WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT TAPE LIBRARY
INTERVIEWS & LECTURES


LECTURES & RADIO PROGRAMS

1.  R. Murray Schafer, CMNS 100, Jan. 11, 1967, on Human Communication, Networks and Culture

2. R. Murray Schafer, CBC Program (n.d.), "Words About Music", on music education, contemporary compositions and noise pollution

3. R. Murray Schafer, CBC Program (n.d.), "Chance and Randomness in the Arts", on aleatoric music and chance in compositional practice

4. R. Murray Schafer, CBC Program Two New Hours", documentary by Norma Beecroft, April 1978, part 1 (1933-1960)

4a. R. Murray Schafer, CBC Program Two New Hours", part 2 (1961-1977)

5. Barry Truax, Special Lecture, Jan. 24, 1977, Acoustic Communication: The Overheard Dimension, Part One

5a. Barry Truax, Special Lecture, Jan. 24, 1977, Part Two

6. Imbert Orchard, Lecture, SFU, Nov. 6, 1978, From Oral History to Aural History, part 1, including interview with Jack Shadbolt

6a. Part 2, including excerpts from The Road Back (Dutch POWs in WWII) and the river journey replicating that of Fraser and Mackenzie

7. Barry Truax, CMNS 258 Lecture, Feb. 1980, Radio Structure, Part One

8. Barry Truax, CMNS 258 Lecture, Feb. 1980, Radio Ads

9. Barry Truax, CMNS 258 Lecture, Feb. 1980, FM Radio

10. Barry Truax, CMNS 258 Lecture, Feb. 1980, Radio Structure, Part Two

11. Barry Truax, CMNS 258 Lecture, Feb. 1980, Radio Structure, Excerpt

12.  Claude Schryer, Revisiting The World Soundscape Project, 1992-93, A Radio Fantasy (program note); see the original interview material below

13. R. Murray Schafer, Special Lecture, School of Communication, March 12, 2008, Part One

13a. R. Murray Schafer, Special Lecture, School of Communication, March 12, 2008, Part Two
Note: pdf's of various soundscape conferences (Koli, Stockholm, Banff etc) can be found in the Conference folder
14. Barry Truax, Keynote address, CASE Soundscape Retreat, Gabriola Island, BC, June 2009 (with HTML links to the WSP and Soundscape Composition)

15. Hildegard Westerkamp, keynote address, World Forum for Acoustic Ecology Conference, Corfu, Greece. Oct, 2011 (see also: Soundscape Journal, Vol. 11, 2011)

16. Barry Truax, video of online lecture, Edinburgh Napier University, "Exploring the Soundscape," illustrated with the HTML materials found on this site, Oct. 31, 2014

17. Hildegard Westerkamp, CBC Ideas program "Ecology of Sound", Feb. 2017

18. Barry Truax, Lecture on Soundwalking and Soundscape Composition, Soundwalking Festival, April 9, 2021 (.mov)

19. Barry Truax, Introduction to the WSP and Soundscape Composition, Raum-Musik, University of Colgne, June 18, 2021 (.mov)


INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS & SOUND PIECES

(See also Video Interviews on this site in the main index)

Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four (with recorded examples of whistles); Part Five: (with recorded examples of whistles)
3. Joe Simpson, 1972, interview from which various earwitness examples were quoted in the Vancouver Soundscape
4. Meyer Freedman, Oct. 1, 1975, retired shoe merchant, Freedman's Shoes, Granville Street
5. Noise interviews, some of which were quoted in the Vancouver Soundscape, 1973
See also: Tape Catalogue, section II.1 Interviews and Conversations
6. Bruce Davis & Barry Truax, interviewed by Ingemar von Heijne, Swedish Radio, Nov. 3, 1975 (transcript only)

 6a. Barry Truax, interviewed by Norma Beecroft, on music and soundscape, and computer music composition, ca. 1977-78
7. CBC Feature by John Masters on White Noise in Robson Square, including interviews with Barry Truax & Red Wetherill, Nov. 30, 1978
8. Barry Truax, Interview on CJOR about computer music and the Computer Music Weekend at SFU, January 1981

