Pasted in below are both the Festival and Colloquium schedules. Please help spread the word about what promises to be an amazing week of new music and ideas.
Hope to see you there!
Benjamin Walsh
Colloquium Coordinator
Guelph Jazz Festival
[email protected]
2006 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium
Sounds of Hope, Sounds of Change: Improvisation, Pedagogy, Imagination September 6-8, 2006
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
All events are free and open to the general public
Wednesday September 6
9:15-10:15 am
PANEL
Improvisation as Pedagogy (1): Expression, Embodiment, and the Enactment of Communities
Chair: Ric Knowles (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph) Scott Thomson (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph) “The Pedagogical Imperative of Musical Improvisation" Charity Chan (Mills College, Oakland, California) “Sounds of the Self: Legitimacy in Contemporary Improvised Music" Michael Morse (Cultural Studies, Trent University) “The Social Pedagogy of Music and Noise" Diane Nalini, (Department of Physics, University of Guelph), Respondent
10:45 am noon
PANEL
Improvisation as Pedagogy (2): Four Case Studies
Chair: Howard Spring (School of Fine Art and Music, University of Guelph) Peter Johnston (Ethnomusicology, York University) “What's Left Is Faking It: Collective Improvisation and the Creative Process of the Jimmy Giuffre 3" Brent Rowan (Guelph Youth Jazz Ensemble), “Improvisation: the development of the creative and logical minds in youth and how this aids social awareness" Matthew Sansom (Department of Music and Sound Recording, University of Surrey, UK), “Free Improvisation in Theory and Practice" James Harley (School of Fine Art and Music, University of Guelph), “John Cage and Technology-based Performance: Introducing Interactive Music to Students"
1 pm
CONCERT
Marilyn Lerner (Ontario)
2:15-3:15 pm
PANEL
Moderator: Doug Horne (McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph) Artists and Social Responsibility
Bob Ostertag and Pierre Hbert
3:30-4:45 pm
PANEL
Improvisation, Education, and Activism
Chair: Christine Bold (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph)
Stephen Lehman (Music Composition, Columbia University), “McLean's Scene: Jackie McLean as Improviser, Educator, and Activist" Alan Stanbridge (Visual and Performing Arts / Arts Management, University of Toronto), “From the Margins to the Mainstream: Jazz and Social Relations" Rinaldo Walcott, (Department of Sociology and Equity Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), Respondent
5 pm
WORKSHOP: Inter-Provincial: Canadian Improvisers in Dialogue
Featuring: Jerry Granelli, Franois Houle, Ren Lussier, Normand Guilbeault, Andr Moisan, David Mott, Robert Marcel Lepage, Lori Freedman, Pierre Tanguay, Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Oliver Schroer, Ravi Naimpally, and Marilyn Lerner (host)
Thursday September 7
9:00-10:15 am
KEYNOTE
Greg Tate, “The End of Black Musical History--Jazz and the Digital Age"
10:30 am
WORKSHOP
The Revolution Continues: Bill Dixon, Improvisation, and Creative Music Legacies Featuring Bill Dixon, Gordon Allen, Jesse Stewart, and Alex Glenfield
1 pm
CONCERT
Robert Marcel Lepage, Pee Wee et Moi (Qubec)
2:15-3:30 pm
PANEL
Improvising the Social: Representation, Community, and Identity Chair: Marianne Trudel (Ethnomusicology, Universit de Montral) Andrew Jacob Scott (Music, York University / University of Western Ontario), “Community as a site of Jazz Pedagogy: Exploring Toronto's Jam Sessions from 1956-1962." David Stacey (English Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California), “Rhetoric, Jazz, Writing: Improvised Classroom Activity and Pragmatic Identification in the Teaching of Composition" Tamas Dobozy (Department of English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University), “Basquiat's Jazz Graffiti"
3:45-4:45 pm
Teaching (as) Improvisation: Activism in the Classroom and Community Chair: Elizabeth Groeneveld (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph) Alexandre Pierrepont (Anthropologie, ethnologie et science des religions, Universit de Paris, France), “Information and Transformations: Creative Music as an Educative Device for Mixed Youth Around Paris and Chicago" Piotr Michalowski (Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan), “Teaching Freedom: Some Thoughts on Jazz Education and Community Building in Historical Perspective"
5 pm
CONCERT
Jerry Granelli's Sandhills Reunion (NS/BC/Ontario/USA/Germany)
Friday September 8
9:00 10:15 am
PANEL
