SET 1
SET 2
Featuring
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Kevin Dean (trumpet)
André White (drums)
Dave Laing (drums)
Élisabeth Provencher (alto)
Annie Dominique (tenor)
Chris Maskell (tenor)
Marshal Herridge (bass)
Session: October 16, 2018
Featuring
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Adrian Vedady (bass)
Michel Lambert (drums)
Hannah Darroch (flute)
Juan Sebatian Delgado (cello)
Live Session: October 9, 2018
SET 1
SET 2
Featuring:
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Kevin Dean (trumpet)
Rémi Bolduc (alto)
Jonathan Orland (alto)
Philippe Côté (soprano)
Felix Del Tredici (trombone)
Marika Galea (bass)
Aaron Dolman (drums)
Session: June 12, 2018
Featuring
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Cole Birney-Stewart (bass)
Michel Lambert (drums)
Alex Francoeur (tenor)
Chris Edmondson (alto)
Kevin Dean (trumpet)
Pierre Mendola (flute)
Live Session: May 22, 2018
SET 1
SET 2
Featuring
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Mike De Masi (bass)
Jim Doxas (drums)
Rémi Bolduc (alto)
Kevin Dean (trumpet)
Alexis French (trumpet)
Hannah Darroch (flute)
Patrick Smith (tenor)
Jean-Nicolas Trottier (bass trumpet/trombone)
Session: May 15, 2018
In this week's session, the ensemble improvises using "air" as a point of departure, and experiments with different participants conducting the group.
Read MoreLive Session: April 24, 2018
SET 1
SET 2
Featuring:
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Rémi Bolduc (alto saxophone)
Thom Gossage (drums)
Marika Galea (bass)
Lex French (trumpet)
Claire Devlin (tenor saxophone)
Thomas Daudlin (baritone saxophone)
Recorded at Résonance Café, Montreal on April 24, 2018.
Live Session: March 27, 2018
SET 1
SET 2
Watch the first live performance by the Improv Workshop Project, recorded live at Montreal's Résonance Cafe.
Featuring
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Cole Birney-Stewart (bass)
Aaron Dolman (drums)
Kevin Dean (trumpet)
Lex French (trumpet)
Evan Shay (tenor saxophone)
Rémi Bolduc (alto saxophone)
Jean-Nicolas Trottier (trombone)
Session: March 20, 2018
Over the course of this week's session, participants explore new compositions by Jean-Nicolas Trottier and Jean-Michel Pilc.
Read MoreSession: March 13, 2018
This week's session explores improvisational ideas by saxophonist Rémi Bolduc and drummer Aaron Dolman.
Read MoreSession: Feb. 27, 2018
This week, participants explore an improvisation beginning with a piano/trumpet duo and several improvisations inspired by animated films.
Read MoreSession: Feb. 20, 2018
Participants experiment with active/non-active listening, improvising in specific scenes, and more.
Read MoreSession: February 6, 2018
This week, the musicians improvise without any guidelines, improvise around a pre-determined "scene" with specific instrumental roles, try to play "as unnaturally as possible" and revisit playing duo with drums.
Read MoreSession: January 30, 2018
Throughout the course of the session, the participants explore different approaches to playing the "cycle of a day."
Read MoreSession: January 16, 2018
Tenor saxophonist Frank Lozano presents ideas involving the manipulation of musical "shapes," an improv game involving changing duets, and more.
Read MoreSession: January 9, 2018
Montreal-based drummer Thom Gossage leads the ensemble through a piece inspired by one of Anthony Braxton's tone-row organization systems and an original composition entitled "Onus."
Read MoreSession: December 5, 2017
This week, the ensemble explores a new piece by Jean-Michel Pilc that he teaches the group by rote.
Read MoreSession: November 28
This session sees the ensemble explore two different pieces by Jean-Michel Pilc, both of which act as looser road maps for improvisation.
Read MoreSession: November 21, 2017
In this session, Jean-Michel Pilc brings in a vamp to use as a launching point for improv and trombonist/arranger Jean-Nicolas Trottier leads the group through "First Impressions," a road map he wrote for collective improvisation. Later, both ideas are combined to interesting results.
Read MoreSession: November 14, 2017
This week, the session focuses on improvisations where each ensemble member plays around a different note in a chord, improvising in the style of a sarabande and exploring what happens when those two concepts are combined.
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