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
Tag: Acoustic Ecology
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
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
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
Invisible Places | Sounding Cities Symposium
I am working on the international scientific committee for Invisible Places | Sounding Cities, a symposium on sound, urbanism, and sense of place happening 18–20 July, 2014 in Viseu, Portugal. The call for submissions was announced January 13. Three sections will be featured with a keynote by Jean-Paul Thibaud from CRNS at CRESSON for the… Continue reading Invisible Places | Sounding Cities Symposium
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
Saturday, December 7, Performance by Jay Needham and Report on Acoustic Ecology
3PM Saturday, December 7 Experimental Sound Studio 5925 North Ravenswood Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60660 Admission free, more details at www.mwsae.org. The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) hosts a performance by sound artist and President of the American Society for Acoustic Ecology (ASAE), Jay Needham, entitled This is a Recording, a work for radio and… Continue reading Saturday, December 7, Performance by Jay Needham and Report on Acoustic Ecology
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
World Listening Day 2013: R. Murray Schafer Tribute at Stratford Summer Music Festival
It was a sweltering evening at The Church Restaurant, in Stratford, Ontario on 2013 World Listening Day, where my friend Sabine Breitsameter and I had the honor of joining R. Murray Schafer, his wife Eleanor, and a large group of a hundred people in celebration of and tribute to Schafer on his 80th birthday, at… Continue reading World Listening Day 2013: R. Murray Schafer Tribute at Stratford Summer Music Festival