100 WAYS TO LISTEN is a new project exploring the art and science of sound and documenting a decade of innovative music-making at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. The project launched at the 2017 World Science Festival Brisbane, with performances, interactive installations, immersive sonic environments and augmented reality sound walks presented by over 150 staff and students. The events for World Science Festival Brisbane attracted hundreds of people throughout the weekend of March 24th 2017. Visit the Griffith News Story "Where Music and Science Meet" or read the 100 Ways to Listen event reviews in Limelight Magazine, The Australian and ABC News.
ABC and QUT partnered with the World Science Festival Brisbane to documented the event and spoke to John Ferguson and Leah Barclay about the Sonic Playground on March 25th.
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Science Meets Music preview of the programs for World Science Festival 2017 featuring Vanessa Tomlinson, Eric Griswold, John Ferguson and Leah Barclay
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In 2017, 100 WAYS TO LISTEN will feature discussions, performances, interactive installations, immersive sonic environments, sound walks, publications, exhibitions and virtual reality experiences. These sonic interventions will unfold throughout the year culminating in a publication launching on World Listening Day, July 18 2017. Join us on twitter @100xListen or #100xListen for regular updates.
Our augmented reality sound walks launched on World Water Day (March 22) and featured at the World Science Festival media launch where Leeanne Enoch, the Queensland Science Minister, listened to the sounds of the Brisbane River and Great Barrier Reef.
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On March 25 the ‘Sonic Playground’ filled the Queensland Conservatorium with music technology installations, interactive experiences and hand-on sonic experiments that attracted almost 1000 curious listeners.
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On March 26, crashing tone clusters, droning arpeggios and fragments of familiar tunes filled the hallways, practice rooms and studios of Queensland Conservatorium in a never-before attempted mass piano performance for the Sound of 84 Pianos
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