University of Tennessee
First Year Studies



The Golden Age of Non-Idiomatic (Free) Improvisation: Music like you’ve never heard it before.
First Year Studies
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Instructor:  Prof. David Keffer

Archive of Course Announcements
This page is an archive of Course Announcements.

WUTK (90.3 FM) Radio Broadcast - Monday, March 28, 2016, 8:00 PM
"Voices from the Golden Age of Non-Idiomatic Improvisation--the Big Ears Festival Edition" will air on WUTK (90.3 FM) on Monday, March 28, 2016, starting at about 8:00 PM and lasting for a little more than an hour. An extension of the FYS 129 course, "The Golden Age of Non-Idiomiatic Improvisation" offered at the University of Tennessee, the show features ten distinct tracks, showcasing the breadth of non-idiomatic improvisation. This playlist features 8 tracks from musicians appearing in the 2016 festival, 1 track from a previous festival musician and 1 track from someone who should be invited next year. A hand-out created for the show, containing information about the artists, tracks and selected quotes that hint at the philosophy underlying their pursuit of creativity in unconventional directions is located at the course website: http://utkstair.org/clausius/docs/fys129/pdf/wutk_radio_playlist_2016_0328.pdf.

(Promotional flyer: http://utkstair.org/clausius/docs/fys129/pdf/fys129_wutk_2016_0328_flyer.pdf.)

WUTK: site and mp3 streaming feed.
 
WUTK (90.3 FM) Radio Broadcast - Monday, December 7, 2015, 8:15 PM
"Voices from the Golden Age of Non-Idiomatic Improvisation" will air on WUTK (90.3 FM) on Monday, December 7, 2015, starting at about 8:15 PM and lasting for a little more than an hour. An extension of the FYS 129 course, "The Golden Age of Non-Idiomiatic Improvisation" offered at the University of Tennessee, the show features twelve distinct tracks, showcasing the breadth of non-idiomatic improvisation. A hand-out created for the show, containing information about the artists, tracks and selected quotes that hint at the philosophy underlying their pursuit of creativity in unconventional directions is located at the course website: http://utkstair.org/clausius/docs/fys129/pdf/wutk_radio_playlist_2015_1207.pdf.

(Promotional flyer: http://utkstair.org/clausius/docs/fys129/pdf/fys129_wutk_2015_1207_flyer.pdf.)

WUTK: site and mp3 streaming feed.
 
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