Beyond Listening: Agency, Art and the Environment

International Symposium on Sonic Ecologies22 to 25 November, 2023Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME) I am in the beautiful city of Budapest, Hungary to present a new 8-channel sound composition and presenting about ‘Listening Pasts – Listening Futures,’ the recent World Forum for Acoustic Ecology conference co-organized and hosted in New Smyrna Beach,… Continue reading Beyond Listening: Agency, Art and the Environment

Summer Soundwalks In the Parks 2023

From June through September Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology’s eighth annual series of guided soundwalks introduces and raises awareness of urban soundscapes in parks across Chicago. Led by a team of local artists who each provide a thematic focus based on acoustic features, my personal contribution to this partnership with Night Out in the Parks… Continue reading Summer Soundwalks In the Parks 2023

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

Listening Pasts, Listening Futures WFAE Conference 23-26 March 2023

Following 15 months of organizing with a small dedicated team of brilliant teaching artists I am pleased to inform you that the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology’s first international happens on 23-26 March 2023. Join us online and in person at Atlantic Center for the Arts This conference is a small one that promises to… Continue reading Listening Pasts, Listening Futures WFAE Conference 23-26 March 2023

Tune Your Ears to Singing Insects

A new article about the Singing Insects Monitoring Program is available now, published in the January-February 2022 issue of Legacy Magazine for nature interpretation, offered here for online reading or download. My co-authors are Negin Almassi, Dr. Carl Strang, Kathleen Soler, with illustrations by Leslie DeCourcey, and photos by Negin Almassi and Adrian Wood. Singing… Continue reading Tune Your Ears to Singing Insects

CENSE Almanac 2021 New Open Access Publication

I am honored to be among contributors to the free, open-access CENSE Almanac 2021

Singing Insects Soundwalk At Big Marsh Park

Join me at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 11 at Big Marsh Park in Chicago for the Singing Insects Soundwalk with Dr. Carl Strang and the Singing Insects Monitoring Program.

Summer Soundwalks In the Parks 2021

Sixth annual series of free, thematically focused public events in Chicago parks across the city It is my pleasure to announce that the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) is launching its sixth annual series of six soundwalks in Chicago parks, beginning on Saturday, July 10 with Ambient Encounters: Eco-Orientation led by Veronica Salinas. The… Continue reading Summer Soundwalks In the Parks 2021

World Listening Day | The Collective Field

You are invited to participate in the 11th annual World Listening Day 2020, on July 18. This year’s theme, created by Wild Sanctuary Vice President, Katherine Krause is “The Collective Field.”