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*Nice success for jazz and improvisation in the FRQSC (Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture) Research-creation support program competition.We have been awarded a very generous grant for a 3 year "Improvisation Workshop" project. This will allow us to experiment with a lot of ideas about collective improvisation and “in-the-moment” composition in a mid-sized ensemble.

*The video of my presentation for the Research Alive 2016-17 season is now available on the Schulich School of Music's YouTube channel. "Reinventing tradition: Theme and variations in improvisation." Watch here

*Jean-Michel is now Jazz Area Chair, Associate Professor of Jazz at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada.

He is also teaching a Seminar on improvisation in all styles to 30 McGill jazz and classical students. 

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PROJECTS

New Montreal-based projects: Montreal Trio with Rémi-Jean Leblanc and Jim Doxas (1st CD summer 2017), Songs Project, Octet.

Also: solo piano, Pilc-Moutin-Hoenig, Total Madness Quintet featuring Joel Frahm, NYC Trio.

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EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

Masterclasses on Improvised Fluency & Storytelling: MyMusicMasterclass

Cours en Français "Anatomie du standard All the Things You Are": iMusic School

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CDs

Solo Album "What Is This Thing Called?"

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"There may be no more diverse, unpredictable jazz piano player, song to song, than Jean-Michel Pilc." - Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes

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