The International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM) just issued a call for proposals for their second annual conference. I attended the first conference last year at University of Michigan and it was phenomenal. There were great performances (the performances by Paul Berliner and Pauline Oliveros will stand out in my mind for a very long time), interesting papers and excellent conversations that took place throughout. The conference is a great opportunity for music educators to learn more about improvisation and continue a dialogue with performers and scholars about how we can all work together and integrate many types of improvisation in our music classrooms. Find out more about ISIM and consider becoming a member.
Here’s the call for proposals:
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR IMPROVISED MUSIC
SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PROPOSALSNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Evanston, Illinois
DEC 14-16, 2007Building Bridges: Improvisation as a Unifying Agent in Education, Arts, and Society
Featured Artists and Presenters – Jane Ira Bloom (NY), Mark Dresser (CA), Mazen Kerbaj (Beirut), Oliver Lake (NY), Bennett Reimer (IL), Michael Zerang (IL), Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (IL)
Creating connections is one of the most prominent themes in today’s world. Whether forging treaties between hostile nations, creating ties between diverse cultures in today’s global society, melding ideas and artistic influences, or negotiating the intricacies of human relationship; the capacity to integrate disparate perspectives and constituencies into a coherent whole—to build bridges—is central to meaning and progress in most every area of life.
Recognizing improvisation as a powerful tool for achieving this integration, the International Society for Improvised Music invites proposals for performances, workshops, and papers based on this theme for its second international conference.
The theme may be construed broadly: Improvisation may be considered as a powerful way in which to engage with music as an individual or with others; as a pedagogical tool that bridges diverse areas of musical training such as performance, theory, and composition; a vehicle for creativity across fields as diverse as business, science, and sport; a means for integrating one’s own creative awareness through peak or transcendent states; a lens for interdisciplinary investigation into areas such as complex systems, cognition, consciousness, and sociology; or a catalyst for dissolving ethnic, gender, and other boundaries. These are just a few examples of possible angles; proposals that pursue other approaches are welcome.
ISIM encourages proposals from as diverse a cross-section of performers, pedagogues, and scholars as possible.
Deadline for proposals: Sept 1, 2007
Notification date: Sept 20, 2007Proposal Form is available on the ISIM website www.isimprov.org
For more information please contact:
Sarah Weaver, ISIM Conference Director
sarah@isimprov.org 734-277-2690ISIM Board of Directors
Ed Sarath, President
Betty Anne Younker, Vice President
Maud Hickey, Vice President and Secretary
Mitchell Gordon, Treasurer
Sarah Weaver, Executive Director
Karlton Hester
Michael NickensEd Sarath
Professor of Music and Chair
Department of Jazz and Contemporary ImprovisationDirector, Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies
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