WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT TAPE LIBRARY
VIDEO INTERVIEWS


VIDEO INTERVIEWS

1.  R. Murray Schafer
, March 21, 2011 part 1 (Transcript) and part 2 (Transcript)

2.  Hildegard Westerkamp, March 21, 2011 part 1 (Transcript) and part 2 (Transcript)

3. 
Peter Huse and Bruce Davis, June 23, part 1 (Transcript) and part 2 (Transcript)
(recordists of the 1972-1975 tape collections)

4.  Barry Truax
, July 17, 2012 part 1 (Transcript) part 2 (Transcript) and part 3 (Transcript)

5.  Robert MacNevin, May 11, 2011 interview (Transcript)
(recordist of the 1990s DAT collection)

6.  Robert MacNevin and Vincent Andrisani, May 11, 2011 interview (Transcript)
(recordist of the 1990s DAT collection with the recordist of the 2010-11 collection)

Note: These interview were conducted in the Sonic Research Studio at Simon Fraser University as part of a SSHRC funded research project, Listening With Technology, under principal investigator Prof. Jan Marontate, in the School of Communication, with co-investigators Barry Truax and David Murphy. These interviews are provided for research purposes only, and may not be copied or used in media productions or broadcasts without the written consent of Prof. Marontate (jmaronta@sfu.ca).

7. Barry Truax,
June 18, 2014, Wroclaw, Poland (on soundscape, research and composition) interview

8. Webinar, Barry Truax, Edinburgh Napier University, "Exploring the Soundscape," Oct. 31, 2014 (.mp4)

9. CBC Documentary "Sonic Magic" from The Nature of Things series, excerpt about Vancouver Soundmarks, 2015 (5') (.mov)

10. Webinar Barry Truax, "Soundwalking and Soundscape Composition, " Soundwalking Festival, April 9, 2021 (90') (.mov)

11. Webinar Barry Truax, "Introduction to the WSP and Soundscape Composition," Raum-Musik, University of Cologne, June 18, 2021 (72')  (.mov)

12.  Interview by Charles Amirkhanian with Hildegard Westerkamp on the program Other Minds, including excerpts of her works Harbour Symphony, Ecole Polytechnique 1990, Attending to Sacred Matters, Für Dich/For You, Klavierklang, The Soundscape Speaks, Aug. 18, 2021 (click on image to start). (.mov)

13. Lecture,
Barry Truax, Soundscape Composition: From the Real to the Virtual, III Historical Soundscape Meeting, Evora, Portugal, Nov. 10, 2021 (includes an introduction to the World Soundscape Project, and an analysis of Pendlerdrom, Island, Temple, Chalice Well, The Bells of Salzburg, and Rainforest Raven (81') (.mov)

14. Keynote Lecture, Barry Truax, Listening, Acoustic Space and Soundscape Composition, International Conference on Music and Space, Conservatorio di Musica, Parma, Italy, Dec. 2, 2021, including analysis of Chalice Well and The Bells of Salzburg) (60') (.mov)

15. Webinar, Hildegard Westerkamp, "Examples of Soundscape Compositions," including Für Dich - For You, processed sounds from other pieces, and The Soundscape Speaks, Raum-Musik, University of Cologne, Jan. 28, 2022 (60')  (.mov)

16. Webinars, Barry Truax, No. 1 Introduction to the WSP Database; No. 2 Introduction to Soundscape Composition, Listening Across Boundaries, international soundscape composition workshop, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Jan. 28 & 14, 2022 (.mov)

17. Webinar, Barry Truax, Soundscape Composition and Convolution, including analysis of Chalice Well and Earth & Steel (Part 1) (79'); The Garden of Sonic Delights and Rainforest Raven (Part 2) (42'), March 2023 (.mov)

18. Lecture, Sabine Breitsameter, "Five Reasons to Revisit Schafer's The Tuning of the World, Reflections on the Future Viability of Soundscape and Acoustic Ecology," School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, (74') May 17, 2024 (.mp4)

19. Convocation Address, Hildegard Westerkamp, on the occasion of the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate, Simon Fraser University, June 14, 2024, as introduced by Chancellor Tamara Vrooman, Glenfraser Professor of Sound Studies, Dr. Milena Droumeva, with concluding remarks by President Joy Johnson, 20' (.mp4)

20. Convocation Address, Barry Truax, on the occasion of the awarding of an Honorary Doctorate, Simon Fraser University, June 11, 2025, as introduced by Chancellor Tamara Vrooman, and Dr. Arne Eigenfeldt, with concluding remarks by President Joy Johnson, 15' (.mp4)



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