Sound in the Land 2014 – Music and the Environment
Sound in the Land 2014 – Music and the Environment – a Festival/Conference of Mennonites and music, June 5 – 8, 2014 at Conrad Grebel University College/UW, will explore ways of hearing the earth and listening to the environment. The third in a series of highly successful events, Sound in the Land 2014 will combine concerts – choral, vocal, chamber, orchestral, soundscape, multimedia, folk/jazz – with workshops, academic conference sessions, nature/sound walks, and singing, as we discover ecological understandings of music and sound, both locally and globally. As part of Grebel’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, this event brings together musicians, environmentalists, ethnomusicologists, writers and artists into fields of ‘creation care’ and ecomusicology, studying sound from an environmentally ethical basis, consistent with long-standing Mennonite values.
Global engagement is one of the core values and priorities of Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo. Dr. Maisie Sum has been appointed to a new faculty position in Global Music to expand and explore the study and performance of "world music" in the Music program.
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