Peek Leaves Critical Studies in Improvisation
After several years at the online journal Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation, Michelle Peek is stepping down as Managing Editor. We thank Michelle for her excellent…
Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston
During April 2015, North American audiences will have the rare opportunity of hearing the British duo of Trevor Watts (saxophones) and Veryan Weston (piano). Trevor Watts is a central figure…
