MP18: Improvisation in Theory and Practice
About
From plainchant to free jazz and beyond, this Working Group explores how musical improvisation has been conceptualized, performed, construed, and analyzed across a broad range of periods, places, and genres.
Open to New People
Active since: 2013
- Syracuse University
- Cornell University
- University of Rochester
Collaborative Goals
To provide opportunities for faculty and students to engage with improvisation in theory and practice.
Group Organizers
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Anne Laver
Assistant Professor of Applied Music and Performance; University Organist, Syracuse University
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Annette Richards
Given Foundation Professor in the Humanities and University Organist, Cornell University
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David Higgs
Professor of Organ; Chair, Organ, Sacred Music, and Historical Keyboards Department, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
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Group Members
- William Porter, Professor of Organ, University of Rochester
- Ivan Bosnar, Instructor of Organ, Syracuse University
- Edoardo Bellotti, Professor of Organ, Eastman School of Music
Activities
Improvisation at Work: A Dialogue with the Instrument
April 26, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
Improvising in the Gospel Style - Workshop with Alcee Chriss
Nov. 8, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Improvising in the Gospel Style with Alcee Chriss
Oct. 18, 2022, 2 p.m.