My New Role In World Forum for Acoustic Ecology

Following “Crossing Listening Paths,” the 2011 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Conference on Corfu Island, I became Vice President of the WFAE itself. In late July 2012, I became WFAE President. You can read my reports in the WFAE Quarterly News published online at http://wfae.proscenia.net/newsletter/. To read past issues of the newsletter please visit… Continue reading My New Role In World Forum for Acoustic Ecology

July 18, World Listening Day Podcast for Sounding Out!

I recently finished a hour-long podcast about World Listening Day for the Sounding Out! sound studies blog, produced with fellow SAIC Sound Instructor, Monica Ryan and her husband, Tom Haigh at ARU Chicago. It goes live on World Listening Day, July 18, 2012. I’m personally honored that Sounding Out! made July their own “World Listening… Continue reading July 18, World Listening Day Podcast for Sounding Out!

A Week of Sound and Silence: Interview On Vidos Island

Interview on Vidos Island Part of Kiki Karydi’s “A Week of Sound and Silence” project. Kiki is a graduate student studying in the UK. She was among the many people met in Corfu for “Crossing Listening Paths” 2011 WFAE International Conference. Among the questions I respond to are, In the video I respond to four… Continue reading A Week of Sound and Silence: Interview On Vidos Island

WFAE Feature Article: Observations On “Crossing Listening Paths”

My report, “Observations on the 2011 WFAE International Conference “Crossing Listening Paths,” about the 2011 WFAE International Conference is published in the Nov/Dec WFAE Newsletter. This report is describes my personal observations of the conference and Kerkyra, on the island of Corfu, Greece. Rather than offering an analysis of the events, I wrote about whatever… Continue reading WFAE Feature Article: Observations On “Crossing Listening Paths”

“Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality” at Theater of the Ionian Academy

Conference of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, “Crossing Listening Paths” in Corfu Monday, October 3, 2011 7:00 – 8:30 PM Municipal Theater of Corfu Kerkyra, Greece The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology hosts a collaborative, hybrid lecture-performance, entitled “Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality,” by Eric Leonardson (Faculty, Sound SAIC), Jay Needham (Faculty, Radio-Television, SIU, Carbondale),… Continue reading “Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality” at Theater of the Ionian Academy