This year, MCML is introducing an improvisation lab. The Improv Lab will be composed of a small dynamic group of participants with varying levels of experience and diverse backgrounds in music and improvisation. In the inter-idiomatic setting, participants can expect to encounter a variety of improvisation perspectives and approaches. Participants will have opportunities to play and lead sessions, meet improvisors in the Montréal scene, and perform in the community. While working together to put together improvised performances, they will also get to join the composer/performer collaboration participants as well as the sound art lab participants in contemporary music-themed workshops. Improv lab participants can expect a program designed to give structure while still affording flexibility for self-directed practices.