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We Are Hiring – Program Director For Our Summer Sound Walk Series!

We Are Hiring – Program Director For Our Summer Sound Walk Series!

Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology is seeking a Program Director for our annual Summer Sound Walks in the Parks Program.  Summer Soundwalks in the Parks is dedicated to providing free, public soundwalks, workshops, and training sessions that engage multi-generational, local communities in their own neighborhoods. 

Giving Tuesday – Support MSAE!

Giving Tuesday – Support MSAE!

Giving Tuesday is a perfect time to join our community and begin or renew your membership! As a supporting member of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, you help to support our programs and the people who make them possible. Members may receive access to 

Listening Across Neighborhoods Presentations

Listening Across Neighborhoods Presentations

Youth participants in Listening Across Neighborhoods present their local neighborhood sound stories for the public. Two presentations will take place. The first is 3:00 PM October 12 at Build Chicago, 5100 W Harrison Street, Chicago IL 60644 ** this event has been cancelled**! The second is 3:00 PM October 26 at St. Ignatius College Prep (Lead Listening Conference), 1076 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60608

Initiated by NON:op Open Opera Works, Listening Across Neighborhoods is a new sound and public speaking project in which Chicago youth work together to learn critical listening, audio recording and editing, storytelling, and public speaking as they learn about each other’s neighborhoods and how gentrification impacts the sound and feel of their neighborhoods.

Listening Across Neighborhoods funders and partners:

  • Richard Driehaus Foundation
  • Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
  • Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
  • Theatre Y
  • Legler Regional Library, Chicago Public Library
  • Build Chicago
  • The Lead Listening Institute
  • St Ignatius College Prep


When:

Presentation Day 1 of 2

3:00 PM October 12

Build Chicago
5100 W Harrison St, Chicago 60644

Event link: https://mwsae.org/event/listening-across-neighborhoods-presentations-day-1/

Presentations Day 2 of 2

3:00 PM October 26

St. Ignatius College Prep (Lead Listening Conference)
1076 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60608

Event link: https://mwsae.org/event/listening-across-neighborhoods-presentation-day-2/

External Link: https://www.nonopera.org/WP2/experiences/lan/