The next issue of Leonardo Music Journal is on improvisation :: LMJ welcome papers on aspects of improvisation in music, art and the general realm of decision-making – especially texts addressing the interplay of improvisation and technology :: Deadline rough proposal and queries October 15, 2009; finished articles January 1, 2010: Address all inquiries to Nicolas Collins, Editor-in-Chief, at ncollins [at] saic.edu.

Improvisation gas been a critical component in many forms of music around the world throughout most of history, and is an essential quality of human intelligence that extends far beyond the borders of art. It remains, nonetheless, a controversial subject in contemporary Western music: detested and denounced by such titans as Pierre Boulez and John Cage, embraced with equal fervor by others, and seriously misunderstood by many. For Volume 20 of the Leonardo Music Journal papers are welcomed on aspects of improvisation in music, art and the general realm of decision-making – especially texts addressing the interplay of improvisation and technology.