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Born in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1982, Charity Chan has been living in Quebec for three years. She holds a B.A. in Music (Piano) from McGill’s University and is currently completing a Master’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation at Mills College, California, where she is studying under Fred Frith and Joëlle Léandre. Charity Chan has also organized the first “Free Improvisation Series” at McGill’s University (2005-2006). She is doing research on gesture, incarnation and cultural memory in improvisation. She has taken several workshops by Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein, The Sun Ra Arkestra and Joe McPhee. Charity has performed in Montreal, Toronto, Guelph, Victoria, Vancouver and, on a recent tour, San Francisco and the American North-West. She has played on stage with Lori Freedman, Sam Shalabi, Scott Thomson, John Heward, Fred Frith, Maggie Nichols, Joëlle Léandre and Frank Gratkowski. Charity Chan is a member of the International Society of Improvising Musicians and the American Musicological Society. She has presented her research at the Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium (Guelph University) and the International Society for Improvised Music (Michigan University, Ann Arbor). [iii-07] |
