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Home » Workshops & Conferences » University of British Columbia Colloquium

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

Workshops & Conferences

  • Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium
  • McGill Colloquium
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland Colloquium and Workshops
  • University of British Columbia Colloquium
  • University of Regina Colloquium
  • Other Colloquia and Events
  • Musical Improvisation at Land’s End / Coin-du-Banc en folie
  • Summer Institute / Institute d'été

Research Partners

  • Carleton University Carleton University
  • The University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia
  • University of Guelph University of Guelph
  • 17, Institute of Critical Studies 17, Institute of Critical Studies
  • Musagetes Musagetes
  • Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast
  • Memorial University Memorial University
  • University of Regina University of Regina
  • McGill University McGill University
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