Performances
Echoes Between Us
World Listening Day Outdoor Concert and SOUNDwalk
By Corinne Alice In Wonderland
July 18, 2025, 7:00 pm
rain or shine
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $15, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
Echoes Between Us is an immersive outdoor experience in two parts created by Corrine Alice, in Wonderland. She is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Almaguin Highlands. The performance will begin with a guided soundwalk inviting participants into deep listening, attuning to the layered soundscape of Warbler’s Roost. After the walk, she will give a solo performance using live looping, voice, and other instruments in intuitive response to the environment. The sounds will rise and fall in conversation with the natural world. This piece explores connection between breath and bird call, silence and song, artist and audience. At its heart, it’s an invitation to remember that the land is always speaking, if we learn to listen. The concert is the first event in a weekend long celebration of World Listening Day
World Listening Day Outdoor Concert and SOUNDwalk
By Corinne Alice In Wonderland
July 18, 2025, 7:00 pm
rain or shine
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $15, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
Echoes Between Us is an immersive outdoor experience in two parts created by Corrine Alice, in Wonderland. She is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Almaguin Highlands. The performance will begin with a guided soundwalk inviting participants into deep listening, attuning to the layered soundscape of Warbler’s Roost. After the walk, she will give a solo performance using live looping, voice, and other instruments in intuitive response to the environment. The sounds will rise and fall in conversation with the natural world. This piece explores connection between breath and bird call, silence and song, artist and audience. At its heart, it’s an invitation to remember that the land is always speaking, if we learn to listen. The concert is the first event in a weekend long celebration of World Listening Day
Sound Map of the Housatonic River
World Listening Day Indoor Concert
By Annea Lockwood
July 19, 2025, 7:00 pm
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $15, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
This indoor multi-loudspeaker concert continues a weekend long celebration of World Listening Day and this year's focus by NAISA on water sounds. Created in 2009 "A Sound Map of the Housatonic River" is the third in Annea Lockwood's seminal series of river sound map pieces. The piece takes the listener on an imaginary voyage from the source of the Housatonic River in the Berkshire Mountains to the river’s mouth in Long Island Sound, Connecticut. The mid-summer journey includes sounds from the natural world and those placed there by the human commercial activity.
World Listening Day Indoor Concert
By Annea Lockwood
July 19, 2025, 7:00 pm
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $15, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
This indoor multi-loudspeaker concert continues a weekend long celebration of World Listening Day and this year's focus by NAISA on water sounds. Created in 2009 "A Sound Map of the Housatonic River" is the third in Annea Lockwood's seminal series of river sound map pieces. The piece takes the listener on an imaginary voyage from the source of the Housatonic River in the Berkshire Mountains to the river’s mouth in Long Island Sound, Connecticut. The mid-summer journey includes sounds from the natural world and those placed there by the human commercial activity.
Program:
I. A Sound Map of the Housatonic River by Annea Lockwood
This is a sonic map tracing the course of the Housatonic River from its sources in the Berkshire mountains of Western Massachusetts to the river’s mouth at Milford, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, USA, recorded both at the surface and underwater, not from boats but from the riverbank at many sites, thus mirroring the changing river-created environment.
During the late 19th and 20th centuries the river was industrialized and extensively polluted with PCBs and other toxic substances, but since the 1970s local action and an important Wetlands Protection Act have improved water quality and the riparian environment.
I am fascinated by the multi-layered complexity of the sounds created by fast flowing rivers and have been recording them for many years. An aural scan is a different experience from a visual scan, more intimate, I find. The energy flow of a river can be sensed very directly through the sounds created by the friction between current and riverbank, current and riverbed.
This is a sonic map tracing the course of the Housatonic River from its sources in the Berkshire mountains of Western Massachusetts to the river’s mouth at Milford, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, USA, recorded both at the surface and underwater, not from boats but from the riverbank at many sites, thus mirroring the changing river-created environment.
During the late 19th and 20th centuries the river was industrialized and extensively polluted with PCBs and other toxic substances, but since the 1970s local action and an important Wetlands Protection Act have improved water quality and the riparian environment.
I am fascinated by the multi-layered complexity of the sounds created by fast flowing rivers and have been recording them for many years. An aural scan is a different experience from a visual scan, more intimate, I find. The energy flow of a river can be sensed very directly through the sounds created by the friction between current and riverbank, current and riverbed.
Installations
Haptic Voices
Interactive Installation
By David Bobier and Jim Ruxton
June 12 to September 15, 2025. Open 10 am to 4 pm Thursday to Monday.
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Haptic Voices is a large scale ten channel vibrotactile wall with the potential for 10 independent streams of sound signals. Visitors are invited to stand against the wall to experience vibrations that are controlled using an iPad.
Six sound compositions, designed explicitly for the vibrotactile experience, were commissioned for the wall. The composers include Toronto-based John Gzowski and Ravi Naimpally, Hamilton composer Edgardo Moreno, Deaf Irish composer Ailís Ní Ríain, Haptic Voices creator Jim Ruxton and VibraFusionLab Director David Bobier.
