The Improvised Space: Techniques, Traditions and Technologies
6 April 2011 Coombehurst Studio
Department of Music, Kingston University London
Programme
10:00 Arrival & Registration
10:25 Welcome Diana Salazar, Kingston University London
SESSION 1: Improvisatory Traditions in Contemporary Contexts
10:30 ‘Improvisation, Guided Improvisation or Real-time Composition: a workshop in Soundpainting’ Dr Helen Julia Minors
11:00 ‘Vocal improvisation – a tool to access the most fundamental levels of individual musicality’ Dr Jane Masters
11:30 ‘Spontaneity and structure in jazz improvisation’ Meredith White
12:00 ‘Dual/Duel’ Dr Paul Archbold & Christopher Redgate
12:30 Lunch
(Lunch will be available for purchase in the foyer)
Improvised laptop music by The Splice Girls
(Manuella Blackburn, Liverpool Hope University, and Diana Salazar)
SESSION 2: Evolving Spontaneity
13:30 *Workshop Presentation: ‘Drifting on a Reed’
Evan Parker
Evan Parker will present an overview of the history of his life in improvised music, illustrated with recordings and covering the evolution from free jazz to improvised music to computer-based electroacoustic developments. This will lead into a workshop on improvised music.
15:00 ‘From Stride to Free: Improvising Styles in Jazz Piano’
David Hackbridge Johnson
15:30 Break – tea/coffee available in the foyer
16:00 Keynote: ‘Is the violin in the trees, or are the trees in the violin?’
Dr Bennett Hogg, School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University
17:00 ‘Imagined Agency: Technology, Unpredictability and Ambiguity’
Dr John Ferguson
17:30 Round Table Discussion
Chair: Diana Salazar
Panellists: Bennett Hogg, Christopher Redgate, Evan Parker, Meredith White
18:00 Break
18:30 Concert of Improvised Music
featuring Evan Parker + guests
*These presentations will include a workshop element with optional audience participation. Audience members are encouraged to bring musical instruments.
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