In this personal reflection, Ellen Waterman shares her experience with the CME as a way of thinking about the use value of improvisation in a university music curriculum. In her view, improvisation ought to be an integral part of all musicians’ training because of its emphasis on both social responsibility and personal creativity. In its most provocative instances, she has seen improvisation provide transformational experiences for students that complement and enrich the training of classical and jazz players and of popular music practitioners alike.

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