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Why improvising is more than something from nothing, and how creativity and collaboration can improve lives and save the world. Part discussion and part experiment, the show’s hosts American saxophonist Steve Treseler and Canadian poet/musician Lauren Best find the fun in risk-taking, unscripted conversations, and multi-disciplinary perspectives to creative practice. Brought together by a shared belief in transformation through improvisation, Steve and Lauren bring their audience along for t ...
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Creativity from Day One: An Interview with Siliana Chiliachka
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Founder of Siliana's Piano Studio, Bulgarian-American pianist Siliana Chiliachka is reimagining music lessons for young children, teaching technique, composition, and improvisation through Music Learning Theory. In our conversation, we discuss th…
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School Rock Bands and Creative Musicking: an Interview with Steve Giddings
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Canadian music educator and author Steve Giddings joins us to talk about sparking creativity in high school music programs on Prince Edward Island. He reveals what it was like to stretch from being a classically trained orchestral player to jammi…
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Improvising (Pencil) Tips: props and prompts inspired by W.A. Mathieu
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Steve and Lauren discuss how to mix things up with some unusual improvising tricks and tips- including playing piano with eraser tips! Featuring inspiration from the audiobook, "W.A. Mathieu reads from The Listening Book and The Musical Life", th…
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. In this episode, we talk about emphasizing creativity in music education for young people, from leading bands for Seattle’s JazzEd to Lauren’s approach to improvisation in small-town Ontario, Canada. We discuss program design with a focus on impr…
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Creativity and Indigenous Music: An Interview with Ed Littlefield
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. The first episode of our interview series, a conversation with Ed Littlefield. We discuss Ed's journey studying Native Lingít music alongside jazz, community music making, composing a song for Betty White (first 10 seconds: https://youtu.be/yp0yf…
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. The fifth episode of a five-part series on how to improvise, exploring each of Infinite Improvisation's creative practices: Experimentation, Play, Limitations, Deep Listening, and Reflection. In this episode, we reflect about reflection and discu…
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How to Improvise Part 4: Deep Listening
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. The fourth episode of a five-part series on how to improvise, exploring each of Infinite Improvisation's creative practices: Experimentation, Play, Limitations, Deep Listening, and Reflection. In this episode, we experiment live with listening ac…
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How to Improvise Part 3: Limitations
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. The third of a five-part series on how to improvise, exploring each of Infinite Improvisation's creative practices: Experimentation, Play, Limitations, Deep Listening, and Reflection. In this episode, we discuss the surprisingly expansive results…
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Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. The second of a five-part series on how to improvise, exploring each of Infinite Improvisation's creative practices: Experimentation, Play, Limitations, Deep Listening, and Reflection. In this episode, we dive into play—embracing the unknown, tak…
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How to Improvise Part 1: Experimentation
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S2 E1: How to Improvise Part 1: Experimentation Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. The first of a five-part series on how to improvise, exploring each of Infinite Improvisation's creative practices: Experimentation, Play, Limitations, Deep Listening, and Reflection. In this episod…
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S1 E5: Q&A: Student Reluctant to Improvise Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Steve and Lauren take questions from listeners about encouraging students who are reluctant to improvise, and how to foster creative student collaboration online. For a transcription of this episode and more: http…
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S1 E4: Who Are We? Part 2 Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Learn about your hosts Steve and Lauren—where they are coming from, and why improvising and creativity are important in their lives. For a transcription of this episode and more: https://infiniteimprovisation.podbean.com…
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S1 E3: Who Are We? Part 1 Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Learn about your hosts Steve and Lauren—where they are coming from, and why improvising and creativity are important in their lives. For a transcription of this episode and more: https://infiniteimprovisation.podbean.com…
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S1 E2: What is Improvisation? Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Steve and Lauren discuss what it means to make things up. What is improvisation? What isn't improvisation? What are we even talking about? What are the links between improvisation, art, and life. For a transcription …
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Listen to the Infinite Improvisation Podcast on your favorite podcast platform: https://infiniteimprovisation.podbean.com/Av Infinite Improvisation
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S1 E1: Why Improvise? Infinite Improvisation Podcast: adventures in music and creativity with Steve Treseler and Lauren Best. Our explorers discuss the "why" behind the show. Why this podcast? Why improvise? Why not improvise? Why are we talking about this? Why do we believe in creativity as a tool for transformation? For a transcription of this ep…
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