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 

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 2021 – The Unquiet Earth

World Listening Day 2021 – The Unquiet Earth

”The Unquiet Earth” is an invitation to reflect on and engage with the constant murmur of the Earth, sounds beyond the threshold of human hearing, to remind ourselves that we share this mysterious and awesome planet.