Time: 1:30–3:30pm

Location: Fayerweather Room 513 on Columbia’s Morningside Campus

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Graeme Wilson to discuss topics in improvisation, identity, and collaboration.

There are four suggested readings for this meeting. Please contact Marc Hannaford meh2230(at)columbia(dot)edu if you are having troubling accessing readings.

Readings:

Wilson, Graeme B., and Raymond A. R. MacDonald. 2017. “The Construction of Meaning Within Free Improvising Groups: A Qualitative Psychological Investigation.” Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 11 (2):136–46. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000075.

MacDonald, Raymond, and Graeme Wilson. 2016. “Billy Connolly, Daniel Barenboim, Willie Wonka, Jazz Bastards, and the Universality of Improvisation.” In The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies, Vol. 2, edited by George E. Lewis and Benjamin Piekut. New York: Oxford University Press.  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199892921.001.0001

Wilson, Graeme B., and Raymond A. R. MacDonald. 2016. “Musical Choices During Group Free Improvisation: A Qualitative Psychological Investigation.” Psychology of Music 44 (5):1029–43. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0305735615606527.

Wilson, Graeme B., and Raymond A. R. MacDonald. 2012. “The Sign of Silence: Negotiating Musical Identities in an Improvising Ensemble.” Psychology of Music 40 (5):558–73. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0305735612449506.