New Adventures in Sound Art presents the 2026 edition of Springscapes, an annual series that highlights the dramatic changes that take place in the natural soundscape from winter to spring and includes installations, workshops and livestream events. This year’s theme is Sound Culture.
“The notion of a Sound Culture is most evident in the spring in the north where imitation and social interaction play out in the acoustic biophony. By considering animal vocalizations as meaningful sound expression rather than background noise, Springscapes suggests a way of listening that highlight relationships between species and landscape.” — Darren Copeland, Artistic Director, New Adventures in Sound Art
Almaguin Community Soundscapes
April 2 to May 31, 2026. Open 10 am to 4 pm everyday except Tuesdays and Wednesdays
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario
Admission by Donation
Almaguin Community Soundscapes is an exhibition that surrounds one with the sounds of spring using a multi-channel speaker system and recordings made by residents of the Almaguin Highlands. The spring season is a special time of the year in the region as the snow melts, the ice breaks up on the lakes and the arrival of insects and birds is loudly announced by the sounds made by peepers.
To contribute sounds from a location you know in the Almaguin Highlands consult these guidelines or visit us at NAISA.
Listen to a selection of the recordings from this community project by visiting Aporee.org
April 2 to May 31, 2026. Open 10 am to 4 pm everyday except Tuesdays and Wednesdays
NAISA North Media Arts Centre, 313 Highway 124, South River, Ontario
Admission by Donation
Almaguin Community Soundscapes is an exhibition that surrounds one with the sounds of spring using a multi-channel speaker system and recordings made by residents of the Almaguin Highlands. The spring season is a special time of the year in the region as the snow melts, the ice breaks up on the lakes and the arrival of insects and birds is loudly announced by the sounds made by peepers.
To contribute sounds from a location you know in the Almaguin Highlands consult these guidelines or visit us at NAISA.
Listen to a selection of the recordings from this community project by visiting Aporee.org
Wetland Project
April 22, 2026, 12:00 am to 11:59 pm
Listen on NAISA Radio
NAISA invites you tune in on NAISA Radio to the 10th annual “slow radio” broadcast of the Wetland Project on International Earth Day (Wednesday, April 22, 2026).
Since its inauguration on Vancouver Co-op Radio in 2017, listening to the 24hour soundscape from the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh in W̱SÁNEĆ territory (Saturna Island, British Columbia, Canada) has grown into an Earth Day tradition heard on 60 radio stations and via the web in over 50 countries.
Artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings invite you to fill your home, work, vehicle and leisure spaces with the resonant sounds of birds, frogs, insects and airplanes! Immerse yourself in the vitality of the 24-hour circadian rhythm of the wetland. The broadcast engages its audience in real time and stimulates a powerful re-engagement with the living environment. As the world spins through turbulent times, “slow radio” offers a life-affirming respite to reflect upon a more lucid and caring future.
Wetland Project respectfully acknowledges that its work takes place on the unsurrendered lands and waters of the W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations and within the extended territories of the Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓- and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking peoples.
Heartfelt thanks to recording engineer Eric Lamontagne and programmer Gabrielle Odowichuk (Limbic Media) for their enormous contributions to the project.
April 22, 2026, 12:00 am to 11:59 pm
Listen on NAISA Radio
NAISA invites you tune in on NAISA Radio to the 10th annual “slow radio” broadcast of the Wetland Project on International Earth Day (Wednesday, April 22, 2026).
Since its inauguration on Vancouver Co-op Radio in 2017, listening to the 24hour soundscape from the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh in W̱SÁNEĆ territory (Saturna Island, British Columbia, Canada) has grown into an Earth Day tradition heard on 60 radio stations and via the web in over 50 countries.
Artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings invite you to fill your home, work, vehicle and leisure spaces with the resonant sounds of birds, frogs, insects and airplanes! Immerse yourself in the vitality of the 24-hour circadian rhythm of the wetland. The broadcast engages its audience in real time and stimulates a powerful re-engagement with the living environment. As the world spins through turbulent times, “slow radio” offers a life-affirming respite to reflect upon a more lucid and caring future.
Wetland Project respectfully acknowledges that its work takes place on the unsurrendered lands and waters of the W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations and within the extended territories of the Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓- and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking peoples.
Heartfelt thanks to recording engineer Eric Lamontagne and programmer Gabrielle Odowichuk (Limbic Media) for their enormous contributions to the project.
Spring Soundscape Workshop Intensive
May 1 to 3, 2026
Warbler’s Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario
$339 with 2 nights accommodation and $215 with no accommodation.
May 1 to 3, 2026
Warbler’s Roost, 3785D Eagle Lake Road, South River, Ontario
$339 with 2 nights accommodation and $215 with no accommodation.
Advance Registration Required
The beginning of May is a special time of the year in the Almaguin Highlands when the first signs of warmer weather can be enjoyed without battling mosquitos and black flies. The natural soundscape is at its peak in variety and density, highlighted by the mysterious low frequency drumming of the Roughed Grouse and the chorusing of peeper frogs.
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art, this immersive 3 day recording, editing and composing workshop invites participants to explore the rich soundscape of the Almaguin Highlands through attentive listening, field recording and creative composition.
Activities encompass soundwalking, recording and editing of field recordings, and finally, composing a short soundscape composition responding to the theme of Sound Culture.
The notion of a Sound Culture is most evident in the spring in the north where imitation and social interaction play out in the acoustic biophony. By considering animal vocalizations as meaningful sound expression rather than background noise, Springscapes suggests a way of listening and creating that highlights relationships between species and landscape.
