The Colloquium “Improvisation and the Politics of Everyday Sounds: Cornelius Cardew and Beyond” takes the work of British composer Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) as a point of departure for a reflection on the aesthetic, ethical, and political entailments of forms of art and activism that engage with improvisatory creative practices. In his work with groups such…

FREE EVENT in New York with David Lee Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 6:30 pm Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street, Room I202, New York, NY In the 1950s and ’60s, the Five Spot Café (in two locations on Cooper Square) was a major nexus, not only of top-notch jazz, but…

Howl! Art + Activism : Panel Discussion, Anti-Capitalist Art: June 21, 2014, 1:00pm, Sala Rosa Restaurant Espagnol. Co-presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, McGill, this workshop series is free and open to the public. See website for details of past and future events. Remaining workshops include: For more information, please visit their website. Free and open to all!…

Agustí Fernández – Atelier Tools of the Trade: June 18, 2014, noon, Sala Rossa. Leading Spanish pianist and instructor who has performed with Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald, Barry Guy amongst others. Will discuss Free Improvisation. Bring your instruments. Co-presented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, McGill, this workshop series is free and…

Presented by GSU School of Music, Neuroscience Institute, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, & the Center for Collaborative and International Arts. Following the success of the first Improvising Brain Symposium in 2013 and the related theme issue in Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, the Improvising Brain II: Multiple Perspectices symposium will once again explore questions…

March 8-10, 2015, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. Presented by GSU School of Music, Neuroscience Institute, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, & the Center for Collaborative and International Arts. Following the success of the first Improvising Brain Symposium in 2013 and the related theme issue in Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, the Improvising Brain II: Multiple…

Coastal Jazz and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) will host a two-day colloquium on Saturday June 21 & Sunday June 22, 2014, focused on the theme of improvising across boundaries. Presentations by members of the artistic and scholarly communities will focus around the ways in which improvisation – in music, in…

The College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University in conjunction with the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and the Popular Music Studies Program at OSU will host a one-day conference and festival on the topic of Hip Hop Music and Culture. The conference will bring together two aspects of hip hop music: scholarship and performance.…

The College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University in conjunction with the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and the Popular Music Studies Program at OSU will host a one-day conference and festival on the topic of Hip Hop Music and Culture. The conference will bring together two aspects of hip hop music: scholarship and performance.…

The Muted Note, a multi-faceted collaboration including the performance of a suite of songs based on poetry by P.K. Page, one of Canada’s most celebrated literary figures. Scott Thomson and Susanna Hood perform the suite as a duo; with Scott’s quintet, The Disguises (with Nicolas Caloia, Yves Charuest, and Pierre Tanguay); and as a full…