{"id":19336,"date":"2025-12-03T13:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?page_id=19336"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:17:57","slug":"projects-full-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/projects-full-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing about some of the ways I&#8217;ve tried to keep myself artistically amused over the years&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-19118 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-improvisation tag-locomotors tag-performance tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Locomotors at Windhover<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-24T19:21:43-04:00\">August 24, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">My improvisational music and dance group, Locomotors, is performing at the Windhover Center for Performing Arts in Rockport, MA on&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14153 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-essays tag-improvisation tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Watching Music, Hearing Movement<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-19T13:18:05-04:00\">May 19, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">A collection of video about music and movement. Margaret Beals has been performing as improvising dancer for many years. (She&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13972 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-improvisation tag-interviews tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Becoming More Yourself<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-05-03T11:16:56-04:00\">May 3, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Dawn Pratson, Michael Joviala and Michele Herman in Conversation For about 2 years now, Dawn Pratson (dance and choreography) and&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12864 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-improvisation tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Come Play With Us<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-02-01T14:45:27-05:00\">February 1, 2023<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I&#8217;m leading drop-in online guided improvisation sessions in February 2023 on Saturdays, 1:00-1:45pm Eastern. To learn more about it and&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-5914 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-improvisation tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Guided Improvisation Sessions<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-14T15:43:08-05:00\">January 14, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As we returned to (mostly) in-person teaching and learning, I found myself wondering if I could create a short class&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2958 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-improvisation tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Improvisation Workshop: Finding Your Sound<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-05-13T11:14:31-04:00\">May 13, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ever hear some music, maybe a jazz pianist who has a great command of the instrument, or a piece by&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-69 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Improv Sonata, 2009<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2010-08-21T15:27:27-04:00\">August 21, 2010<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In June of 2009, the Bloomingdale School of Music presented a composition of mine which I called &#8216;Sonata for Improvised&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-59 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Notes and Music from \u2018Playing Through\u2019, Solo Piano Concert from 2009<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2010-08-11T17:37:36-04:00\">August 11, 2010<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In December of 2009, I presented a concert of solo improvised piano at the Bloomingdale School of Music. Here are&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">One Musician\/One Magician plays the Carlyle<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2010-07-18T12:38:49-04:00\">July 18, 2010<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Last May, Jeff and I performed at a private party for kids at the Carlyle Hotel in the gorgeous Bemelmans&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-projects tag-projects\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Program Notes from Premier of One Musician\/One Magician, March 2010<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2010-07-18T12:08:56-04:00\">July 18, 2010<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Program Notes Welcome to the maiden voyage of One Musician\/One Magician! For the past several months, Jeff and I have&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing about some of the ways I&#8217;ve tried to keep myself artistically amused over the years&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9ohMj-51S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19169,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":19336,"position":0},"title":"Projects","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"November 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Locomotors Locomotors is an improvising music and dance ensemble. 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