July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

Jay Needham and Eric Leonardson perform Chronography: Animal 22:00 Friday, July 27 Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD) 603qm Alexanderstr. 264283 Darmstadt (Atelier Elektronik) This event happens within the Soundscape Composition program featuring Hildegard Westerkamp, and is organized in cooperation with the 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012 (46th International Summer Course for New Music… Continue reading July 27, Chronography: Animal in 46. Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 2012

July 18, World Listening Day Podcast for Sounding Out!

I recently finished a hour-long podcast about World Listening Day for the Sounding Out! sound studies blog, produced with fellow SAIC Sound Instructor, Monica Ryan and her husband, Tom Haigh at ARU Chicago. It goes live on World Listening Day, July 18, 2012. I’m personally honored that Sounding Out! made July their own “World Listening… Continue reading July 18, World Listening Day Podcast for Sounding Out!

WFAE Feature Article: Observations On “Crossing Listening Paths”

My report, “Observations on the 2011 WFAE International Conference “Crossing Listening Paths,” about the 2011 WFAE International Conference is published in the Nov/Dec WFAE Newsletter. This report is describes my personal observations of the conference and Kerkyra, on the island of Corfu, Greece. Rather than offering an analysis of the events, I wrote about whatever… Continue reading WFAE Feature Article: Observations On “Crossing Listening Paths”

“Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality” at Theater of the Ionian Academy

Conference of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, “Crossing Listening Paths” in Corfu Monday, October 3, 2011 7:00 – 8:30 PM Municipal Theater of Corfu Kerkyra, Greece The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology hosts a collaborative, hybrid lecture-performance, entitled “Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality,” by Eric Leonardson (Faculty, Sound SAIC), Jay Needham (Faculty, Radio-Television, SIU, Carbondale),… Continue reading “Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality” at Theater of the Ionian Academy

CASE 4th International Soundscape Retreat & Symposium

speaking at the Canadian Association for Sound Ecology (CASE)’s 4th International Soundscape Retreat & Symposium: Negotiating Space/Place In the Changing Soundscape

Online Report Published in WFAE Newsletter

The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology’s WFAE Newsletter published my brief report about Megalópolis sonoras: Identidad cultural y sonidos en peligro de extinción (Sound Megalopolis: Cultural Identity and Sounds in danger of extinction) in the May-June, 2009 issue. This conference was hosted by the Mexican Forum for Acoustic Ecology at Fonoteca Nacional, 23-27 March, 2009 in… Continue reading Online Report Published in WFAE Newsletter

Report from Sound Megalópolis In Mexico City

A brief conference report on Megalópolis Sonoras: Sonidos en peligro de extinción (Sound Megalopolis: Cultural Identity and Sounds in danger of extinction) organized by the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) and the recently founded Mexican Forum for Acoustic Ecology. The conference took place March 23–27 at the gorgeous Fonoteca Nacional in the beautiful Coyoacán… Continue reading Report from Sound Megalópolis In Mexico City