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PANEL: Intercultural Improvisations: History, Religion, Crisis, Change

Gaelyn Aguilar, Gustavo Aguilar, Sunelle Fouché, Wasanti Paranjape

Published: 2009-09-09

VIDEO: Three presenters give talks on a range of topics related to improvisation and transcultural understanding. Sunelle Fouché: "Crossing the Divide: Music Improvisation with a Group of Adolescent Boys from Communities Fragmented by Gang Violence." Wasanti Paranjape: "Khyal and North Indian Classical Music." Gustavo and Gaelyn Aguilar: "Ah Raza! Making Ideas and Revelations Matter." TEXT: Abstracts and biographies for the panelists.

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So one of the things that improvisation has come to mean in the context of highly technological performance is that improvisation is the last claim to the legitimate presence of a human in the performance of music.

– Bob Ostertag