The Nature Sounds Society (NSS) in partnership with the California
Library of Natural Sounds of the Oakland Museum of California present
the Twenty-Second Annual Field Recording Workshop, June 23-25, 2006
at San Francisco State University's Yuba Pass Field Station, in the
beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains. There are still some places
available for anyone interested in coming.
Featured speakers include David Dunn, a composer and musician whose
acoustic work with pinyon pines and their pests, pine bark beetles,
has resulted some exciting new theories about how sound can be a
basis for understanding the impact of ecological change. Jim
Cummings from the Acoustic Ecology Institute, will talk about the
institute's work and the Earth Er catalog; musician, composer, and
sound designer Cliff Caruthers will provide a session on "What's New
in Technology" and a listening forum. Sound engineer, designer, and
inventor, Dan Dugan, who will do a microphone directivity workshop
and be our technical consultant. Dave Shirokauer, GIS Specialist
with the National Park Service, will be presenting information on the
volunteer work being done to inventory and document soundscapes in
the National Parks. We're also planning a reprise of the
popular "build it yourself" workshop to make a new gadget for your
field kit!
Workshop participants learn about nature sound recording and
technical equipment during four field recording sessions in diverse
locations with experienced recordists. Evening lecture sessions will
cover topics in biology, including a discussion of the environments
in which we will be recording, recording techniques, natural quiet
and soundscape measurement. Additional sessions include a build-it
yourself windscreen/microphone and an observational technique
practicum. The workshop is open to both amateurs and professionals.
Accommodations are in comfortable tent cabins in a beautiful setting
beside the Yuba River.
Cost of the workshop is $175 for NSS members, $200 for non-members
(includes one-year NSS membership). Carpool arrangements can be made
from the Bay Area.
For more information, contact the Oakland Museum of California's
Library of Natural Sounds at 510/238-7482 or the Nature Sounds
Society at www.naturesounds.org, or e-mail If
you have problems getting through on either the phone or the e-mail
(recent technology platform changes have thrown a few kinks our way),
please contact Dan Dugan at (415) 821-9776 or at
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