
Welcome to AUMI-KU InterArts!
AUMI-KU InterArts is a Member of the AUMI Consortium, an international research group dedicated to exploring, sustaining, developing, and sharing the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument. Each AUMI Consortium Member institution has a particular area of focus. Ours is interdisciplinary arts and improvisation.
Fall 2025 AUMI Jam dates are here!
Fall 2025 AUMI Jams will take place on the first Friday of every month (September 5th, October 3rd, November 7th, and December 5th) from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at the Lawrence Public Library (lower level) Sound+Vision Studio! Come join us, make and record music, and enjoy the fun of improvisation and collaboration with others in the community. All ages welcome, no experience required!
This is a video from the October AUMI Jam at the Lawrence Public Library Sound + Vision Studio including the attendees and coordinators mentioned below. Thank you so much to everyone involved!
Filmed by Ranjit Arab (Assistant Director of Communications, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU)
Jams recorded by Matthew Pelsma (Lawrence Public Library, Sound + Vision Studio)
Session conducted by Sherrie Tucker (PhD professor, American Studies, KU)
Featuring Oliver Hall, Ranita Wilks, Xiaoyan (Mavis) Li (American Studies, KU), Ray Mizumura-Pence (PhD professor, American Studies, KU), and Kevin and Jack Jacobs
Filmed by Ranjit Arab (Assistant Director of Communications, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU)
Jams recorded by Matthew Pelsma (Lawrence Public Library, Sound + Vision Studio)
Session conducted by Sherrie Tucker (PhD professor, American Studies, KU)
Featuring Oliver Hall, Ranita Wilks, Xiaoyan (Mavis) Li (American Studies, KU), Ray Mizumura-Pence (PhD professor, American Studies, KU), and Kevin and Jack Jacobs
This is a video from the September AUMI Jam at the Lawrence Public Library Sound + Vision Studio including the attendees and coordinators mentioned below. Thank you so much to everyone involved!
Filmed by Ranjit Arab (Assistant Director of Communications, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU)
Jams recorded by Matthew Pelsma (Lawrence Public Library, Sound + Vision Studio)
Session conducted by Caleb Lázaro Moreno (PhD student, American Studies, KU)
Featuring Amelia Whittier (B.s. student, Behavioral Neuroscience, KU), Oliver Hall, and Kevin and Jack Jacobs
Filmed by Ranjit Arab (Assistant Director of Communications, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, KU)
Jams recorded by Matthew Pelsma (Lawrence Public Library, Sound + Vision Studio)
Session conducted by Caleb Lázaro Moreno (PhD student, American Studies, KU)
Featuring Amelia Whittier (B.s. student, Behavioral Neuroscience, KU), Oliver Hall, and Kevin and Jack Jacobs
New Collectively Created AUMI Book!
We're proud to announce that our collectively created book, Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument, has been published by University of Michigan Press (Music and Social Justice Series)! You can read the open access book now.
Hall Makes Headlines in the Lawrence Community