Using vibration as the final output, Haptic Voices is equally accessible to the Deaf, hard of hearing and able-bodied communities to experience the wall. A couple of new works by Bobier and Ruxton will be presented in addition to the Haptic Voices installation.
Interactive Installation
By David Bobier and Jim Ruxton
June 12 to September 15, 2025. Open 10 am to 4 pm Thursday to Monday.
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Haptic Voices is a large scale ten channel vibrotactile wall with the potential for 10 independent streams of sound signals. Visitors are invited to stand against the wall to experience vibrations that are controlled using an iPad.
Six sound compositions, designed explicitly for the vibrotactile experience, were commissioned for the wall. The composers include Toronto-based John Gzowski and Ravi Naimpally, Hamilton composer Edgardo Moreno, Deaf Irish composer Ailís Ní Ríain, Haptic Voices creator Jim Ruxton and VibraFusionLab Director David Bobier.
Using vibration as the final output, Haptic Voices is equally accessible to the Deaf, hard of hearing and able-bodied communities to experience the wall. A couple of new works by Bobier and Ruxton will be presented in addition to the Haptic Voices installation.
Voice of the Water
Interactive Installation
By Eric Powell
Opening July 18 (Thurs-Mon, 10 am to 4 pm)
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Voice of the Water is an interactive rotary telephone-based listening station. Using sounds collected from inside the lakes and rivers around South River, Voice of the Water encourages listeners to connect with the local waterways as they explore the boundaries and overlaps between planes of existence. The Artist's goal is to create a venue for contemplation, catharsis, and a deeper engagement with the surrounding environment.
Sound Fishing Invitation
Go on a listening expedition with a staff member from NAISA to record underwater sounds in the vicinity of South River. Equipped with a recorder, hydrophones and other sensitive microphones you will explore the sounds of the world in intimate listening proximity to one of the many water ways within 30 KM of the village of South River.
The sounds you record will be included in Voice of the Water. Participation is FREE and the invitation is ongoing. Call NAISA or Email to make a 2 hour (maximum) appointment to record sounds at a nearby lake, river, stream, or creak. All weather conditions are possible save for thunder and lightning storms. Dress appropriately for the conditions, including bug protection.
Interactive Installation
By Eric Powell
Opening July 18 (Thurs-Mon, 10 am to 4 pm)
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario.
Admission by Donation
Voice of the Water is an interactive rotary telephone-based listening station. Using sounds collected from inside the lakes and rivers around South River, Voice of the Water encourages listeners to connect with the local waterways as they explore the boundaries and overlaps between planes of existence. The Artist's goal is to create a venue for contemplation, catharsis, and a deeper engagement with the surrounding environment.
Sound Fishing Invitation
Go on a listening expedition with a staff member from NAISA to record underwater sounds in the vicinity of South River. Equipped with a recorder, hydrophones and other sensitive microphones you will explore the sounds of the world in intimate listening proximity to one of the many water ways within 30 KM of the village of South River.
The sounds you record will be included in Voice of the Water. Participation is FREE and the invitation is ongoing. Call NAISA or Email to make a 2 hour (maximum) appointment to record sounds at a nearby lake, river, stream, or creak. All weather conditions are possible save for thunder and lightning storms. Dress appropriately for the conditions, including bug protection.
SOUNDwalks
Echoes Between Us
World Listening Day Outdoor Concert and SOUNDwalk
By Corinne Alice In Wonderland
July 18, 2025, 7:00 pm
rain or shine
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $15, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
Echoes Between Us is an immersive outdoor experience in two parts created by Corrine Alice, in Wonderland. She is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Almaguin Highlands. The performance will begin with a guided soundwalk inviting participants into deep listening, attuning to the layered soundscape of Warbler’s Roost. After the walk, she will give a solo performance using live looping, voice, and other instruments in intuitive response to the environment. The sounds will rise and fall in conversation with the natural world. This piece explores connection between breath and bird call, silence and song, artist and audience. At its heart, it’s an invitation to remember that the land is always speaking, if we learn to listen. The concert is the first event in a weekend long celebration of World Listening Day
World Listening Day Outdoor Concert and SOUNDwalk
By Corinne Alice In Wonderland
July 18, 2025, 7:00 pm
rain or shine
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $15, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
Echoes Between Us is an immersive outdoor experience in two parts created by Corrine Alice, in Wonderland. She is an interdisciplinary artist based in the Almaguin Highlands. The performance will begin with a guided soundwalk inviting participants into deep listening, attuning to the layered soundscape of Warbler’s Roost. After the walk, she will give a solo performance using live looping, voice, and other instruments in intuitive response to the environment. The sounds will rise and fall in conversation with the natural world. This piece explores connection between breath and bird call, silence and song, artist and audience. At its heart, it’s an invitation to remember that the land is always speaking, if we learn to listen. The concert is the first event in a weekend long celebration of World Listening Day
Morning SOUNDwalk
for World Listening Day
July 19, 2025, 9:30 am
Rain or Shine
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
FREE
Celebrate World Listening Day weekend with a silent walk through the forests and lakefront of the Warbler's Roost property led by NAISA Executive Director Nadene Thériault-Copeland.
for World Listening Day
July 19, 2025, 9:30 am
Rain or Shine
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
FREE
Celebrate World Listening Day weekend with a silent walk through the forests and lakefront of the Warbler's Roost property led by NAISA Executive Director Nadene Thériault-Copeland.
