This OSM event will begin in the library, where Westerkamp will discuss her research on soundscapes and feature some of her acclaimed compositional work on unique speakers known as West Coast Radians. Following the presentation, SSI sound educator Joi Freed-Garrod will lead a soundwalk informed by Westerkamp’s presentation, exploring the soundscapes of Ganges.

 

Hildegard Westerkamp is an internationally renowned, pioneering soundscape artist and sound ecologist, composer, and radio artist. She performs, writes, lectures and presents soundscape workshops internationally. Instrumental in the creation of the field of acoustic ecology and the related field of soundscape studies, Westerkamp examines noise, silence and the general state of the acoustic environment -- urban and rural, natural and human-made.  Her compositional work blends the influences of both her soundscape studies and radio art work. Recently, Paolo Pietropaolo announced Westerkamp’s induction into CBC Radio’s “In Concert: Hall of Fame”.

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Joi Freed-Garrod has had a long career both as a music and integrated arts educator in schools and universities, and in teacher education; she is also a composer and musician. Her teaching and composing have been influenced by R. Murray Schafer’s Soundscape and Acoustic Ecology work.