One of my regular tasks as President of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) is reporting for its online newsletter, the WFAE Quarterly News. Contents of my July-September 2014 President’s Report: Update on publication of the annual Soundscape: The Journal for Acoustic Ecology Recent and upcoming conferences WFAE leadership update and information on operations… Continue reading July 2014 WFAE President’s Report
Vendlam – On Attenuation Circuit
Attention Circuit has released Vendlam, a limited edition CDr featuring a live concert performance with Doug Van Nort on GREIS and Al Margolis (If, Bwana) on analog synthesizer and violin, and myself on Springboard. Available at emerge.bandcamp.com/album/vendlam Our performance was recorded on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Experimental Music Showcase at My Pizza Place, Poughkeepsie,… Continue reading Vendlam – On Attenuation Circuit
Gabriola Speaker Series – Transcripts of International Soundscape Symposium
In June 2009 I was honored to be invited to speak about the World Listening Project at the 4th International Soundscape Retreat & Symposium: Negotiating Space/Place In the Changing Soundscape, organized by the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE). Recently, CASE published transcripts of our presentations on their updated website. My talk as well as… Continue reading Gabriola Speaker Series – Transcripts of International Soundscape Symposium
Sound In the Land Festival & Conference – June 5–8, 2014
Sound in the Land 2014 – Music and the Environment Thursday, June 5 – Sunday, June 8, 2014 Sound In the Land “…is a Festival/Conference of Mennonites and music scheduled for June 5 – 8, 2014 at Conrad Grebel/University of Waterloo. This event will seek to explore and discover new ways of hearing the earth,… Continue reading Sound In the Land Festival & Conference – June 5–8, 2014
Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology Events in May 2014
The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology has two events coming up in late May that I am participating in. 1:00pm Saturday, May 24 Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education 100 N. Lake Street Gary IN 46403 Monica Ryan leads a soundwalk in Miller Woods in the Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore. Meet us at… Continue reading Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology Events in May 2014
May 19 Improvised/Experimental Music At Myopic Books
7:30pm Monday, May 19, 2014 Myopic Books 1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60622 Eric Leonardson (springboard) performs with Carol Genetti (voice), Albert Wildeman (bass), and Katherine Young (bassoon) The music happens in the reading room upstairs. Admission Free
On Acoustic Ecology and Ethical Listening for City Creatures blog
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
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
The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics
I recently helped students in Jesse Seay’s Sound Art Electronics class use piezo disc contact microphones to build amplified sound sculptures and instruments for public interaction at The Arcade, an exhibition space at Columbia College Chicago. Their handmade electroacoustic creations were very fun and effective. The show runs for one month and closes May 2,… Continue reading The Arcade | Chicago Curates Columbia: Audio Arts and Acoustics
April 2014 WFAE President’s Report
My President’s Report for April-June issue of the online World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) Quarterly News has been published. This issue includes a research report by E. Sirin Özgün on political street action in Istanbul, and a feature article by Carmen Braden entitled, “Ice As Instrument: Using Natural Forms Of Ice For Sound Production.”… Continue reading April 2014 WFAE President’s Report