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.
New Japan Ensemble Chicago/Obihiro Exchange Project
On Friday, July 19, Eric Leonardson performs in Tatsu Aoki’s presentation of New Japan Ensemble, a compositional project exploring the experimental sonic milieu of contemporary Tokyo and Chicago, at Elastic Arts. This event is part of the Chicago Obihiro Exchange Exhibition presented by AIRMW at the Hairpin Arts Center.
Sound Collaborations: Inferno Mobile Recording Studio Manifesto & Cookbook
I am honored to be among the teaching artists invited to contribute a “recipe” for the new Inferno Mobile Recording Studio (IMRS) Sound Collaborations Manifesto & Cookbook, a free open source educational tool on sonic arts making for youth. My recipe is on soundwalking, which I thank IMRS for supporting as a partner with the… Continue reading Sound Collaborations: Inferno Mobile Recording Studio Manifesto & Cookbook
Summer Soundwalks In the Parks Series With Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
It is my pleasure to announce that the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) is launching its fourth annual series of six soundwalks in Chicago parks beginning this week, on Friday July 12 and continuing through Tuesday July 30. On Saturday, July 13 I will lead the Field Recording Workshop at West Ridge Nature Preserve… Continue reading Summer Soundwalks In the Parks Series With Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
Friday, June 21 Stones/Water/Time/Breath for Make Music Chicago
Join Dierdre Harrison and me this Friday at sunrise, at the Sherwin Avenue beach in Chicago, to perform Stones/Water/Time/Breath, a public, participatory piece using only these elements in its title as our instruments. This event is part of the global Make Music Day and is one of many locally events promoted on this day by… Continue reading Friday, June 21 Stones/Water/Time/Breath for Make Music Chicago
May 3-4, 2019 REVEIL SoundCamp
Tonight, Radius begins re-broadcast of my daybreak recording, the 2015 Episode 63: SoundTent at Camp Sherwin, in partnership with Wave Farm, starting tonight at 11:00 PM in Chicago, or near the Greenwich Meridian, at 5:00 AM. This is part of the global 24-hour Reveil 2019, on International Dawn Chorus Day, when the sounds of each… Continue reading May 3-4, 2019 REVEIL SoundCamp
May 6, Original Instruments Concert 2019
Monday, May 6 at 2:00 to 3:00 PM You are invited to the Original Instruments showcase of students’ work made in my Instrument Construction class. They will demonstrate and perform with a range of newly made instrument inventions. Snacks and beverages provided courtesy of the Department of Sound, at the School of the Art Institute… Continue reading May 6, Original Instruments Concert 2019
Genetti/Leonardson/Jacobs at Elastic Arts
Genetti/Leonardson/Jacobs perform at Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave #208
Chicago, IL 60647
Remembering Kris Goralka, Ed Harrison, & Bill Talsma
For the most part my what’s new page announces and invites readers to my professional activities, most in the form of performances, recordings, broadcasts, publications, workshops, soundwalks, and conference presentations. There is another small set of posts that are of more personal nature that I feel it necessary to share. These posts memorialize the losses… Continue reading Remembering Kris Goralka, Ed Harrison, & Bill Talsma
Just This – Pan American with Eric Leonardson
On April 6, Just This concert series presents an immersive sound environment and solo concerts by Pan American and Eric Leonardson, at the Zen Buddhist Temple Chicago.