Join me on a soundwalk to learn and enjoy all those summertime sounds with naturalist and insect tracker, Dr. Carl Strang along with Kathleen Soler, founder of the Singing Insects Monitoring Program.

Thursday, July 25
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Indian Boundary Park
2500 W. Lunt Avenue
Chicago IL 60645

Free and open to the public! All welcome! Download the Night Out in the Parks app for more information or just meet us at the field house at 7:30 PM.

Visit Singing Insects Monitoring Program prior to the program to listen and learn the sounds we will be listening for in the soundwalk.

My soundwalking practice is informed by Hildegard Westerkamp, an internationally renowned composer and ecologist. She says soundwalks directly engage each participant in the complex interrelationships of sound making and listening wherever we are. It can be a challenge to understand or a meditation, or just for fun. In a group, I find that soundwalks take on an especially positive social character, while providing a chance to refresh our senses, to gain a different sensory perspective of our world around us. This resonates Annea Lockwood’s theme of “Listening With” created by her for World Listening Day 2019.

This soundwalk is hosted by the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE), with support from the Chicago Park District’s Night Out In the Parks program

The MSAE was established in 2009 as a membership organization dedicated to exploring the role of sound in natural habitats and human societies, while promoting public dialogue concerning the identification, preservation, and restoration of natural and cultural sound environments. In 2018, the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology reestablished itself as an independent nonprofit corporation. Please visit MSAE’s website to learn about its local/regional activities, it Board of Directors, and get involved!