Workshops and Conferences

UBC IICSI Colloquium 2021

  Improvising Forward: Persevere, Repair, Sustain Day 1: June 20, 2021   Day 2: Jone 21, 2021 — Cancelled due to illness.  

IICSI UBC Colloquium 2019

IICSI UBC Colloquium 2019

Agile Futures: Approaching Improvisation June 22-23, 2019 The Western Front, Grand Luxe Hall 303 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia Free to the Public The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Coastal Jazz present our eleventh colloquium in Vancouver, British Columbia—Agile Futures: Approaching Improvisation. The colloquium takes place during the opening weekend of […]

UBC Colloquium 2018

UBC Colloquium 2018

    Sounding Promise in the Present Tense Improvising Through Turbulent Times   Friday, Saturday and Sunday—June 22-24, 2018, 10am – 4pm UBC Robson Campus Room C420 Free to the Public   At this year’s colloquium for the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, presented in collaboration with the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and […]

UBC Colloquium 2017

UBC Colloquium 2017

 Lines of Flight: Improvisation, Hope and Refuge June 23-25, 2017 The University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Coastal Jazz invite proposals for papers and presentations for our ninth colloquium in Vancouver, British Columbia— Lines of Flight: Improvisation, Hope and Refuge. The colloquium will take place during the […]

UBC Colloquium 2016

UBC Colloquium 2016

Breathturns: Improvisation and Freedom June 25 – June 26 UBC Robson Campus Room C130, 10am – 5pm Free to the Public Connect with the Colloquium on Facebook. Call for Papers The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Coastal Jazz invite proposals for papers and presentations for our eighth colloquium in Vancouver, British Columbia—Breathturns: […]

UBC Colloquium 2015

UBC Colloquium 2015

Time Changes: Improvisation, History and the Body June 20-21, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Coastal Jazz will host a colloquium on June 20 and 21, 2015, during the opening weekend of the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival, at UBC Robson Square (room C100). Presentations from […]

UBC Colloquium 2014

UBC Colloquium 2014

Improvising Across Boundaries Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd, Robson Square Room C 400 An unconventional colloquium presented by Coastal Jazz and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) Coastal Jazz and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) will host a two-day colloquium on Saturday June 21 & Sunday […]