Virtual Soundwalks In Chicago – November 14, 2020

Join us on Saturday evening, November 14 in Virtual Soundwalks In Chicago, an online public launch party and fundraiser celebrating five new video adaptations to the current pandemic by the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology‘s 2020 team of Chicago-based teaching artists. Our summer soundwalks in Chicago’s parks have been re-made for virtual and social media… Continue reading Virtual Soundwalks In Chicago – November 14, 2020

Wild Things 2019 Conference for People and Nature

3:30 PM, February 23, 2019 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N River Rd, Rosemont, IL 60018 See full conference Schedule here. Acoustic Ecology: A Socially Engaged Sonic Arts Approach in Urban and Natural Environments

Balance-Unbalance 2018 New Value Systems | September 20-21

Balance-Unbalance 2018 New Value Systems is hosted September 20th and 21st 2018 by The Patching Zone, the City of Rotterdam and partners in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Singing Insects Monitoring Program – Night Out In The Parks 2018

Become a citizen scientist with naturalist and insect tracker, Dr. Carl Strang, musician, Rob Frye on birdsongs, and a soundwalk led by me. Wednesday, July 25 at 7 PM – 9 PM CDT Legion Park 3100 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue Chicago IL 60659 Free and open to the public! All welcome! Meet at the prairie… Continue reading Singing Insects Monitoring Program – Night Out In The Parks 2018

A.I.R. Krems

I am honored to be one of two SAIC faculty awarded a one-month international summer artist’s residency with a studio and living quarters at AIR Krems on the Danube River. Located in the Kunstquartier of Krems, these facilities are provided through the support of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in an exchange… Continue reading A.I.R. Krems

Sound + Environment University of Hull | The Frequent Listener

I am excited to be at University of Hull, UK for the Sound + Environment 2017 conference taking place from 29 June to 2 July. It brings together “artists and scientists to examine the ways that sound can deepen our understanding of environments.” On Saturday, 1 July it is my privilege and honor to premiere… Continue reading Sound + Environment University of Hull | The Frequent Listener

Soundwalks In The Parks Series, Summer 2017

It is my pleasure to announce the next set of soundwalks led by Chicago teaching artists, alum of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology. The Summer Soundwalks In The Parks Series kicks off at 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 8 at Ping Tom Park with “A… Continue reading Soundwalks In The Parks Series, Summer 2017

Illinois News: Soundwalks in Urbana parks put participants in touch with sonic environments

On April 26, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign news posted this well-written online article by Jodi Heckel about my public soundwalks in Urbana parks, all part of the Sonified Sustainability Festival. Thanks go to Jason Finkelman and the Student Sustainability Committee for their interest and support. In coming months look for a video documenting… Continue reading Illinois News: Soundwalks in Urbana parks put participants in touch with sonic environments

Invisible Places 2017

On Friday, April 8 Amanda Gutierrez and I led a workshop entitled How do soundwalks engage urban communities in soundscape awareness? for Invisible Places: Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. With Norman W. Long in Chicago, fellow teaching artist who led soundwalks in our Soundwalks In the… Continue reading Invisible Places 2017

Go at Art Institute of Chicago

Sound composition created for the exhibition Go in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. February 23–June 4, 2017 Modern Wing, Abbott Galleries 182–184 Art Institute of Chicago 159 East Monroe Street Chicago IL 60603 My audio composition reflects and embodies the sensation of speed, rapid technological change, and cacophony using selected works… Continue reading Go at Art Institute of Chicago