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Hildegard Westerkamp

Hildegard Westerkamp. b orn 1946 in Germany COMPOSER RADIO ARTIST SOUND ECOLOGIST. Bibliography :. 1946 - born in Germany 1966 - she met her husband and future partner in work Norbert Ruebsaat

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Hildegard Westerkamp

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  1. Hildegard Westerkamp born 1946 in Germany COMPOSER RADIO ARTIST SOUND ECOLOGIST

  2. Bibliography: • 1946 - bornin Germany • 1966 - she met herhusband and future partner inworkNorbert Ruebsaat • 1966 - she studied flute and pianoin Germany (Hochschulefür Musik Freiburg) • 1968 – emigrationto Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 1968 – 1972 - she studied music at the University of British Columbia • 1980s –professor in the School ofCommunication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada • 1980s -  member of the World Soundscape Project (WSP) • 1993 - World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE)

  3. Compositions • „By listening only can we identify the sounds we should encourage and those which we should discourage” Examples: Sensitive Chaos (1995) Breaking News (2002)

  4. World Soundscape Project (WSP) • thegoalis to "to find solutions for an ecologically balanced soundscape where the relationship between the human community and its sonic environment is in harmony."

  5. Whatis a Soundscape? Itis a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment.

  6. Vancouver Co-operative Radio • non-commercial community radio stationin Vancouver, British Columbia. • first air date: 14th April 1975

  7. Whatis a Soundwalk? „It is an excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment.” A walk throughthecity (1981) http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/westerkamp_hi/oeuvres/ Kits Beach Soundwalk (1989)

  8. Hildegard Westerkamp’sinput on soundhistory. • An author of articles and textsaddressingissues of thesoundscape and listening • Shetravelwidely and isgivinglectures and conductingsoundscapeworkshops http://vimeo.com/12479152 • Foundingmember of the World Forum on Acoustic Ecology (WFAE)  • 1991 – 1995 editor of TheSoundscapeNewsletter • Her workhasbeenpublished on atleast 16 CDs

  9. World Forum on Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) WFAE works in collaboration with its world-wide network of Affiliated Organizations to promote: • Education • Research and study • Publishing and distributing • Protecting and preserving • Designing and creating

  10. Hildegard Westerkampincorporatespoetryinhercompositions • the poetry of her then-partner, Canadian writer Norbert Ruebsaat.  A walk throughthecity (1981) • as well as others: École polytechnique (1990) My Horse and I (1991) - Sharon Thesen Fur dich (For you) - Rainer Maria Rilke http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKgpLNN2s4 http://www.ymxmedia.com/en/oeuvres/fiches/f/u/fur-dich-for-you-westerkamp-rilke-ruebsaat.php

  11. film soundtracks Türen der Wahrnehmung — Doors of Perception (1989, 96) • Elephant (2003) directed by Gus Van Sant • Last Days (2005) directed by Gus Van Sant Beneath the Forest Floor (1992)

  12. Bibliography: http://www.soundandmusic.org/features/ear-room/hildegard-westerkamp picture http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/08f42fcc-6bcc-4bab-9079-91c6e935e81a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soundscape_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundscape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFRO-FM http://wfae.proscenia.net/ http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/westerkamp_hi/oeuvres/ http://www.ymxmedia.com/en/oeuvres/fiches/f/u/fur-dich-for-you-westerkamp-rilke-ruebsaat.php http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/bio.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKgpLNN2s4 http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/westerkamp_hi/oeuvres/ http://vimeo.com/12479152

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