Celebrating the Legacy of R. Murray Schafer

Canadian composer, author, music educator, and father of acoustic ecology’ dies at 88 The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology is saddened to learn that Canadian composer, author, music educator, and father of acoustic ecology’ Raymond Murray Schafer, died at his home in Southern Ontario on 

World Listening Day 2020, The Collective Field

This year’s theme, created by Wild Sanctuary Vice President Katherine Krause is “The Collective Field.”

HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground

Results and reflections on the 2020 Hear Below underground soundwalk conducted by NON:op Open Opera Works and the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, with underwriting support from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a host of other NGOs.