MSAE 2014 year-in-review, plus what’s ahead in 2015.

We hope this New Year has started off well for you as we take time to reflect and take note of our recent activities and future prospects. Happily, the MSAE had an extremely productive 2014, that overflows into some highlights for this new year 2015:

• • On Monday, January 19, 2015, Chicago Tribune columnist Barbara Brotman published an interview with Eric Leonardson previewing our winter soundscapes program at Brushwood Center in Ryerson Woods. On January 25, the program engaged nearly 60 people in an outdoor soundwalk led by Leonardson and Dan Godston, preceded by a performance by the collective field recording group known as Chicago Phonography. Performers included Todd Carter, Chad Clark, Ed Herrmann, Monica Ryan, with Chicago Wildsounds members Roni Jachowski, Matt Connor, and Lisa Kenny. The soundwalk included many Ragdale artists-in-residence from nearby Lake Forest, Illinois.

Chicago Wildsounds is new and exciting acoustic ecology student group at DePaul University. We look forward to their upcoming public event ”Rooted in Sound: A Night of Soundscapes,” at 5:30pm on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the DePaul Art Museum. Please visit here for details.