Friday, June 21 Stones/Water/Time/Breath for Make Music Chicago

Join Dierdre Harrison and me this Friday at sunrise, at the Sherwin Avenue beach in Chicago, to perform Stones/Water/Time/Breath, a public, participatory piece using only these elements in its title as our instruments. This event is part of the global Make Music Day and is one of many locally events promoted on this day by… Continue reading Friday, June 21 Stones/Water/Time/Breath for Make Music Chicago

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.

Masters International Media Cultural Workshop

In mid-June, 2018 I led a 3-day workshop for over 20 graduate students of the International Media Cultural Work program at the Dieburg Media Campus of Hochschule Darmstadt. Their prompt, “How do you actively engage others in listening for everyday sounds,” was explored through ear cleaning exercises, soundwalking, site visits, and discussion, then realized for… Continue reading Masters International Media Cultural Workshop

Proceedings of Invisible Places 2017

The proceedings of Invisible Places 2017 | Sound Urbanism and Sense of Place were finally released last month and are free to download! Get them in a single, exquisitely designed 685-page PDF from http://invisibleplaces.org/#proceedings. Reflections about our workshop titled, “How do Soundwalks Engage Urban Communities in Soundscape Awareness?” was co-written with fellow Midwest Society for… Continue reading Proceedings of Invisible Places 2017

Advances In Eco-Sensing and the Soundscape / Balance-Unbalance 2017

Watch the archived video stream here. Advances In Eco-Sensing and the Soundscape / Balance-Unbalance 2017 #BunB17 @BalanceConf @LeahBarclay @NEXT_cc archi https://t.co/MXaPyU95mv pic.twitter.com/X5XYy8l3tK — ericleonardson (@eleona) August 27, 2017

Night Soundwalk at Wauconda Area Library – July 29

7pm – 8:15pm Wednesday, July 29 Wauconda Area Library 801 N. Main Street Wauconda, IL 60084 Tel: 847-526-6225 This soundwalk will focus on night sounds around the Wauconda Area Library — a blend of forest and wetland landscapes. The walk is open to all listeners, no experience necessary. Join us and learn the basics of acoustic ecology as… Continue reading Night Soundwalk at Wauconda Area Library – July 29

World Listening Day 2017 | Listening to the Ground

Join The Lucky Trikes, World Listening Project, Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, and me to celebrate World Listening Day. This year’s theme is “Listening to the Ground,” created by composer and sound artist Pauline Oliveros. We start at 6:00 PM and conclude at 7:30 PM, in Garibaldi Park. Address: 1520 W Polk St Chicago, Illinois… Continue reading World Listening Day 2017 | Listening to the Ground

Sunrise, June 21 Dean Rosenthal’s Stones/Water/Time/Breath for Make Music Chicago

Play with me at sunrise this Wednesday, June 21 in a public, participatory performance of Dean Rosenthal‘s Stones/Water/Time/Breath. As we did last year, our performance kicks off the first of a full day of free, community music making for Make Music Chicago. Sunrise is at 5:17 A.M. Feel free to share this Facebook event with… Continue reading Sunrise, June 21 Dean Rosenthal’s Stones/Water/Time/Breath for Make Music Chicago