Author Archives: Ann Warde

“My God! What has sound got to do with music?”

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Ann Warde

Gesture and relationship as compositional materials in two pieces by Christian Wolff Christian Wolff Study Days Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium This event explored Wolff’s music via paper presentations, performances of solo and chamber works, and an interview with the composer. … Continue reading →

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Humpback Whales: Composers of the Sea

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Ann Warde

This Monday Night Seminar, at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, was a collaboration with Katy Payne, who, through listening, discovered the evolving patterns of humpback song. 19 May 2014

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Erasing the Glitch

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Ann Warde

f(Glitch) – The Function of Glitch cDACT, Stony Brook University Our perception of what is a “glitch” may depend on the history and on the purposes of our listening. Through accumulating deeper, focused listening experiences, and through examining and exploring … Continue reading →

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Listeners are Observers and Musicians

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Ann Warde

Deep Listening: Art/Science conference Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Deep Listening to African Forest elephants, presented in collaboration with Katy Payne, and contributions to a Round Table Discussion about Hearing vs. Listening, Artistic and Scientific Perspectives, with Pauline Oliveros, Seth … Continue reading →

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Animal Transcriptions

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Ann Warde

Listening to the Lab of Ornithology In March 2013′s Sounding Out!, ecopoet Jonathan Skinner converses with a number of us at the Lab of Ornithology who have worked with animal sounds: “Poetry might help us to use, study, and deploy … Continue reading →

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Dawn’s Chorus

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Ann Warde

for Cheryl Gobbetti Hoffmann Leonardo Music Journal 22: Acoustics December 2012 Listen Read Made from animal sound recordings… —John Cage, 32 Mesostics re and not re Marcel Duchamp* the issue’s editor is composer Daniel J. Wolf of Material Press, who … Continue reading →

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Chambers – for Alvin Lucier

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Ann Warde

Chambers and Alvin Lucier “A patron listens to the sound of Arctic and New York Bight whales inside a Conch Shell from Bali, submitted by Ann Warde MA ’85 as part of the installation Chambers: In Honor of Alvin Lucier, … Continue reading →

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