Musical Improvisation
Thinking Spaces: Andrew Goldman, “The Cognition of Musical Improvisation: Theories and Experiments”
Improvisation is a challenging topic to study using the theories and methods of cognitive science owing to the difficulty of defining it, and the diversity of improvisatory practices. I share my theoretical frameworks for engaging this challenge as well as the results from some behavioral and neuroscientific studies. Ultimately, I draw upon improvisation as a case study for exploring the difficulties of using science to understand music more generally.
KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble – Final Performance at the Guelph Jazz Festival
Please join us on Saturday, September 14 at 3:00 PM (ET) for the culminating performance of the “KidsAbility Play Who You Are Ensemble” at the Guelph Jazz Festival. This performance will take place in person at TD Market Square, Downtown Guelph. The event is free and open to everybody!
Dans les arbres In Concert
Following their free workshop earlier that day, Dans les arbres will be performing a free concert at 8 PM on Thursday, November 30, in the ImprovLab! As with the workshop,…
Thinking Spaces – Brent Lee
The Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker Series Presents Brent Lee: Musical Improvisation within Audiovisual Installations: Recent Work at the Noiseborder Multimedia Performance Lab Friday March 10, 2017.
