Thinking Spaces: Thursday January 23, 2014
Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2014Please join us for the next Thinking Spaces Reading Group session, "Creative Vocalizing," on January 23, 2014 from 4:30-6:30 pm at the Guelph Public Library (100 Norfolk Street). The session comprises a discussion and series of group vocal improvisations with Dr. Helen Pridmore.
Call for Papers - Improvising Across Borders 2014 (Due Feb 6)
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2014The Center for Improvised Arts, Performance and Research, which is sponsored by the Agosto Foundation, invites proposals for papers and presentations at Improvising Across Borders (IAB 2014), an inter-disciplinary festival and symposium on improvisation, which will be held July 17-19, 2014 at The New Town Hall, Prague, Czech Republic.
Thinking Spaces: Thursday January 9, 2014
Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2014The next meeting of the Thinking Spaces Reading Group and Speakers Series will occur Thursday January 9, 4-6pm at the Guelph Public Library at 100 Norfolk street (2nd floor boardroom - just follow the stairs from the main entrance, it's right at the top). At this meeting Dr. Chris Tonelli will lead a discussion on the connections between mimetic art and improvised music. He will draw on the work of Dr.
Critical Studies in Improvisation - Call for Papers - Cyphers: Hip Hop and Improvisation
Posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation invites submissions for a special issue with the theme “Cyphers: Hip Hop and Improvisation,” guest-edited by Rebecca Caines and Paul Watkins. This special issue of CSI will draw together artists and academics to investigate the crucial role improvisation plays in the international field of Hip Hop, and in the related field of critical Hip Hop studies. We seek contributions from artist/practitioners and from scholars working across the disciplines.
Spirit(s) Improvise: A Symposium on Improvisation and Spirituality
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2013Friday December 6, 2013 Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, ON Spirit(s) Improvise brings together distinguished scholars, musicians and spiritual practitioners to explore the relationship between improvisation and spirituality. How can improvisation and spirituality, broadly defined as frameworks through which people imagine and enact alternative ways of being in the world, contribute to our understandings of imagination and creativity, community and space, and transcendence and hope?
Art of Immersive Soundscapes - New Book by Team Members Ellen Waterman, Pauline Minevich, and James Harley
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2013We are excited to announce The Art of Immersive Soundscapes, a new publication edited by ICASP/IICSI team members Ellen Waterman (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Pauline Minevich (University of Regina), and James Harley (University of Guelph).
Call for Papers: International Society for Improvised Music - Cross-cultural Improvisation III
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013The International Society for Improvised Music is happy to announce its seventh festival conference and welcome proposals for performances and presentations. Continuing its theme of Cross-cultural Improvisation that guided recent events at the University of Michigan and York College/Roulette, the upcoming event will bring together musicians from disparate cultures to perform together and share ideas about the challenges and exciting opportunities inherent in improvising across traditions.
Thinking Spaces: Thursday November 21, 2013
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2013The next meeting of the Thinking Spaces Reading Group and Speakers Series will occur Thursday November 21, from 8-10pm in the Mackinnon building on University of Guelph campus in room 103. We will continue our theme of 'Improvisation and Community Music Making' by exploring the topic 'Improvisational Methods and Choral Communities.'
Thinking Spaces: Friday November 8th
Posted: Monday, November 4, 2013Please join us for the next Thinking Spaces Reading Group session on Friday, November 8, 2013. The Reading Group will be held from 3-5 pm in the boardroom at the main branch of the Guelph Public Library (100 Norfolk).
"Sound Check: The Jazz Photography of Thomas King"
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2013Thomas King has long been a familiar figure at the Guelph Jazz Festival. He can be seen attending rehearsals and sound checks, or lingering patiently in hallways with camera in hand, watchful and ready to capture candid, open moments in the work and lives of visiting musicians. King has been photographing the Guelph Jazz Festival for twenty years - and the results are breathtaking. ICASP, the Guelph Jazz Festival, and Macdonald Stewart Art Centre are delighted to present an exhibition of King's jazz portraits and a published catalogue featuring photographs from the exhibit.
