New Adventures in Sound Art

05/23/2026

Online and in-person Concert featuring Kat Estacio performing on the is coming up on Sat June 6 at 6 pm. Tickets $15 and available at https://naisa.ca/purchase-tickets/
Concert sponsored by Almaguin Pride Network includes new trilogy of works by Barry Truax, an recipient and pioneer.

Kat Estacio is a member of and in their work draws on their experience with , an Indigenous gong ensemble music tradition from Mindanao (Southern Philippines).

05/17/2026

Online and in-person Pride Concert with and Kat Estacio June 6 at 6 pm. Tickets $15. Sponsored by Almaguin Pride Network . Concert includes new trilogy of works by Barry Truax, an recipient and pioneer. Kat Estacio's performance draws on their experience with , an Indigenous gong ensemble music tradition from Mindanao (Southern Philippines).

FB event with full: https://www.facebook.com/share/18Nsy5sG3H/
Info: https://naisa.ca/festivals/sound-travels/performances/
Online access requires advance purchase - https://naisa.ca/purchase-tickets/

05/17/2026

Very sad news.

05/13/2026

Journal of Sonic Studies has published an article by Kristine Diekman and Ben Pagac about the Secret Reception installation that NAISA presented in the summer of 2023. Great insight into how insects listen and make sound. Lots of other excellent work on listening throughout the Journal.

Secret Reception combines art and bioacoustics to creatively engage the public in questions about sound reception in more-than-human worlds. This sonic art installation offers new paradigms for hearing through the design of haptic objects and tactile interfaces that use vibration to transmit sonic i...

05/08/2026

Composer recently received the for his pioneering work in electroacoustic music and Soundscape research. NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland caught up with Barry to talk about how these two aspects of his work are integrated in his piece What the Waters Told Me.

That piece will be featured in a hybrid show on June 6 presented by NAISA in association with Almaguin Pride Network.

Link to the Making Waves radio show on WGXC 90.7-FM, Greene and Columbia County community radio along with the transcript can be found on NAISA's feed.

https://open.substack.com/pub/naisasoundart/p/naisa-sound-byte-22-what-the-waters?r=enw5l&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

04/27/2026

There are lots of ways to listen to , which is a 24 hour livestream of daybreak soundscapes from around the world. It will air for 24 hours on Saturday May 2 at https://naisa.ca/naisa-radio/

One way to listen is inside this interesting temporary structure set up at the Soundcamp headquarters at Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe (UK). The mobile structure is called Pitch and there is more info about it at https://www.publicworksgroup.net/projects/pitch/ #!

During the broadcast follow the discussion and program updates on reveil at https://soundtent.org/reveil/ #

04/21/2026

NAISA's Call for Submissions is due May 31 on the theme "Still Here".

https://naisa.ca/opportunities/calls-for-submissions/naisa-general-call-for-submissions

After 25 years, NAISA is ‘Still Here’ still thriving despite barriers it has faced. Who are the communities and persons that are also ‘still here’ that continue to evolve and develop a unique voice, despite the barriers they too have faced?

Pictured from left to right is an audience member interacting with the Ice Voices installation by Joan Sullivan and Robin Servant.

04/21/2026

Quote from William Gibson about the Wetland Project "... a beautiful, quietly amazing work of micro-post-geographical art that allows us to be wherever we are and somewhere wonderfully natural and real, simultaneously. It’s an experience I wish everyone could have, and I wish there were more experiences like it.” included here
https://www.figure1publishing.com/book/wetland-project/
Full 24hr listening immersion on Earth Day April 22, NAISA Radio - https://naisa.ca/naisa-radio/

Discover "The Wetland Project" book: the print component of a multidisciplinary and multimedia project centred on the sounds emanating from the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh, in unceded W̱SÁNEĆ territory (Saturna Island, British Columbia).

04/20/2026

Amid all of the updates on flooding, we are grateful for Markus Schwabe at CBC Morning North for taking the time to share his sounds of spring (can you guess what it was?) and interview NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland about Springscapes. Call the Morning North Talk Back line 1-800-461-1138 with your favourite sound of spring. Be creative!

04/20/2026

David Briggs provided a great overview of the Springscapes series in the Bay Today. Pictured is NAISA Artistic Director Copeland setting up one of the bird feeder recorders used by local residents to capture the multitude of wonderful soundscapes in the region. See NAISA linktree for article link.
https://linktr.ee/NAISANorth

04/15/2026

Phonurgia Nova in France have issued their international call for sound art and radio art works - due June 15. Very transparent process as they share a large selection of the works being considered for prizes. Their soundcloud page is full of great pieces to enjoy.
http://phonurgia.fr/contest/call-for-works/