The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) is pleased to announce its Fall Event Series, kicking off with “What If Sound Matters Too: Revisiting the Potential for Healthy Soundscape.” This lecture by Scott Bernstein is co-hosted by The Department of Audio Arts & Acoustics at Columbia College Chicago, and takes place on campus, at 33 E. Congress Parkway, Basement, 7pm Wednesday, Sept. 21. Admission Free.
Scott Bernstein is the President and co-founder of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, and his talk will suggest agendas for research, demonstration and local policies that can make healthy soundscapes attainable.

Please visit the MSAE website for full details at http://mwsae.org

ESS posted my performance with Anna Friz for the opening of Respire at Audible on its SoundCloud profile. What you hear, amongst a roomful of radios receiving the sounds of breathing and other bodily exclamations typically absent from regular radio programming, is Anna playing amplified sruti, mbira, and electronics. I performed on the Springboard and Korg MS-20. We performed on Friday July 16, 2011. Listen here: Anna Friz and Eric Leonardson Live in Studio A by Experimental Sound Studio

Indiana Dunes Sound Walk, a set by Ignotus the Mage on Flickr.

On Saturday, May 21 I led a soundwalk in Miller Woods at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, with the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and World Listening Project. It was a lovely experience with some very interesting people who participated. Above are photos taken one of the soundwalkers, Paul Hertz.

Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and World Listening Project Meeting

I hope you will join me at 7PM Wednesday, March 16 for a special presentation by sound and vocal artist Viv Corringham, at

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MSAE & WLP members, Jan 23 2011

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The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and World Listening Project’s first meeting of 2011 was held at the venerable Woodlawn Tap in Hyde Park, Chicago.

I have organized a monthly series of meetings for the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, featuring three public presentations by Jay Needham, Viv Corringham, and Steve Jones. Please bookmark and return to the 2011 Winter/Spring Schedule page as I will update it when more details become available: http://mwsae.org/?p=1198

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Chris DeLaurenti and the Seattle Phonographers Union played one of my field recordings on the “Weekday” show today, Monday, December 20, on KUOW 94.9 Puget Sound Public Radio. The show is archived for your listening pleasure at: www.kuow.org/program.php?id=22147

My audio submission (the metallic contraction sounds of a gas furnace as it cools) and other collected sounds can be hear here on my Audioboo profile: audioboo.fm/boos/240858-cooling-furnace

In addition to being a co-founder of the Seattle Phonographers’ Union with Steve Barsotti, Chris DeLaurenti is a writer, composer and teacher. He recently founded the Pacific Northwest chapter of the American Society for Acoustic Ecology, and on the show Chris mentioned that he is now writing a book on field recording and phonography.

November’s Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology / World Listening Project meeting features a special presentation by Chicago artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman.

Sunday, November 21, 1:00 pm

Attendance is free and open to the public

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I’m happy to announce that the American Society for Acoustic Ecology’s Listening for the Future symposium will take place from Friday, July 9 through Sunday, July 11 in Chicago. Hosted by the ASAE’s Midwest chapter and the World Listening Project this conference is the first of its kind in the United States.

Please visit the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology website for details on how to participate.

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