Multi-Arts Collective Proposals Due

Be sure to submit your proposal for CAAD's 2016 Summer Multi-Arts Collectives. Application available here, http://pages.vassar.edu/creativearts/files/2016/01/Multi-Arts-Collectives-RFP-2016.pdf.

How To Tell Great Stories On The Radio

Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, 109-Rosenwald

Stephanie Foo is a producer at “This American Life.” Prior to that, she was one of the original producers of “Snap Judgment.” Her work has also been featured on podcasts like “99% Invisible” and “Reply All.” She’s one of the co-creators of TAL’s Audio Hackathon. Follow her at @imontheradio. A guest artist for the "Producing […]

What It’s Like To Go Deaf And Get Your Hearing Back With An Implanted Computer (And What That Means For Theory)

Taylor Hall, 203

Dr. Chorost is a book author and public speaker. His first book, Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human (Houghton Mifflin, 2005) is a memoir of going deaf and getting a cochlear implant. It won the PEN/USA Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2006 and was applauded by the L.A. Times as “the first cyborg memoir.” His […]

Public Conversation with Michael Chorost and Trevor Pinch

Taylor Hall, 102

Dr. Chorost is a book author and public speaker. His first book, Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human (Houghton Mifflin, 2005) is a memoir of going deaf and getting a cochlear implant. It won the PEN/USA Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2006 and was applauded by the L.A. Times as “the first cyborg memoir.” His […]

Audio Picnic

Outside Rocky

Audio Picnic is a campus news show run by a group of dedicated students who hold interviews, craft stories, edit, produce, and broadcast radio segments that are then played live on WVKR every Wednesday at 4pm. From the Collaboratory, the show will provide copies of the brand new WVKR zine and allow students to listen […]

In the Moog: Understanding How the Electronic Music Synthesizer Became a New Instrument

Belle Skinner Hall of Music, Thekla Hall

Trevor Pinch is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He holds degrees in physics and sociology. He has authored many books and numerous articles on aspects of the sociology of science, the sociology of technology, the sociology of economics, and sound studies. His books include Analog Days: The Invention […]

A Sound Map of the Housatonic River

Aula

Born in New Zealand in 1939 and living in the US since 1973, Annea Lockwood is known for her explorations of the rich world of natural acoustic sounds and environments, in works ranging from sound art and installations, through text-sound and performance art to concert music. Her music has been performed in many venues and […]

Radical Authenticity: Finding Your Voice in Audio Reporting — A Lecture by Audrey Quinn

Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, 109-Rosenwald

Audrey Quinn is a Brooklyn-based multimedia journalist and audio producer. Radio shows she's worked with include NPR's Planet Money, 99% Invisible, Marketplace, Freakonomics, Life of the Law, and Studio 360.  Her investigative work has been awarded by the Fund for Investigative Journalism and The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund and published in the New York Times. […]