Improvised Music in Kingston

Episode 6

In this episode we explore all things Kingston! We consider the question: what aspects of living in Kingston have an impact on the experience of playing improvised music both positively and negatively? Host Paul Clifford asked the group members a series of questions about living here: To describe the local Kingston community related to their genres of music If they think Kingston has a dominant music culture? If so, please describe what that means How living in Kingston has affected their practice, and If they feel that the environment of Kingston allows them to express themselves musically as you’d like. The music you hear was all recorded live and features all members of the group.

Episode 5

In this episode we explore the questions: how do participants negotiate hybrid collaborations? and how do participants experience interpersonal interactions? Host Paul Clifford asked the group members how they approach playing improvised music in a group setting, if they have had any experience working with other musicians outside their regular genres, and if they teach others about the type of improvisation they do. The music you hear was all recorded live and features all members of the group.

Episode 4

In this episode we explore the question: how do participants understand their musician identities? Host Paul Clifford asked the group members to describe their musical influences broadly, if they consider their work to be part of a musical genre or genres and, if so, which ones and how do local audiences generally receive the types of music they perform. The music you hear was all recorded live and features all members of the group.

Episode 3

In this episode we explore the question: how do improvisors understand success in improvisation? Host Paul Clifford asked the group members to describe how they evaluate the quality of their improvisations as well as how they evaluate the quality of improvised music when they listen to others, both live and recorded. The music you hear was all recorded live and features all members of the group.

Episode 2

In this episode we explore the question: how do participants improvise and what knowledge do they need to do it? Host Paul Clifford asked the group members to describe some general ideas on how they approach improvisation as well as to describe their  musical training background and how they learned to play improvised music.  In this episode we will hear from Spencer Evans, Kyoko Ogoda, Dave Barton, John Burge, Danton Delbaere-Sawchuk, and Teilhard Frost. The music you hear was all recorded live and features all members of the group.