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ICSII team member Joel Bakan releases new album with Rebecca Jenkins
Rebecca Jenkins and Her Trio, Live at the Cellar was recorded in February 2014 at The Cellar in Vancouver. Bakan is the partner of Jenkins and the album features their son Myim on drums, and Bruce Meikle…
Oral Histories Project: Linda Hutcheon
Oral Histories is a showcase of interviews, performances, and articles by and about improvising musicians, artists, writers and scholars. This monthly feature offers an intimate look inside the minds and practices…
IICSI People: Congratulations Mark Laver
Please join us in congratulating Mark Laver (ICASP Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-13) who has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Music (Jazz) at Grinnell College (Iowa, U.S.). His research…
CFP: Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2014
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, September 3-5, 2014 “The future is always here in the past” -Amiri Baraka, “Jazzmen: Diz & Sun Ra” The Guelph Jazz Festival, in conjunction…
ImprovNotes May 2014 Artist of the Month: Phil Minton
Phil Minton is a free jazz and improvising vocalist (and trumpeter) with a wide range of voices and extended vocal techniques. Minton is known for his theatrical baritone and his…
Silence: Guelph’s Portal for Adventurous New Sound Events
Silence includes an ongoing concert series, occasional improvisation sessions, and handmade music nights and workshops. Check out Silence’s inaugural Membership programme Supporter – Name your amount – thank you! You’re helping to keep the lights…
Oral Histories Project: Roger Dean, Tracey Nicholls, and Rebecca Caines
Oral Histories is a showcase of interviews, performances, and articles by and about improvising musicians, artists, writers and scholars. This monthly feature offers an intimate look inside the minds and practices…
IICSI People: Congratulations Ajay Heble!
Project Director, Ajay Heble has been awarded the Dr. William Winegard Exemplary Volunteer Involvement Award In 2007, the University of Guelph, United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin, and the Volunteer Centre…
Regina Improv Symposium was an Enormous Success
The Improv Symposium, “Saying Yes,” recently took place at the Regina Improvisation Studies Centre. The Regina Improvisation Studies Centre, directed by Dr. Rebecca Caines, is part of the new SSHRC…
ImprovNotes April 2014 Artist of the Month: Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stanko is known for his skillful negotiation of beautiful melodies and free improvisation. The New Yorker describes him as “One of the most original and…
