Logos Seminar- Improvisation and the Creative Process

Presenter: Dr Óscar Mascareñas

In this seminar I will present ideas, concepts and sounds that influence and are part of my work as a composer, poet and voice artist. I will present the results of some of my most recent arts practice research and discuss the importance and significance of improvisation as part of my compositional process.

Dr Óscar Mascareñas is a poet, composer, voice artist and musicologist. He has published work, given concerts, conferences and master classes extensively in Europe and the Americas. He is Founding Course Director of the BA Voice and Dance at the Academy and Founding Chair of the CageCunningham Professorship in Contemporary Performance at Monterrey Conservatory in Mexico. Óscar regularly collaborates with dance artists, singers and theatre directors in Ireland and abroad. He is a full-time lecturer and researcher at the Academy.