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Symposium
Knowing the World Through Sound
This all-day symposium and concert, produced by Electronic Music Foundation in collaboration with the NYU Music Technology Program at the Frederick Loewe Theater in New York, was the first Ear to the Earth event.
10am - noon
Workshops
Ned Mooney, Andrea Williams, Michelle Nagai, Andrea Polli
Andrea Polli led a panel in which Ned Mooney, Michelle Nagai, Robbin Gheesling, Andrea Callard, Andrea Williams, and David Watson, all members of the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology, described the New York Soundmap Project and explained how to use the Googlemap API to create online interactive maps.
Steven Feld
Ethnomusicologist and composer Steven Feld discussed his techniques for field recording in the Bosavi Rainforest, Africa, Europe, and Japan, and how they relate to his compositional strategies.
1 - 1:45pm
Keynote Speech
E. J. McAdams
Keynote speaker E. J. McAdams, Executive Director of New York City Audubon, was introduced by author and performer David Rothenberg. Mr. McAdams discussed the role of the arts in engaging the public in environmental issues.
2 - 3:30pm
Panel: Listening to the World
Annea Lockwood, Andrea Polli
Media artist Andrea Polli moderated and participated in this panel. Other participants were EMF president Joel Chadabe (in place of UNESCO DigiArts Portal director Tereza Wagner, who could not attend; ethnomusicologist, author, and composer Steven Feld; and composer and sound artist Annea Lockwood.
4 - 5:30pm
Panel: Interspecies Communication
Sound artist Steven M. Miller, moderator, introduced author and sound artist David Dunn; author and performer David Rothenberg; and E. J. McAdams, Executive Director of New York Audubon Society. The panel discussed issues of intentional and unintentional messages in interspecies communication.
8pm
Concert
Joel Chadabe & Miya Masaoka
Music by Miya Masaoka, Steven Feld, David Rothenberg, and David Dunn ... More on the concert
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