Workshops
Underwater Sound Recording Workshop
World Listening Day Outdoor Workshop
By Eric Powell
July 19, 2025, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $45, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
World Listening Day Outdoor Workshop
By Eric Powell
July 19, 2025, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Warbler's Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario.
Tickets $45, Free with Weekend Accommodation Pass ($225)
What does the world sound like underwater? Cast a hydrophone into the lake and find out. Eric Powell will lead participants on an exploration of the underwater sounds of Deer Lake. Meet at Warbler's Roost. Equipment provided. Event happens rain or shine.
Sound Fishing Invitation
Call NAISA or Email to make a 2 hour (maximum) appointment. All types of weather. Dress Appropriately.
FREE
Go on a listening expedition to record underwater sounds in South River and vicinity. Equipped with a recorder, hydrophones and other sensitive microphones you will explore the sounds of water in intimate listening proximity. The sounds you record will be included in the Voice of the Water installation opening July 18.
Call NAISA or Email to make a 2 hour (maximum) appointment. All types of weather. Dress Appropriately.
FREE
Go on a listening expedition to record underwater sounds in South River and vicinity. Equipped with a recorder, hydrophones and other sensitive microphones you will explore the sounds of water in intimate listening proximity. The sounds you record will be included in the Voice of the Water installation opening July 18.
Talks
Artist Talk
Opening for Haptic Voices installation
By David Bobier and Jim Ruxton
June 12, 2025, 7:00 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario
Admission by Donation
Learn about how sound can be experienced through the body as artists David Bobier and Jim Ruxton introduce visitors to the new Haptic Voices exhibition at NAISA. They will share background on the VibraFusionLab in Hamilton where their research and artistic productions with vibro-tactile audio is done.
Opening for Haptic Voices installation
By David Bobier and Jim Ruxton
June 12, 2025, 7:00 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario
Admission by Donation
Learn about how sound can be experienced through the body as artists David Bobier and Jim Ruxton introduce visitors to the new Haptic Voices exhibition at NAISA. They will share background on the VibraFusionLab in Hamilton where their research and artistic productions with vibro-tactile audio is done.
Artist Talk on Voice of the Water
World Listening Day Talk
By Eric Powell
July 20, 2025, 1:00 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario
Admission by Donation
Eric Powell will introduce the Voice of the Water installation at NAISA and talk about the evolution of his project which uses a rotary telephone to connect listeners to underwater recordings.
World Listening Day Talk
By Eric Powell
July 20, 2025, 1:00 pm
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario
Admission by Donation
Eric Powell will introduce the Voice of the Water installation at NAISA and talk about the evolution of his project which uses a rotary telephone to connect listeners to underwater recordings.
Radio
Making Waves Suggested Listening
Listen online at wavefarm.org
Here is a selection of Making Waves episodes with content related to soundscapes, sound ecology and underwater sound. Making Waves is a monthly radio show produced by New Adventures in Sound Art for WGXC Wave Farm.
1. 20250510 – Remembering Andra McCartney with Hildegard Westerkamp, Wendalyn Bartley and Gayle Young
2. 20250111 – Omar Reyna's Sounds of Turbulence
3. 20240608 – Spring Soundscapes from the Almaguin Highlands
4. 20230708 – Importance of Environmental Sound with Alëna Korolëva, Mike Hoolboom and Heather Frise
5. 20210710 - World Listening Day with Eric Leonardson and Raquel Castro
6. 20200808 - Reciprocal Listening
7. 20180618 - Jana Winderen and the art of underwater recording
8. 20170513 - Soundscapes of Algonquin Park and Warbler's Roost
Listen online at wavefarm.org
Here is a selection of Making Waves episodes with content related to soundscapes, sound ecology and underwater sound. Making Waves is a monthly radio show produced by New Adventures in Sound Art for WGXC Wave Farm.
1. 20250510 – Remembering Andra McCartney with Hildegard Westerkamp, Wendalyn Bartley and Gayle Young
2. 20250111 – Omar Reyna's Sounds of Turbulence
3. 20240608 – Spring Soundscapes from the Almaguin Highlands
4. 20230708 – Importance of Environmental Sound with Alëna Korolëva, Mike Hoolboom and Heather Frise
5. 20210710 - World Listening Day with Eric Leonardson and Raquel Castro
6. 20200808 - Reciprocal Listening
7. 20180618 - Jana Winderen and the art of underwater recording
8. 20170513 - Soundscapes of Algonquin Park and Warbler's Roost