Schedule / Programme

Tentative Schedule of Events  [PDF] [DOC]
subject to change

Sun Aug 4

Travel Day for Summer Institute Participants (check-in after 5pm)
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Mon Aug 5

Early Morning: Sunrise Patio Concert (unscheduled and optional)
Morning Session A: Getting to know you: Dialogue / Exchange (2 – MILE & SI) – Marianne Trudel 
Morning Session B : Working in Duo and Trio Formations –Marianne Trudel
Afternoon Session A: Working in Duo and Trio Formations (1:15-3:30) –Marianne Trudel
Afternoon Session B: Deep Listening at Land’s End (3:45-5:00) – Kathy Kennedy
Evening: Introduction to the Summer Institute and sharing of research interests
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Tues Aug 6

Early Morning: Sunrise Patio Concert (unscheduled and optional)
Morning Session A: Sound Processing and Diffusion Strategies for Acoustic Instruments – Robin Servant
Morning Session B: Working in Trio and Quartet Formations – Marianne Trudel
Afternoon Session A: Open collaboration time (small group breakouts, duo and trio formations)
Afternoon Session B: Regional tours and extra-curricular activities (Alain Chalifour)
Evening: Colloquium Brainstorming Session
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Wed Aug 7

Early Morning: Sunrise Patio Concert (unscheduled and optional)
Morning Session A: Working with Thematic Material – Marianne Trudel
Morning Session B: Collecting and Sampling Nature Sounds – Marianne Trudel
Afternoon Session A: Playing Nature, Take 1: Sound – Marianne Trudel
Afternoon Session B: Playing Nature, Take 2: Image – Marianne Trudel
Evening: Colloquium Brainstorming Session
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Thurs Aug 8

Early Morning: Sunrise Concert – Robin Servant
Morning Session A: Found and Invented Instruments – Jesse Stewart
Morning Session B: Rehearsal for performance.
Afternoon Session A: Rehearsal for performance.
Afternoon Session B & Evening: Travel to Gaspé, load-in, sound check. Performance at Festival Musique du Bout du Monde (all participants) @ 4:30-5:30pm
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Fri Aug 9

Early Morning: Sunrise Patio Concert (unscheduled and optional)
Morning Session A: Making Sound Instruments from Recycled/Salvaged Material – Michael Waterman 
Morning Session B: Rehearsal with Marianne Trudel and preparation for concert
Afternoon Session A: Rehearsal for performance.
Afternoon Session B & Evening: Grand Finale: MILE Camp Participants in Concert with Marianne Trudel @ 4pm @ Musée. Group dinner and fire on the beach.
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Sat Aug 10

Early Morning: Sunrise Concert – Reza Yazdanpanah
Optional Field Trips (Participants to coordinate own transportation.)
Evening : Concert: Marianne Trudel and Karen Young  @ 8:30pm @ La vieille usine $32 (Optional – participants to coordinate own transportation.
Late Evening: Free time or jam session on the beach.

Sunday August 11

9:30-11:30: Sunrise Concert (optional and unscheduled). Welcome and Introduction to Week 2 –Frederique Arroyas and Ajay Heble
1:30-3:30: Free time / project work
4:30-6:30: Free time / project work
8-9:30 pm: Vertical Squirrels Concert @ Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc (Optional – participants to coordinate own transportation)

Monday August 12

9:30-11:30:  Mapping the Ecology of Improvised Music Performance in Canada – Ellen Waterman
1:30-3:30: Improvising Identity: Jeanne Lee and Anti-Essentialist Singing – Eric Lewis
4:30-6:30: Development of project proposals and open collaboration
8-9:30 pm

Tuesday August 13

9:30-11:30:  Barachois in Situ (en français) – John Michaud
1:30-3:30: Global Approaches to Socially-Engaged Improvisation – Rebecca Caines &  Jesse Stewart
4:30-6:30: Development of project proposals and open collaboration
8-9:30 pm: Group Dinner in Percé (TBC, to be booked and reserved in advance)

Wednesday August 14

9:30-11:30: Improvising in a Silent Way – Ajay Heble
1:30-3:30: Human-Computer Interactivity – Jim Harley
4:30-6:30: Graduate student research studio session prep and development
8-9:30 pm: Optional: Zoé Jean-Deslauriers Concert @ Musée culturel de Coin-du-Banc $$ ? (Optional – participants to coordinate own transportation)

Thursday August 15

9:30-11:30: Storytelling and Improvisation – Frederique Arroyas
1:30-3:30: Graduate student research studio session prep and development
4:30-6:30
8-9:30 pm

Friday August 16

9:30-11:30: Free time, open collaboration, work on projects, etc.
1:30-3:30: Public colloquium with research and creative presentations by student participants 2-5pm, followed by final performance by participants and faculty
4:30-6:30
8-9:30 pm

Saturday August 17

Travel Day (check-out by 10 am)