The workshop is open to all experience levels and emphasizes curiosity, experimentation, and attentive listening. It will be led by NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland who has created radio, concert and installation pieces from soundscape recordings made at the same location.
Workshop participants should bring a laptop and recording equipment that is familiar to them. However, participants can also access NAISA equipment and resources such as 2nd order Ambisonic recording, Geophone and Hydrophone recording as well as editing and mixing with the Reaper digital audio workstation. An 8-channel playback system will be available to facilitate listening to ambisonic recordings.
Participants will also be introduced to the Reveil livestream taking place in parallel to this workshop which broadcasts the sounds of daybreak traveling westward from London (UK) time zone by time zone. NAISA Radio is a broadcast partner and will be broadcasting the 24+ hour
livestream.
The workshop takes place at Warbler’s Roost which is located in the township of Lount, 22 KM west of the village of South River and in the same biosphere as Algonquin Park. South River is equidistant between the cities of North Bay and Huntsville.
Important Details:
Photo Credit: Allister Johnston
The beginning of May is a special time of the year in the Almaguin Highlands when the first signs of warmer weather can be enjoyed without battling mosquitos and black flies. The natural soundscape is at its peak in variety and density, highlighted by the mysterious low frequency drumming of the Roughed Grouse and the chorusing of peeper frogs.
Produced by New Adventures in Sound Art, this immersive 3 day recording, editing and composing workshop invites participants to explore the rich soundscape of the Almaguin Highlands through attentive listening, field recording and creative composition.
Activities encompass soundwalking, recording and editing of field recordings, and finally, composing a short soundscape composition responding to the theme of Sound Culture.
The notion of a Sound Culture is most evident in the spring in the north where imitation and social interaction play out in the acoustic biophony. By considering animal vocalizations as meaningful sound expression rather than background noise, Springscapes suggests a way of listening and creating that highlights relationships between species and landscape.
The workshop is open to all experience levels and emphasizes curiosity, experimentation, and attentive listening. It will be led by NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland who has created radio, concert and installation pieces from soundscape recordings made at the same location.
Workshop participants should bring a laptop and recording equipment that is familiar to them. However, participants can also access NAISA equipment and resources such as 2nd order Ambisonic recording, Geophone and Hydrophone recording as well as editing and mixing with the Reaper digital audio workstation. An 8-channel playback system will be available to facilitate listening to ambisonic recordings.
Participants will also be introduced to the Reveil livestream taking place in parallel to this workshop which broadcasts the sounds of daybreak traveling westward from London (UK) time zone by time zone. NAISA Radio is a broadcast partner and will be broadcasting the 24+ hour
livestream.
The workshop takes place at Warbler’s Roost which is located in the township of Lount, 22 KM west of the village of South River and in the same biosphere as Algonquin Park. South River is equidistant between the cities of North Bay and Huntsville.
Important Details:
- All levels of experience are welcome.
- Bring your own laptop and a portable audio recorder.
- NAISA will supplement with additional equipment where necessary.
- Dress for colder temperatures at dusk and dawn as well as bring footwear suitable for muddy and wet surfaces.
- Warbler’s Roost has comfortable indoor accommodation with kitchens and bathrooms that are shared among the guests. Breakfast is provided each day.
- Accommodation discounts available for those wanting to share a room with a friend or partner.
- Register Early to save your spot.
Photo Credit: Allister Johnston
Reveil
May 2, 2026, 12:00 am to 1:00 am
Listen on NAISA Radio
Reveil is a 24+1 hr radio broadcast that follows sunrise around the earth on Dawn Chorus Day. Originating in the UK, Reveil travels west via live audio streams sent in by live-streamers at daybreak from their locations, creating a collective audit of planetary soundworlds over one earth day.
Reveil is a collaborative sound and radio project that circles the Earth on hundreds of live audio streams made at daybreak in a wide range of environments and situations.
Many streams come from soundcamps: small or very small gatherings in places of ecological and acoustic interest. Reveil will be mixed from a hub at Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe, South London, and stations in Sunshine Coast, Valparaíso and Chania.
More info and to listen: https://soundtent.org/reveil/
ABOUT
Soundcamp 13 is a project of the Soundcamp Cooperative with Stave Hill Ecological Park (TCV) and the Acoustic Commons network.
Streams are part of the live soundmap project operated by Locus Sonus at ESAAIX, Aix-en-Provence. They also come from independent projects and the environmental sound community at radio.earth.
The Reveil mix will be hosted by Wave Farm in Acra, Upper Hudson Valley, New York and on NAISA Radio.
May 2, 2026, 12:00 am to 1:00 am
Listen on NAISA Radio
Reveil is a 24+1 hr radio broadcast that follows sunrise around the earth on Dawn Chorus Day. Originating in the UK, Reveil travels west via live audio streams sent in by live-streamers at daybreak from their locations, creating a collective audit of planetary soundworlds over one earth day.
Reveil is a collaborative sound and radio project that circles the Earth on hundreds of live audio streams made at daybreak in a wide range of environments and situations.
Many streams come from soundcamps: small or very small gatherings in places of ecological and acoustic interest. Reveil will be mixed from a hub at Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe, South London, and stations in Sunshine Coast, Valparaíso and Chania.
More info and to listen: https://soundtent.org/reveil/
ABOUT
Soundcamp 13 is a project of the Soundcamp Cooperative with Stave Hill Ecological Park (TCV) and the Acoustic Commons network.
Streams are part of the live soundmap project operated by Locus Sonus at ESAAIX, Aix-en-Provence. They also come from independent projects and the environmental sound community at radio.earth.
The Reveil mix will be hosted by Wave Farm in Acra, Upper Hudson Valley, New York and on NAISA Radio.