Sarah LeMieux

Sarah LeMieux is a contemporary composer, performer, educator and researcher working to merge universes through music. Acousmatic is a word used to describe sound separated from its source. Using sound acousmatically creates a space to hear a sound on its own merits rather than functionally or informationally; it allows sound to be musical. Bernie Krauss, the soundscape ecologist, viewed "anthrophonic" sound -- sound generated by humans -- as an intrusion into the natural world of sound, but for Sarah, the sound of humans and nature together makes New York City a beautiful sonic collaboration. Experimenting with those sounds can give us generative energy and insight into how human creativity can make a better world. She will begin with a demonstration, and a performance of a selection from her new electroacoustic album "Speculative Fiction."