Publications
Rowan, Brent. "Socializing from a Distance in a Community Music Ensemble During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Critical Studies in Improvisation/Études critiques en improvisation 14, no. 1 (2021).
Rowan, Brent D. Mindfulness and Empathetic Considerations for Music Ensemble Directing. Walking the Boundaries in Community Music, Wilfrid Laurier Free Press, (2021).
Rowan, Brent D. "Talk, Listen, and Understand: The Impact of a Jazz Improvisation Experience on an Amateur Adult Musician’s Mind, Body, and Spirit." LEARNing Landscapes 10, no. 2 (2017): 257-269.
My work in the community, specifically the New Horizons Band Guelph program was a case study in the 2017 Routledge publication Engaging in community music: An introduction, by Lee Higgins and Lee Willingham (p.34-36).
Presentations
2021 Transforming Health and Wellness Through Musical Improvisation. Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology 33rd Annual Conference.
2019 Musicking in Healthcare Contexts: Exploring Improvisation for Improved Communication and Overall Wellness. Re-imagining Health Symposium, St. Catherines, Canada.
2017 Mindfulness and Empathetic Considerations for Music Ensemble Directing. International Community Music Conference, Waterloo, Canada.
The Impact of a Jazz Improvisation Experience on an Amateur Adult Musicians’ Mind Body and Spirit.
International Society for Improvised Music, WLU. 2016
Community Music Conference, Munich 2015
Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium 2015
Accepted for delivery Vancouver Jazz Festival and Colloquium 2015.
2006 Improvisation: the development of the creative and logical minds in youth and how this aids social awareness, Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium.
Podcasts
Community Building through Formal and Non-Formal Music Learning: An Interview With My Father
Available through the Improvisation Institute website