with Steve Coleman and Eve-Marie Breglia (Director, Elements of One)
Moderator: Daniel Fischlin (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph)
10:30 am
WORKSHOP: Percussion Discussion
Featuring L Quan Ninh, Paul Plimley, Richard Ribeiro, Mauricio Takara, and Jesse Stewart (host)
1 pm
CONCERT
Tanya Tagaq Gillis/Oliver Schroer/Ravi Naimpally (Nunavut/BC/Ontario)
3 pm
WORKSHOP: Montral Meets Chicago
Featuring Thierry Amar, Jessica Moss, Gabriel Levine, Scott Gilmore, and Rob Mazurek
The 2006 Guelph Jazz Festival Schedule
WEDNESDAY September 06
1pm, MSAC - FREE
Marilyn Lerner (ON)
5pm, MSAC - FREE
WORKSHOP: Inter-Provincial: Canadian Improvisers in Dialogue
Featuring: Lori Freedman, Jerry Granelli, Normand Guilbeault, Franois Houle, Robert Marcel Lepage, Marilyn Lerner (host), Ren Lussier, Andr Moisan, David Mott, Ravi Naimpally, Oliver Schroer, Tanya Tagaq Gillis, and Pierre Tanguay
8pm, MSAC
Bob Ostertag & Pierre Hbert (USA/QC)
General $20; LW/ST/SR $16
Presented by Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
THURSDAY September 07
9am, MSAC - FREE
KEYNOTE: Greg Tate, “The End of Black Musical History Jazz and the Digital Age"
10:30am, MSAC - FREE
WORKSHOP: The Revolution Continues: Bill Dixon, Improvisation and Creative Music Legacies
Featuring: Bill Dixon, Gordon Allen, Jesse Stewart, and Alex Glenfield
1pm, MSAC - FREE
Robert Marcel Lepage, Pee Wee et Moi (QC)
Sponsored by VIA Rail & School of Languages & Literatures, University of Guelph
5pm, MSAC - FREE
Jerry Granelli's Sandhills Reunion (NS/BC/ON/USA/GERMANY)
Sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts
8pm, SGAC - DOUBLE BILL
Evelyn Petrova (RUSSIA) in the Sanctuary
Bik Bent Braam (NETHERLANDS) in Mitchell Hall
General $27; LW/ST/SR $22
Sponsored by Royal Netherlands Embassy
11:30pm, SGAC
Torngat (QC) in Mitchell Hall
General $22; LW/ST/SR $17
FRIDAY September 08
9am, MSAC - FREE
PANEL: Steve Coleman and Eve-Marie Breglia (Director: Elements of One)
10:30am, MSAC - FREE
WORKSHOP: Percussion Discussion
Featuring: L Quan Ninh, Paul Plimley, Richard Ribeiro, Jesse Stewart (host), and Mauricio Takara
1pm, MSAC - FREE
Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Oliver Schroer & Ravi Naimpally (NUNAVUT/BC/ON)
3pm, MSAC - FREE
WORKSHOP: Montral Meets Chicago
Featuring: Thierry Amar, Patrick Conan, Scott Gilmore, Gabriel Levine, Rob Mazurek, and Jessica Moss
5pm, GYMC
L Quan Ninh (FRANCE)
General $22; LW/ST/SR $17
Sponsored by Sorbara Law
8pm, SGAC - DOUBLE BILL
Bill Dixon & Jolle Landre (USA/FRANCE) in the Sanctuary
Hard Rubber Orchestra (BC) in Mitchell Hall
General $32; LW/ST/SR $27
Sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts
11:30pm, SGAC
So Paulo Underground (Rob Mazurek, Mauricio Takara, Richard
Ribeiro,Guilherme Granado) in Mitchell Hall (BRAZIL/USA)
General $22; LW/ST/SR $17
11:30pm, Cornerstone - FREE
After Hours Jam Session hosted by the Association of Improvising
Musicians Toronto, Geordie Haley Trio (with Scott Thomson & Nick Fraser)
SATURDAY September 09
10:30am, GYMC
Paul Plimley, Tommy Babin & Hamid Drake (BC/USA)
General $22; LW/ST/SR $17
Upper Wyndham Street Jazz Tent - FREE
11:45am Guelph Youth Jazz Ensembleunder the direction of Brent Rowan
with special guest Lori Freedman (ON/QC)
1pm Black Ox Orkestar (QC)
2:30pm Manouche (QC)
4:15pm The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band (ON)
6pm The Hylozoists (NS/ON)
Tent sponsored by Guelph Downtown Board of Management and Sleeman Breweries
Catered by: Feng's Dumplings, Diana Downtown, Wild Organic Way Caf
Licensed by AGCO
2:30 pm, GYMC - DOUBLE BILL
Larry Ochs, Peggy Lee & Miya Masaoka (USA/BC)
FAB Trio (Joe Fonda,Barry Altschul & Billy Bang) (USA)
General $27; LW/ST/SR $22
8pm, Main Stage, RRC
Gyrgy Szabados & Vladimir Tarasov ( HUNGARY/LITHUANIA)
Steve Coleman & The Five Elements (USA)
General $37; LW/ST/SR $30
11:30pm, SGAC
Bell Orchestre (QC) in Mitchell Hall
General $22; LW/ST/SR $17
Sponsored by School of Fine Art and Music and the Central Student
Association, University of Guelph
11:30pm, Cornerstone - FREE
After Hours Jam Session hosted by the Association of Improvising
Musicians Toronto , Remnants (KenAldcroft, Evan Shaw, Joe Sorbara)
SUNDAY September 10
10:30am, GYMC - DOUBLE BILL
Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier (USA)
Xu Fengxia & Joe Fonda (GERMANY/ USA)
General $27; LW/ST/SR $22
2pm, GYMC - FREE
WORKSHOP: Drum and Bass
Featuring: Hamid Drake & Jolle Landre
7pm, GYMC
autorickshaw with Kevin Breit & Trichy Sankaran (ON)
General $22; LW/ST/SR $17
For more information contact All About Jazz.
