Deep Listening, the radically inclusive practice developed by Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, and interactive performance, as well as listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one’s own thoughts, imagination, and dreams. It cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and other creative skills vital to personal and community growth.

In addition to Deep Listening exercises and pieces, this workshop will include collaborative composition exercises toward a new piece, Evergreens, to premiere at Bombyx on January 30. All participants are invited to become co-composers and/or performers of the new work with Ghost Ensemble. Both Deep Listening and the co-composition process are for everyone: no experience is required! This workshop is led by longtime Oliveros collaborator Ben Richter in cooperation with Ghost Ensemble and the Center for Deep Listening.