The Nature Sounds Society (NSS) presents the Twenty-third Annual
Field Workshop June 22-24, 2007 at San Francisco State University's
Yuba Pass Field Station, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This year's
theme is "Nature Sounds: Human Impacts."
Featured speakers include Dr. Bernie Krause of Wild Sanctuary,
eminent bioacoustician award-winning recordist and musician and
Martyn Stewart, naturalist, sound engineer and recordist who will
discuss their 2006 field trip to the Arctic slope to collect baseline
ambient recording to use natural sound as a method to determine
change over time. Dr. Krause is currently working with the team
attempting to lure the whales from the Sacramento Delta using sound.
Jim Steele, ornithologist and director of the Yuba Pass Field Station
will lead a field session on birding-by-ear. Dan Dugan, sound
designer and engineer, will lead a microphone directivity session and
provide technical assistance in the field. Aaron Ximm, field
recordist and sound artist of "One Minute Vacation" and "Quiet
American, will provide a "what's new in technology" discussion and
Curt Black will bring back his well-received bat presentation.
Multiple field and hands-on workshop sessions (including our popular
make-your-own windscreen session) will occur by day; 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. Participants will learn
about equipment and microphone handling techniques as well as being
introduced to the current work being done by the National Park
Service for the preservation of natural soundscapes. The workshop is
open to both amateurs and professionals, and families are welcome.
Accommodations are in comfortable tent cabins in a beautiful setting
beside the Yuba River.
The Nature Sounds Society is an organization dedicated to the
recording and creative use of natural sounds. We have been affiliated
since inception with the California Library of Natural Sounds, which
is a resource center and a regional collection of recordings of
California and the Pacific Northwest. It is a program of the Natural
Sciences Department of the Oakland Museum of California.
Contact the Nature Sounds Society at (415) 821-9776 for more details
and registration information; see the Events page at
http://www.naturesounds.org or e-mail or
We hope to see you there!
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