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This four part sound piece explores the theme of control in relation to the history of Columbia river and its tributaries, each separate movement introduced by a siren chorus. In 7 and half minutes you will hear: the story of a pioneer woman who commits murder at Willamette Falls to escape the violence in her […]

found at the soundstudies blog Soundbytes R. Murray Schafer – WFAE2011 from sonicstudies on Vimeo.

Lang professor Julie Napolin was recently awarded the Bruce Harkness Young Scholar Prize by the Joseph Conrad Society of America. Photo by Kasia Broussalian/The New School. Moments of inspiration often happen to people when they least expect them: relaxing after dinner, or feverishly studying to get into grad school. As it happens, flashes of mental […]

January 18 – February 17, 2013 at Audio Visual Arts Making a Record (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald) centers around a series of four interviews the artists conducted in 2009 with gemologist and jewelry designer Karen L. Davidson, talking about the stones used to record her voice. The artists made lithic tools from the four gemstones […]

from nola.com If celebrated New York street artist Caledonia “Swoon” Curry, New Orleans art impresario extraordinaire Delaney Martin and their circle of creative collaborators have their way, the “Music Box: A Shantytown Sound Laboratory” temporary performance space could become a permanent fixture on the Crescent City cultural scene. The Music Box was an elaborate trial […]

“In terms of speed and the breadth of material now accessible to anyone in the world, this is really revolutionary,” says audio curator Greg Budney, describing a major milestone just achieved by the Macaulay Library archive at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. All archived analog recordings in the collection, going back to 1929, have now been digitized […]

Coming to Grand Central in March 25th – 31st “For HEARD•NY, artist Nick Cave will transform Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall with a herd of thirty colorful life-size horses that will peacefully “graze” and periodically break into choreographed movement accompanied by live music by two harpists. The project, which is open to the public free […]

Onward and Upward with the Arts Music to Your Ears – The quest for 3-D recording and other mysteries of sound. by Adam Gopnik Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/28/130128fa_fact_gopnik#ixzz2IufPp0fZ

The 3rd Megapolis comes to New York City, April 19-21, 2013, with its headquarters at the New School. The MEGAPOLIS Festival examines the sonic landscape of this sprawling urban environment by showcasing artists and documentarians based in the BosWash Megapolis alongside visitors to the region, particularly focusing on the cross-pollination of knowledge championed by audio enthusiasts working in different disciplines […]