July 5, 2023

Storytime on World Listening Day 2023

July 18, Celebrate with World Listening Project The Midwest Society of Acoustic Ecology invites its members to a summer potluck at the Chicago home of MSAE President, Eric Leonardson and Deirdre Harrison, who serves as WLP Treasurer. As in past years with special guests Annea Lockwood and …

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August 1, 2022

Reflections On Listening Across Boundaries: World Listening Day 2022

By Eric Leonardson Each year the World Listening Project selects a thought leader to devise a theme for World Listening Day. The 2022 theme of “Listening Across Boundaries” was created by musician, composer, and marine biologist Heather R. Spence. The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology provided …

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August 23, 2021

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 …

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