“Free Is Where I Live”: Remembering John Heward (1934-2018)
By Eric Lewis After a brief struggle with cancer, John Heward, one of Canada’s most profoundly creative improvisers, passed on November 6th, 2018. Internationally known as both a drummer and a visual...
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A Reflection from Emerging Scholar Ali Berkok, on the 2018 Colloquium: Hovering at the Edge: Words, Music, Sound, and Song What a privilege to be accepted into the Emerging Scholars Program. Every year...
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A Reflection from Emerging Scholar Ainjel Stephens, on the 2018 Colloquium: Hovering at the Edge: Words, Music, Sound, and Song. We sit in the concert hall and wait for sound. It is the first night of...
View ArticleCharity Cruz – Reflections on the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium
A Reflection from Emerging Scholar Charity Cruz, on the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: Hovering at the Edge: Words, Music, Sound, and Song. “We are immigrants!” says John Sobol, baritone...
View ArticleIsaiah Farahbakhsh – Reflections on the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium
A Reflection from Emerging Scholar Isaiah Farahbakhsh, on the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: Hovering at the Edge: Words, Music, Sound, and Song. When reflecting on Guelph’s most recent jazz...
View ArticleMarc Hannaford on the importance of the position from which one listens
A Reflection from Emerging Scholar Marc Hannaford, on the 2018 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium: Hovering at the Edge: Words, Music, Sound, and Song. The Emerging Scholars Program at the 2018 Guelph...
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Carnegie meets 8EAST in Vancouver
By Joe Sorbara, 2019 Since 1980, Carnegie Community Centre has provided social, recreational, educational, and cultural programs to the residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the poorest postal...
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“The opening of the ears and minds” of our community music-makers
The Improviser-in-Residence project review by Marie Zimmerman, 2020 IICSI’s Improviser-in-Residence 2019 – 2020 project was one of the largest and most ambitious we have ever mounted. Montreal’s...
View ArticleOf Buckets and Baskets: Reflections on Improvisatory Partnerships in a Bucket...
by Carey West Within the field of improvisation, there is ongoing discussion regarding the value of dissonance and harmony. Collaborations often require trust, which therefore imbues the process of...
View ArticleFree Public Concerts at the Corner of the Beach Cultural Museum in Gaspésie
Le français suit The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation presents a series of public concerts and events as part of Musical Improvisation at Land’s End (MILE) summer camp in...
View ArticleAre dissonances and group agreement compatible?
A Think Piece on the 2017 Play Who You Are program with KidsAbility. By Mary King Introduction This past summer, I had the chance to be a participant/observer for IICSI’s Play Who You Are program: a...
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