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PANEL: Pedagogies, Media and Improvisation

Patrick Boyle, Andrea Kuzmich

Published: 2011-09-07

VIDEO: Patrick Boyle presents on his experiences with the big band at University of Victoria, students' comfort level with improvisation, and the use of silent film as a basis for group improvisation. Andrea Kuzmich presents on the use of improvisation and alternative methods to arrange a capella choir pieces and give singers more choice.

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...partly because I know that’s the only way that we could solve a creative problem [using improvisation with children ranging in abilities] and what doesn’t work is trying to impose a template on the students who are not able to respond to that template.

– Pauline Oliveros (in working with Abilities First)