Splash Biography

Anyone can jam! Improvisation is a fun and easy way to create new music, and you don't need to play a jazz instrument to join in! Learn how jazz, rock, and bluegrass musicians interact with each other on the fly, and how you can take part too! We will explore the basics of improvisation common to all styles of music, then we'll look at and demonstrate different techniques and activities for practicing improv

We put a lot of faith in statistics, but is it always right to trust the numbers? Crafting accurate and unbiased statistics is difficult; in fact, a whole lot can go wrong! Come learn about how people collect information, analyze data, and present or visualize it to help their arguments. We'll talk about statistical paradoxes, infographics and visualizations, advertising, politics, and more!