Do you want to join some thoughts on improvisation?
Bart van Rosmalen: “During the wonderful and inspiring conference ‘The Reflective Conservatoire’ last week in London I was luckily involved in three different sessions on improvisation. This meant not only words but playing as well (quite exceptional for a conference!). At the end of the session on Sunday afternoon 1 march we ended with the fascinating question ‘is there such thing as free improvisation?’
I’d like very much to invite you to contribute with your own reflections on improvisation.”
* You can immediately respond to one of the earlier contributions.
* You can reflect on the starting question yourself
* You can reflect on other aspects of the sessions you want to adress
on March 16, 2009Historically, improvisation has been rule governed – not in the sense that the rules were written down but in the sense that they were shared by the community of practitioners who were engaged in a particular style of improvisation. Using the term ‘free’ improvisation suggests that it is not rule-governed in this way and that […]
Bart van Rosmalen: “During the wonderful and inspiring conference ‘The Reflective Conservatoire’ last week in London I was luckily involved in three different sessions on improvisation. This meant not only words but playing as well (quite exceptional for a conference!). At the end of the session on Sunday afternoon 1 march we ended with the […]
on March 9, 2009
by Gail Brand / photograph copyright Dennis Austin
Naturally, the short answer is: ‘Yes of course. I do it, therefore it must exist’. However, I am aware that my subjective perspective is limited and has the omnipotent qualities of a child’s eye view of the world - ‘if I think something is, it is. I […]
by Nigel Yandall
Dear Bart,
Following up on the very interesting session on improvisation on Sunday
afternoon 1 march in the Reflective Conservatoire Conference, I thought I would make a few brief comments on the question of whether free improvisation actually exists
- the email challenge you set the group!
I am far from expert in this so my […]