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WORKSHOP: Mirar El Ruido
VIDEO: An improvised musical and visual arts performance featuring artist Jazzamoart.
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WORKSHOP: Musique Actuelle: A New Social Policy for a Distinct Society?
A musical performance by artists based across Canada followed by a discussion session and a short...
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WORKSHOP: New Communities of Sound: Improvising Across Borders
An improvised musical performance featuring musicians from around the world who are able to combine...
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WORKSHOP: Play The Drum! Improvising With Real And Virtual Drums Across Abilities
VIDEO: A workshop featuring rhythmic performance open to the audience and to people of all...
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WORKSHOP: Steve Lacy's "Tips" in Dance and Music
Workshop participants both perform and discuss their experiences working with Steve Lacy's...
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Workshop: William Parker with the Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble and the University of Guelph Contemporary Music Ensemble
VIDEO: A recording of the work shop with William Parker with the Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble and the...
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“A Door to Other Doors”: Henry Threadgill Interview with Daniel Fischlin
Henry Threadgill is one of the great original, iconoclastic voices in American music, and sits...
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“I Dreamed of Other Worlds”: An Interview with Nicole Mitchell
Award-winning Chicago-based flutist Nicole Mitchell has made a huge mark on the international jazz...
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“I Feel My True Colors Began to Show.” Designing and Teaching a Course on Improvisation
This article discusses my design and teaching of an interdisciplinary, multi-style course "...
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“I wanted to live in that music:” Blues, Bessie Smith and Improvised Identities in Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees
This paper explores the link between the improvisatory nature of blues music and resistance to...
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“Points of Contact”: Co-Positioning Improvisation and Adaptation Theory and Practice, An Interview with Dr. Linda Hutcheon
Hill and Hutcheon discuss the relationship between the fields of improvisation and adaptation,...
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“Say Who You Are, Play Who You Are”: Improvisation as Pedagogy for Youth with Physical and Developmental Challenges
A piece describing the ongoing 'Play Who You Are' collaborative outreach project for...
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“What I Call a Sound”: Anthony Braxton’s Synaesthetic Ideal and Notations for Improvisers
In this article I look at some of the visual elements in Anthony Braxton’s music and examine how he...
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