SMT Improvisation meeting | "Improvisational Perspectives in the Theory Classroom"

[Paul Steinbeck]

The SMT Interest Group on Improvisation invites you to its annual meeting.

theme: "Improvisational Perspectives in the Theory Classroom"

date: Saturday 8 November

time: 12:15-1:45 p.m.

location: Mitchell Room

The centerpiece of the meeting will be a panel discussion about the methods and means of bringing improvisational frameworks into the music theory classroom, with a focus on how different improvisation-driven styles (Renaissance and Baroque musics, jazz, etc.) can inform and enrich one another.

Four panelists--Peter Schubert (McGill), Max Guido (McGill), Garrett Michaelsen (UMass Lowell), and Dariusz Terefenko (Eastman)--will be joined by moderator Chris Stover (The New School). Audience participation will be encouraged as well.