Looking west across the Hudson River


A production of
Electronic Music Foundation

Ear to the Earth 2010:
Water and the World

October 27—November 1, 2010
New York City

In the festival and in its prelude events, artists from around the world offer their ideas about water in many forms, from statements to performances, from images to sounds. The artists include R. Murray Schafer, Bernie Krause, Barry Truax, Francisco Lopez, Yolande Harris, Matt Rogalsky, Kristin Norderval, Karlheinz Essl, Gary DiBenedetto, Brian Belet, Karl Korte, Maile Colbert, Tomoko Sauvage, Paula Matthusen, Miguel Frasconi, Aviva Rahmani, Gareth Loy, Aleksei Stevens, Jen Stock, Liz Phillips, Annea Lockwood, Matthew Burtner, Scott Deal, Maggi Payne, Robert Scott Thompson, Jo Hutton, David Monacchi, Michael Fahres, Phill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Andrea Polli, Charles Lindsay, and David Rothenberg, to name a few.

 

Curator's Statement

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↓ Events schedule

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New York City
Preludes to the Festival

Hudson River sunset sail
Friday, October 8, 6—9pm
79th Street Boat Basin
A Hudson River sunset sail on the sloop Clearwater, a benefit for Ear to the Earth.
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New York City
Concerts, Encounters, Installations

R. Murray Schafer
Wednesday, October 27, 8pm
Greenwich House Music School
An encounter with R. Murray Schafer, founder of acoustic ecology.
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Bernie Krause
Yolande Harris
Thursday, October 28, 8pm
Greenwich House Music School
Bernie Krause tells us how animals (and water animals) taught us to dance and sing. Yolande Harris weaves sounds from marine and other environments.
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Annea Lockwood
Thursday, Oct 28—Monday, Nov 1, 1—7pm
Kleio Projects
A Sound Map of the Housatonic River
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Matt Rogalsky
Kristin Norderval
Friday, October 29, 8pm
Greenwich House Music School
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New York Soundscape
Sheila Callaghan
Daniella Topol
Katie Down
Saturday, October 30, 3pm
White Box
Multimedia: Water (or the secret life ...
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New York Soundscape
Paula Matthusen
Miguel Frasconi
Aleksei Stevens
Saturday, October 30, 8pm
White Box
Performances based on New York water sounds.
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New York Soundscape
Liz Phillips
Jennifer Stock
Saturday, Oct 30—Monday, Nov 1, 12—6pm
White Box
Installations based on New York water sounds.
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New York Soundscape
REC Youth
Saturday, Oct 30—Monday, Nov 1, 12—6pm
White Box
Installations based on New York water sounds.
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David Monacchi
Matthew Burtner & Scott Deal
Sunday, October 31, 5pm
Frederick Loewe Theater
Monacchi's Stati d'Acqua. Deal & Burtner's Auskalaq, an opera on Arctic climate change.
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Michael Fahres
Phill Niblock & Katherine Liberovskaya
Sunday, October 31, 8pm
Frederick Loewe Theater
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Maggi Payne
Andrea Polli
Charles Lindsay & David Rothenberg
Monday, November 1, 8pm
Frederick Loewe Theater
Maggi Payne's Liquid Amber. Andrea Polli's Dances with Waves. Charles Lindsay & David Rothenberg's Western Water.
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Credits
Joel Chadabe, Executive Curator
Suzanne Thorpe, Associate Curator & Coordinator
Tom Beyer, Technical Director
Dan Neumann, Audio & Video
Stephanie Loveless, Assistant Coordinator
La PR, Public Relations
Paulom Mistry, Studio Coordinator

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Thanks to our sponsors Green Wave Email Marketing, Peopleserv, Eno Terra Restaurant, Gotham Green Networking, and Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design.

   

 

This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

 

Additional support for this program has been provided by Meet The Composer's Cary New Music Performance Fund, Amphion Foundation, and several individuals.