University of British Columbia Colloquium

The University of British Columbia Colloquium is presented annually, regularly in partnership with the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society.

Past Colloquia

• 2023 Improvising Futures: Sound Futures, Futures Sounds
• 2020 Improvising Forward: Persevere, Repair, Sustain
• 2019 Agile Futures: Approaching Improvisation
• 2018 Sounding Promise in the Present Tense: Improvising Through Troubled Times
• 2017 Lines of Flight: Improvisation, Hope and Refuge
• 2016 Breathturns: Improvisation and Freedom
• 2015 Time Changes: Improvisation, History and the Body
• 2014 Improvising Across Boundaries
• 2012 Jazz, Race, and Politics
• 2011 Shift, Mix, Blur: Improvising Across Boundaries
• 2010 Sound Lines: Improvisation, Text, and Media
• 2009 Power Play: Improvisation in Sport
• 2007 Comin’ Out Swingin’: Sexualities in Improvisation