Breakthrough on 30th Anniversary | pivotal moment of environmental awakening

Summary of 2023 WFAE Conference at Atlantic Center for the Arts From 19 through 26 March 2023 I convened and participated in ‘Listening Pasts – Listening Futures’ a hybrid virtual and in-person conference at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA), in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. This was the first international conference held by the… Continue reading Breakthrough on 30th Anniversary | pivotal moment of environmental awakening

Sound In the Land Festival & Conference – June 5–8, 2014

Sound in the Land 2014 – Music and the Environment Thursday, June 5 – Sunday, June 8, 2014 Sound In the Land “…is a Festival/Conference of Mennonites and music scheduled for June 5 – 8, 2014 at Conrad Grebel/University of Waterloo. This event will seek to explore and discover new ways of hearing the earth,… Continue reading Sound In the Land Festival & Conference – June 5–8, 2014

Ways of Listening, Figures of Thought: A Festschrift for R. Murray Schafer on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

While living in Amherst, MA and traveling in Europe this spring, I co-edited a 72-page book with Sabine Breitsameter, entitled Ways of Listening, Figures of Thought: A Festschrift for R. Murray Schafer On the Occasion of His 80th Birthday. Published in July by Hochschule Darmstadt, the Festschrift collects statements from 25 internationally esteemed authors, composers,… Continue reading Ways of Listening, Figures of Thought: A Festschrift for R. Murray Schafer on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

World Listening Day 2013: R. Murray Schafer Tribute at Stratford Summer Music Festival

It was a sweltering evening at The Church Restaurant, in Stratford, Ontario on 2013 World Listening Day, where my friend Sabine Breitsameter and I had the honor of joining R. Murray Schafer, his wife Eleanor, and a large group of a hundred people in celebration of and tribute to Schafer on his 80th birthday, at… Continue reading World Listening Day 2013: R. Murray Schafer Tribute at Stratford Summer Music Festival

AUDIOPARC et lancement de la programmation de l’automne 2012

Andra McCartney and Eric Leonardson speak and lead soundwalks around the Métro de la Concorde, for Audioparc, a series of sonic art events curated by Magali Babin and hosted by Galerie Verticale in Laval, Québec. AUDIOPARC is meant to present new and captivating projects with the bold idea to make Laval a playground for the… Continue reading AUDIOPARC et lancement de la programmation de l’automne 2012