June 3 | 9:00 am

June 3 | Still Listening: Pauline Oliveros Commemoration

All events in Still Listening, a three-day conference of talks and concerts in memory of Pauline Oliveros, could be of interest to poets, writers, readers and listeners. But this day, in particular, features a poetry-inspired panel at 2pm with Kevin McNeilly and Sara Villa. Full event info here & June 3rd events excerpted below:

June 3, La Vitrola, 4602 St-Laurent

Performance  9:00-9:45

James Harley and Gayle Young: Listening as Collaboration: Improvising Together on One   Extended Instrument

Talks Session seven  10:00-11:00

Jessie Stewart: Silent/Listen: Reflections on the Deep Listening 25^th anniversary performance

Alex Chechile and Suzanne Thorpe: Live Performance Considerations for Pauline   Oliveros’ Early Electronic Music  

Talk Session Eight 11:15-12:00

Rachael Elliot, Max Stein, Jen Reimer: Roundtable Discussion on the “Sounding the City” project and Site-Specific Improvisations in Urban and Virtual Environments

Lunch Break

Performance  1:15-1:45

Curtis Bahn and Thomas Ciufo: Sonic Constructions

Talks Session Nine  2:00-3:00

Kevin McNeilly: Deep Transforms, Close Tellings: The Cocreative work of Pauline Oliveros, Joe McPhee and Rachel Pollack

Sara Villa: Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening Exercises in the Literary Pedagogical Context — How to Heighten the Sonic Nature of Poetry in Academic Teaching Practices

Talks Session Ten 3:00-4:00

Doug Van Nort : Tuning Presents/Turing Presence

Dana Reason: Empathic Architecture and the Space Between

Talks Session 11 4:15-5:15

Kathy Kennedy: Listening to Vocal Improvisation

Brenda Hutchinson: Sound, Listening and Public Engagement