Improvisation Intensives

Improvisation Intensives is a project integral to the subject Musical Improvisation which has a revised course description and which I will teach for the first time in the spring of 2013. The project entails close interaction with students by four artist-teachers and their ensembles. Rather than one-time guest lectures, the format fosters intensive collaboration and learning. It is hoped that OpenCourseWare will videotape some of these sessions so that the educational value may be shared widely. It is also hoped that this format may be used in other music courses at MIT, moving such an idea from an experimental phase to one that can be replicated in other Music and Theater Arts offerings. This proposal seeks funding for the guest artist-teachers and their ensembles.