This Thurdsay at Noon Concert at the University of Guelph showcases the Guelph Jazz Festival with New-York based world music ensemble, Banda Magda.  South American rhythm create the pulse of this energizing group of friends that sing in 5 different languages in a global mix of colour and sound. Concerts start at 12:10 p.m. SHARP…

Please join us every monday morning at 9:30 am for an invigorating morning session of improvisation. coffee and tea are offered. $5 or free with a breakfast food contribution.

BRICK QUARTET Jeff Henderson: Sax and Clarinet Vicky Mettler: Guitar Raphaël Foisy : Bass Félix Lachance: Drums WITH THE INIMITABLE BEN GROSSMAN & MICHAEL MUCCI The Brick Quartet consists of three musicians from Montreal, Canada—Vicky Mettler on guitar, Raphaël Foisy-Couture on bass and Jacob Desjardins on drums joined on tour this fall by New Zealand…

–Reflection by Ellen Ringler– In late summer 2015, I had the pleasure of joining IICSI’s “Say Who You Are, Play Who You Are” improvisational music workshops run in collaboration with Rainbow Day Camp and KidsAbility. The workshops were facilitated by music therapist and community musician Laura Stinson. As a Research Assistant, I was introduced to…

Former chair of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) Douglas R. Ewart (reeds) is the current IICSI/Musagetes improviser-in-residence. Mr. Ewart is a versatile composer, improviser, sculptor and maker of masks and instruments, educator, lecturer, and all around visionary. In projects done in diverse media throughout an award-winning and widely acclaimed 40-year career,…

In IICSI’s home base, Guelph, ON, the new community space Silence continues to present important work. Upcoming concerts include a “Monk Marathon” starting at 1pm on Sunday March 22, featuring Jean Derome’s trio “Evidence,” the Toronto duo “Hat and Beard” with Ken Aldcroft and Dave Clark, and Toronto vibraphonist Michael Davidson. Visit Silence online.

The 2015 McGill Colloquium (a joint effort of IICSI, IHSP, and SALA) invites submissions related to the theme of “Improvisation and Community Health.” This conference will explore these and other related themes, asking questions such as: How might features of improvisatory practices (whether they concern the production, reception or mediation of the improvisatory) suggest new…