International Society for Improvised Music (ISIM) Conference 1
December 3rd, 2006 by etobias
I’m currently in Michigan for the first ever International Society for Improvised Music conference. So far the conference has been excellent, bringing together people interested in improvising from a wide variety of perspectives. There are music educators present but there should definitely be many more in attendance. Once I get back home I’ll pull together the notes I have been taking and write about some of the main themes discussed. In the meantime take a look at the ISIM website and consider becoming a member. Also take a look at Eric Edberg’s write up of the conference on his blog. One of the highlights of today was a performance by a group of very talented and eager students from the AACM Creative Youth Orchestra led by Nicole Mitchell. They did a great job and were quite inspiring. If you aren’t having your students improvise, it is never too late to start!
[…] for Improvised Music (ISIM) just issued a call for proposals for their second annual conference. I attended the first conference last year at University of Michigan and it was phenomenal. There were great performances (the […]