June 20-21, 2015 Vancouver, British Columbia UBC Robson Campus Room C100 10am-5pm FREE Time Changes is an academic symposium including presentations from artists, performers, scholars and community members from across the continent, with keynote talks by percussionist-composer-improvisers Gerry Hemingway and Billy Martin, who are both performing at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The colloquium…

Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation (CSI-ÉCI) invites submissions for a special issue with the theme, “Just Improvisation: Enriching child protection law through musical techniques, discourses, and pedagogies,” guest edited by Sara Ramshaw and Paul Stapleton. We seek contributions from scholars and practitioners with an interest in exploring the possibility of transposing the…

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, 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 14-18 as part of the 23rd annual Guelph Jazz Festival. Featuring panel discussions, debates, performances, immersive experiences, a sharing of…

IICSI, in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival and the University of Guelph, presents the colloquium: Improvise Here! Profiles in Practice, taking place September 14-18 as part of the 23rd annual Guelph Jazz Festival.