Research Library
As part of our commitment to making our work and outputs accessible, and to generate further dialogue on the issues we explore, IICSI has created an online Research Library. Here you will find a range of pieces including films, articles, think pieces, and interviews. Please use the search function or browse, and check back again as this library will be updated regularly.
Research outcomes related to the Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice project (2007-2013) are forthcoming.
2012 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium Abstracts and Bios
Biographies and abstracts for all colloquium speakers and presenters at the 2012 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. Participants: David Ake (Keynote), Derek Andrews, Gwen Ansell (Keynote), Vanessa Blais-Tremblay, Hannah Burgé Luviano,…
2011 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium Abstracts and Bios
Biographies and abstracts for all colloquium speakers and presenters at the 2011 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. Participants: Olabanji Akinola, Jeff Albert, Patrick Boyle, Tegan Ceschi-Smith, Jayne Cortez (Keynote), Alain Derbez,…
2010 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium Abstracts and Bios
Biographies and abstracts for all colloquium speakers and presenters at the 2010 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium. Participants: Melvin Backstrom, Sharon Morgan Beckford, George Blake, Wilson Blakely, Angela Blumberg and Augusto…
2009 Colloquium Abstracts and Biographies
Biographies and abstracts for all colloquium speakers and presenters at the 2009 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium.
2009 Colloquium Schedule of Events
Full schedule for the 2009 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, September 9–11, 2009.
PERFORMANCE: Hearing-Visions-Sonores Launch
Jesse Stewart, Joe Sorbara, and Germaine Liu perform a structured improvisation using only percussive instruments.
PERFORMANCE: Ah Raza! The Making of an American Artist
A video recording of a multimedia performative ethnography. Ah Raza! The Making of an American Artist.
KEYNOTE: Tono Rhythymology and Biocosmology: New Paradigms for Creating a Unified All-Pervasive Music
Dr. Milford Graves discusses his theories regarding musical orthodoxies and the connections between music and the biological body
KEYNOTE: Citizen Monk: Stories of Civic Engagement and Visionary Politics
Dr. Robin Kelley discusses the defiance of form that characterized Thelonious Monk’s music, and argues that even if Monk viewed his own music as apolitical, it still inspired political action by exemplifying an ethos of freedom that applies directly to the social world.
2007 Speaker Biographies and Abstracts
Biographies and abstracts for all speakers and presenters at the 2007 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium on “People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz is NOW!” Held September 5–7, 2007.
