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Hildegard Westerkamp is a composer, radio artist and sound ecologist.
She presents soundscape workshops and lectures internationally, performs and writes.

"A magical fusion of sounds."
Globe & Mail, Toronto
  • "A magical fusion of sounds."
    Globe & Mail, Toronto
  • "There was more than just a hint of oracular mysticism in Westerkamp's art. There was a magic in those sounds.” Stephen Pedersen, Chronicle-Herald, Halifax
  • "Westerkamp's music balances a poetics of sound with social commitments that include feminism and environmental politics. Her compositions are critical enactments of acoustic space....All invoke attentive listening." Donna Zapf, Beiträge zur Neuen Music, Germany
  • "Westerkamp creates new possibilities for listening. One can journey with her sound to inner landscapes and find unexplored openings in our sound souls. The experience of her music vibrates the potential for change.”
    Pauline Oliveros,Kingston, N.Y., USA (about CD transformations)
  • "Mere words are inadequate to describe what took place when the symphony began....Waves of sound rolled back and forth across the harbour bringing thousands of downtown office workers to their windows. The Canada geese from Stanley Park were aroused and circled through the boats, honking loudly as they joined in." Ken Drushka, Harbour and Shipping) about the Harbour Symphony)
…narrative alchemy… The Wire, Issue 460

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​Into the Labyrinth at M U R M U R A T I O N S, SPATIAL SOUND FESTIVAL

at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

7-10TH OCTOBER, 2018.

Into the Labyrinth at Burning Man

August 26 to September 2, 2018

Three different programs of music were offered in the 8-channel system, each 6 hours and 15 minutes in length. The programs were repeated once each night to account for the full 12 hour, 30 minute running time. The music presented was composed by 40 different composers, mostly working in octophonic (8-channel) format, but also in 7.1, 5.1, quadraphonic (4-channel), and even stereo, all adapted to suit the 8-channel system.

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