First Soundwalk Symposium Kicks-off On April 1

Soundwalk Symposium, April 1–22, 2022 VIRTUAL PANEL presentation on Friday, April 1. Joining me on the panel are Kathy Kennedy and Colby Gaudet with Owen Chapman moderating. Panelists for the subsequent panels are Dr. Jacek Smolicki, Viv Corrringham, Elena Biserna, Andrew Stuck, Babak Fakhamzadeh, Geert Vermeire, Norman W. Long, Gemma Thompson, Hildegard Westerkamp, Dr. Antonella… Continue reading First Soundwalk Symposium Kicks-off On April 1

Singing Insects Monitoring Soundwalk at Indian Boundary Park

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.

Learning to love Chicago with your ears by Kerry Cardoza

Feb. 6, 2019 article by Kerry Cardoza published in the Chicago Reader today

World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 25th Anniversary

The Global Composition 2018 conference featured a series of workshops and open discussions with participants on media culture the future of acoustic ecology. The proceedings were recorded and now you may watch them on The Global Composition website.  2018 marks the 25th Anniversary of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE), founded in August 1993… Continue reading World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 25th Anniversary

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

Radius Sketchpad, Saturday, December 26

Saturday, December 26, 2015 2pm – 3pm, Eastern US Time WGXC 90.7-FM: Hands-on Radio Listen live online wavefarm.org I am featured this weekend on Radius Sketchpad, a monthly program on WGXC 90.7-FM presented by the Chicago-based experimental radio platform, Radius. About this Sketchpad program…  

How to soundwalk (Part Two) for Land Lines

Part two of my “How-to” primer for the Land Lines blog, for the Nature Conservancy of Canada, offers some practical considerations and inspiration for doing your own soundwalks. Links to online resources are provided. But, remember, for anyone who is even a bit interested in reading my article, it only makes real sense when you… Continue reading How to soundwalk (Part Two) for Land Lines

How to soundwalk (Part one) for Land Lines

In this two-part piece for Land Lines, the Nature Conservancy of Canada blog, I provide a “How to” primer with resources, personal experiences, and suggested techniques. As an ecological practice, soundwalking can be an entertainment or a method of inquiry, a call to action or a meditation. Soundwalks can play multiple roles all at once… Continue reading How to soundwalk (Part one) for Land Lines

‘Our Sonic Playground’ Journal of Urban Cultural Studies

My research article on urban soundscape awareness for the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is now available online. “‘Our Sonic Playground’: A model for active engagement in urban soundscapes” is part of special section that “…engages with the idea of activating a ‘sonic turn’ in urban cultural studies scholarship, in part through the evocation of… Continue reading ‘Our Sonic Playground’ Journal of Urban Cultural Studies

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