Singing Insects Soundwalk At Big Marsh Park

Join me at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 11 at Big Marsh Park in Chicago for the Singing Insects Soundwalk with Dr. Carl Strang and the Singing Insects Monitoring Program.

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

World Listening Day | The Collective Field

You are invited to participate in the 11th annual World Listening Day 2020, on July 18. This year’s theme, created by Wild Sanctuary Vice President, Katherine Krause is “The Collective Field.”

Soundwalk Report: HEAR BELOW 2020

On Friday, February 14, 40 people participated the second annual Hear Below: Listening for Chicago Underground, a free, public event in the programming of the 108th College Art Association Conference in downtown Chicago. This soundwalk navigated through the labyrinthine Chicago Pedway led by Christophe Preissing, Eric Leonardson, and Alex Braidwood. Read, listen, and learn about… Continue reading Soundwalk Report: HEAR BELOW 2020

Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground

Listening to Chicago Underground Friday, February 14, 2020, 12:30–1:30pm   Join me on a soundwalk with Christophe Preissing and Alex Braidwood as we explore Chicago’s underground pedway system with our ears, and ultimately, reveal what urban critic Jane Jacobs calls “the seemingly mysterious and perverse behavior of cities”. At 12:15 meet me at 112 S.… Continue reading Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground

Hush City Soundwalk | Sound Walk Sunday

Eric Leonardson led a public soundwalk with over 20 people in Rogers Park, Chicago on Sunday, September 15. This event was supported locally by the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and PO Box Collective, one of the 19 Hush City Soundwalks using the Hush City mobile app in multiple cities worldwide to celebrate the Sound… Continue reading Hush City Soundwalk | Sound Walk Sunday

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.

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