9. Barry Truax, Interview on CBC about computer music and the Computer Music Weekend at SFU, February 1982

10. Hildegard Westerkamp, CBC program Morningside, with host Peter Gzowski, ca. 1986
Part One (radio and close listening); Part Two (wet and dry sounds; water and the Zone of Silence); Part Three (mechanical sounds); Part Four (compositional techniques in A Walk Through The City and Cricket Voice); note: some distortion in programs one and four
11. Barry Truax, CBC Arts Feature about computer music by Mark O'Neill, broadcast Nov. 20, 1988
12. Claude Schryer Interviews: Hildegard Westerkamp, Feb. 1992;  R. Murray Schafer, Sept. 12, 1992;  Dan Lander, Sept. 13, 1992; Peter Huse, Feb. 1992; Susan Frykberg, Feb. 1992;
Note: Other interviews from Feb. 1992 with digital distortion (with Bruce Davis, Hildegard Westerkamp, R. Murray Schafer (1990), Peter Huse, Barry Truax, Hank Bull, Susan Frykberg and Colin Miles) are available in the folder Schryer Interviews (DAT 1-3)
13. The Tuning of the World conference, Banff, August 1993. Presentation by Hildegard Westerkamp and Barry Truax about the history and practice of the World Soundscape Project and soundscape composition, acoustic communication, acoustic ecology

14. The Tuning of the World conference, Banff, August 1993. Documentary with introductions by participants and sound clips

15. Barry Truax, The Paula Gordon Show (U.S.), on soundscape and soundscape composition, March 6, 1997

16. Hildegard Westerkamp, Voices of a Place: Hildegard Westerkamp Inside the Soundscape, an audio portrait of the composer by sylvi macCormac, 1998

 17. Barry Truax, a composed interview by Katharine Norman (U.K.), 2002
18. Barry Truax, interview with Mei Han about world music and Asian influences in music composition, Sept. 7, 2009

19. Murray Schafer, interview with Carlos Augusto, WFAE conference, Koli, Finland, June 2010

20. Barry Truax, interview with Jerry Pergolesi about gender and sexuality, July 29, 2010; Part 2

21. Barry Truax, interview with Tyler Kinnear, about The Elements and Beyond, March 4, 2015 (.mp3)

22. Podcast, Sounding Places, Listening Places, featuring interviews with Bernie Krause, Evelien van den Broek and Barry Truax, commissioned by ArtEZ Studium, The Netherlands, 2021

23. CBC Tribute to R. Murray Schafer, with contributions from David Jaeger, Alex Pauk and Barry Truax (excerpt), broadcast Aug. 22 2021

24. Interview with Barry Truax by John Drever, as material for a BBC program about R. Murray Schafer, Jan. 26, 2023

25.  Claude Schryer, WFAE Conference Keynote address, Smyrna Beach, Florida, introduced by Eric Leonardson, WFAE President, Mar. 24 2023
26. Interview with Barry Truax by Hugo Lioret and Loic Guerineau, as material for a Radio Grenouille program, Marseille, about Acousmatic Music and Soundscape Composition, April 20, 2023

27. Soundscape Composition by Hildegard Westerkamp, The Soundscape Speaks - "Soundwalking" revisited, 2021 (program note)

 28. Claude Schryer's collection of audio interviews included in his conscient podcasts:
  • e22: Hildegard Westerkamp, "slowing down through listening", May 31, 2021 (35:55)

  •  e78: Milena Droumeva, "art needs to get on the street", Nov. 30, 2021 (38:06)

  •  e174: Julie Andreyev, "more-than-human creativity", June 5, 2024 (43:44)

  •  e175: Sabine Breitsameter, "an aesthetic of care", June 12, 2024 (38:07)

  •  e225: Hildegard Westerkamp, "when we were young",  June 29, 2025 (16:01)

  •  e236: Keiko Torigoe, "the power of listening", May 21, 2025 (12:11)
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