WFAE conference

March 27th, 2023

For over a year leading up to actual event in March 2023, I was part of a team planning and producing an international conference right here in Volusia County. The Listening Pasts – Listening Futures conference marked the 30th anniversary of the founding of World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) and was the first international conference on […]

Natural Curiosity Project interview

October 21st, 2022

This past summer, I was contacted by Dr. Steven Shepard, who wanted to interview me for an episode of his podcast called The Natural Curiosity Project. It has been awhile since I had to chance to talk about my work in this way, and it was well before I took this career turn into acoustic […]

3D printed spectrograms

July 1st, 2022

In summer 2020, I began a collaboration with my student Grace McEllroy to explore the potential of 3D printing. We wondered if this might be a tool for creating tactile learning aids. The work was motivated by what was then an upcoming project called Young Sound Seekers, taking blind and partially sighted students on excursions […]

Young Sound Seekers Audio Camp

June 25th, 2022

There have been many highlights recently for my continuing community engagement project Young Sound Seekers. Arguably at the top of that list was a week-long summer camp that we developed and delivered in June 2022. The camp was a partnership with Atlantic Center for the Arts and Stetson’s office of Continuing Education and Outreach, and funded entirely […]

Locus Sonus Audio Stream

June 1st, 2022

Since late 2020, I have been collaborating with my Stetson colleague Chaz Underriner to establish a live audio stream from Lake Beresford. This project took a lot of twists and turns, starting with some small-scale tests, working through the Raspberry Pi configuration, and installing the necessary cabling. But I’m happy to report that the Institute […]

Scotland Fulbright Endings

June 28th, 2021

Audio field recording is an activity that involves taking equipment out into environments, whether natural or urban, to capture sound. It is an activity that can capture the rare vocalizations of individual species, like oystercatchers and lapwings. It can also capture the sound of a place, or its soundscape. These soundscapes can be an important tool for understanding the […]

Scotland Fulbright Beginnings

April 15th, 2021

In January 2021, I started the second phase of my sabbatical by leaving for Aberdeen, Scotland to serve as a Visiting Professor at the University of Aberdeen for the Spring term. While under lockdown, I have focussed my field recording efforts on Seaton Park, a public park close to the university’s main campus.

Sunrise at Canaveral

January 6th, 2021

Toward the end of my recent residency at Canaveral, Eve Payor and I collaborated to record the sunrise from the top of Turtle Mound. It’s a continuous take lasting 1 hour, 15 minutes, perfect for active or passive enjoyment. Beautiful colors fill the sky and birds start vocalizing around 40 minutes in. Enjoy!

Young Sound Seekers

November 15th, 2020

Young Sound Seekers is a new community outreach program that creates opportunities for blind and partially-sighted youth to learn about natural soundscapes and audio field recording.

ACA Soundscape Field Station

August 6th, 2020

I have been named the 2020 artist-in-residence for the ACA Soundscape Field Station at the Canaveral National Seashore. As part of this residency, I will spend four weeks later this year living within the park, during which time I’ll have the ability to record along its 25 miles of protected coastline. Eve Payor of Atlantic […]