The Improvised Music in Kingston podcast is now hosted on CFRC! You can listen on podcast services such as Apple Podcasts or directly on the CFRC site for the entire series.
Episode 0
In this episode we meet the project group by listening to their shared biographies, and playing an excerpt of their music.
First aired Sep.18, 2023
Episode 1
In this episode we explore the question: how do participants improvise and what knowledge do they need to do it?
I 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 Chantal Thompson, Paul Morrison, David Parker, Liam Cole, and Sadaf Amini.
First aired Sep.25, 2023
Episode 2
In this episode we continue to explore the question: how do participants improvise and what knowledge do they need to do it?
In this episode we will hear from John Burge, Teilhard Frost, Dave Barton, Kyoko Ogoda, Danton Delbaere-Sawchuk, and Spencer Evans.
First aired Sep.25, 2023
Episode 3
In this episode we explore the question: how do improvisors understand success in improvisation?
I 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.
First aired Oct.9, 2023
Episode 4
In this episode we explore the question: how do participants understand their musician identities?
I 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.
First aired Oct.16, 2023
Episode 5
In this episode we explore the questions: how do participants negotiate hybrid collaborations? and how do participants experience interpersonal interactions?
I 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.
First aired Oct.23, 2023
Episode 6
In this final 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?
I 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.
First aired Oct.30, 2023