I am creating “Similaria,” a new electroacoustic composition performance in the Mead Art Museum for Soundfest. This is part of a two-day showcase of indoor and outdoor sound installation work and performances taking place all around the Amherst College campus.
Category: Acoustic Ecology
Amherst College Copeland Colloquia on Art in Place / the Place of Art
Beginning in January I will be an artist-in-residence at Amherst College. I was selected by faculty at Amherst College to be a Copeland Fellow in their colloquium on “Art in Place/the Place of Art.” The Copeland Fellows for the spring semester also include saxophonist Matana Roberts, filmmaker Catherine Masud, and choreographer Idan Cohen. The Copeland… Continue reading Amherst College Copeland Colloquia on Art in Place / the Place of Art
Photos From AUDIOPARC Launch In Laval, Québec
Launch of a series of sonic art events curated by Magali Babin and hosted by Galerie Verticale in Laval, Québec. On Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29 Natalia Petkova performed, with amplified horns transmitting their sounds to handheld, portable FM radios. Jen Reimer and Max Stein collaboratively performed a multi-channel sound composition. Douglas Moffat… Continue reading Photos From AUDIOPARC Launch In Laval, Québec
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
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 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012
Jay Needham and Eric Leonardson perform Chronography: Animal 22:00 Friday, July 27 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) 603qm Alexanderstr. 264283 Darmstadt (Atelier Elektronik) This event happens within the Soundscape Composition program featuring Hildegard Westerkamp, and is organized in cooperation with the 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012 (46th International Summer Course for New Music… Continue reading July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012
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!
President’s Report on July-August 2012 WFAE Newsletter
My first report as President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology was published in the organization’s online newsletter. Published bi-monthly, the WFAE Newsletter is a supplement to its annual scholarly journal, Soundscape: The Journal for Acoustic Ecology. Please bookmark and read the newsletter, it is full of resources as well as information about current… Continue reading President’s Report on July-August 2012 WFAE Newsletter
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”