Sound It Out

Sara Villa gives a moving and insightful account of her use of deep listening as a pedagogy of poetry for college students, Susan Elliott explains improvisation as a facet of the inquiry approach to high school teaching, and Stephanie Khoury revitalizes music education at the university level with her approachable and engaging interactive improvisation software. You never knew teaching and learning could be so exciting!

This episode of Sound It Out originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM in Guelph Ontario on Tuesday June 20, 2017 at 5pm EST.

Sara Villa gives a moving and insightful account of her use of deep listening as a pedagogy of poetry for college students, Susan Elliott explains improvisation as a facet of the inquiry approach to high school teaching, and Stephanie Khoury revitalizes music education at the university level with her approachable and engaging interactive improvisation software. … Continue reading Episode #62 – Pedagogy and Improvisation: Sara Villa, Susan Elliott, Stephanie Khoury →

Take in hand this bouquet of strings and let yourself be lead by this cluster of sonic helium balloons. But don't let your feet leave the ground; today's exquisitely lengthy musical meandering are interspersed with thought provoking reflections on the the pace of perception and sense-making (by Richelle Forsey and Rachel Elliott) Listen and be lulled into serine contemplation!

This episode of Sound It Out originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM in Guelph Ontario on Tuesday June 6, 2017 at 5pm EST.

Take in hand this bouquet of strings and let yourself be lead by this cluster of sonic helium balloons. But don’t let your feet leave the ground; today’s exquisitely lengthy musical meandering are interspersed with thought provoking reflections about the the pace of perception and sense-making by Richelle Forsey and Rachel Elliott. Listen and be … Continue reading Episode #61 – Slowingdown Perception with Richelle Forsey and Rachel Elliott →

Why do so many young people uproot themselves and move to the city, searching for culture? What is it that they are looking for? How does their search shape what they find? These are some of the questions that frame this discussion with improviser and scholar, David Lee. David Lee was part of a community of improvising musicians located in Toronto Ontario during the 70s and 80s; he is now completing a dissertation which takes up that history through the critical lens that academic rigour demands. Enjoy this fascinating chat about the places of renewal in creative communities.

This episode originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM on May 23, 2017 at 5pm.

Why do so many young people uproot themselves and move to the city, searching for culture? What is it that they are looking for? How does their search shape what they find? These are some of the questions that frame this discussion with improviser and scholar, David Lee. David Lee was part of a community of … Continue reading Episode #60: David Lee – Improvisation in Toronto 1960 – 1985 →

Have you every had someone over to your house, as a guest? Did you spend much time thinking about the ethics of the situation? Of hospitality? In his later work, founding deconstructionist Jacques Derrida turned toward the concept of hospitality as a way to face questions about our ability to engage ethically with alterity, or otherness. In combination with the work of Emmanuel Levinas about our primordial responsibility towards others when confronted with, in particular, their face, Francesco Paradiso brings Derrida’s ideas about hospitality to bear on group improvisation in this talk that cumulates a week’s worth of research as our guest at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, here at the University of Guelph.

Dr. Francesco Paradiso is a Research Assistant at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK. He completed his PhD in 2014 at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

This episode originally aired on CFRU 93.3FM in Guelph Ontario on May 9, 2017 at 5pm. Sound It Out is produced, hosted, and edited by Rachel Elliott.

Have you every had someone over to your house, as a guest? Did you spend much time thinking about the ethics of the situation? Of hospitality? In his later work, founding deconstructionist Jacques Derrida turned toward the concept of hospitality as a way to face questions about our ability to engage ethically with alterity, or otherness. … Continue reading Episode #59: Improvising Hospitality with Francesco Paradiso →

Dans ce documentaire 2010, écoutez Meghan Dzyak et Hélène Laurin interviewer les participants du mouvement musique actuelle à Montréal, Québec. Découvrez le développement d’Ambiances Megnetiques à travers ses origines dans L’ensemble de Musique improvisée de Montréal et L’association pour la diffusion de la musique ouverte. Ces entretiens avec Jean Derome, Joane Hétu, Danielle Palardy Roger entre autres éclairent les activités créatives qui sous-tendent la cohésion sociale récemment thematizé dans les rapports sur la tempête de neige de la semaine dernière.

Cet épisode a été diffusé le 28 mars 2017 sur CFRU 93.3FM à Guelph Ontario à 17h.

Dans ce documentaire 2010, écoutez Meghan Dzyak et Hélène Laurin interviewer les participants du mouvement musique actuelle à Montréal, Québec. Découvrez le développement d’Ambiances Megnetiques à travers ses origines dans L’ensemble de Musique improvisée de Montréal et L’association pour la diffusion de la musique ouverte. Ces entretiens avec Jean Derome, Joane Hétu, Danielle Palardy Roger … Continue reading Episode #58: Musique Actuelle (matériel archivé) →