Just published on the City Creatures blog, my words on acoustic ecology and “ethical listening.” This blog post coincides with the Forum on Ethics and Nature, where I will be guiding a morning soundwalk this Friday, May 2, through Mary Mix McDonald Woods at the Chicago Botanic Garden (registration required). I will also lead a soundwalk through… Continue reading On Acoustic Ecology and Ethical Listening for City Creatures blog
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Soundwalk for “Ethics of Recovery and Loss” at Chicago Botanical Garden
6:45am, Friday, May 2, 2014 Forum on Ethics & Nature: A Cascade of Loss, An Ethics of Recovery I lead a soundwalk for the Forum on Ethics and Nature, a symposium co-hosted by the Center for Humans and Nature and the Chicago Botanic Garden. My soundwalk in the Mary Mix McDonald Woods has a special… Continue reading Soundwalk for “Ethics of Recovery and Loss” at Chicago Botanical Garden
Saturday, March 22 – 3WDS14 – New York
3WDS14 – NEW YORK NODE – EAR TO THE EARTH I have a new electroacoustic composition premiering in the “Hydrosonics” program, part of the World Water Wheel on Saturday, March 22 in New York.
Urban Soundscapes & Critical Citizenship
I will be giving a presentation in Urban Soundscapes & Critical Citizenship, March 27th and 28th, at the University of Limerick. Titled “Our Sonic Playground: A Model For Active Engagement in Urban Soundscape,” my focus will be on recent events that engage public participation actively in the urban soundscape. Urban Soundscapes and Critical Citizenship poster… Continue reading Urban Soundscapes & Critical Citizenship
Janaury 2014 WFAE President’s Report
My President’s Report for the year-end issue of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Quarterly News has been published. This issue includes “Teaching Sound and Listening: Auditory Experiments”, a feature article by Leonardo Cardoso and a research/project report “Mapping the Sounds of Collections: Listening to Museums and Archives” By John Kannenberg. My report provides… Continue reading Janaury 2014 WFAE President’s Report
New article published in Leonardo Music Journal 23
Leonardo Music Journal 23 has published “Instruments of Tension: Gramophones, Springs and the Performance of Place,” an article co-authored with Jay Needham. In it, we describe the process and metaphors of our 2012 performance of “Chronography:animal.” This work is based on Jay’s 2009 field recordings from Antarctica and Herbert Ponting’s 1911 photograph of Chris the… Continue reading New article published in Leonardo Music Journal 23
November 7 and 8, Concert and Soundwalk in Marquette, MI
Thursday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m., in the Peter White Public Library’s Community Room I perform at the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center’s “First Thursdays” Concert Series. My concert will be followed by a lecture-demonstration about the Springboard, including the technical, historical, musical and creative concerns that inspired its invention and performance. Friday,… Continue reading November 7 and 8, Concert and Soundwalk in Marquette, MI
October 22 “Our Sonic Playground” At Musuem of Contemporary Art
6–8:00 pm Oct 22, 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Avenue Chicago IL 60611 Admission: FREE I am leading a public, interactive event on Oct. 22, part of a weekly Tuesday evening series organized by the Education Department at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The activities planned will actively engage the… Continue reading October 22 “Our Sonic Playground” At Musuem of Contemporary Art
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Quarterly News
This week I finished my President’s Report for the year-end issue of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Quarterly News. Please visit to learn what this diverse community and field of artistic, scientific, and educational activity is about. This issue includes “Misconceptions of a Silent North”, a feature article by Carmen Braden and a… Continue reading World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Quarterly News
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