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Plenary Panel, Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice: Research Results Showcase

Guelph Jazz Festival, ICASP

Published: 2014-08-19

Moderator: Ellen Waterman (Faculty of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland)
• George Lipsitz (Department of Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), "Improvisation and Transcultural Understanding"
• Kevin McNeilly (Department of English, University of British Columbia), "Improvisation, Text, and Media"
• Jesse Stewart (Music, Carleton University), "Improvisation and Pedagogy"
• Sherrie Tucker (American Studies, University of Kansas), "Improvisation, Gender, and the Body"
• Eric Lewis (Philosophy, McGill University), "Improvisation and Social Aesthetics; Improvisation, Law, and Justice"

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Improvisation is, simply put, being and living this very moment. No one can hide in music, and improvising in music is to be truly in this very moment and being completely yourself, with all your qualities and faults. It is probably the most honest state for a human being to be in.

– John McLaughlin in an interview with Daniel Fischlin.