From EcoVoice Project:

The EcoVoice Festival is three days of performances and activities that build awareness, educate, and call others to action on climate change. The 2022 inaugural festival will take place July 8-10 and be hosted at Loyola University and the University of Illinois, Chicago. The festival will feature the premiere live performance of the New Earth Ensemble and two new song cycles, as well as educational panels and sessions. All events will be open to the general public, and the Sunday morning sing along encourages family participation.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ecovoice-festival-tickets-356784230237

Saturday Soundwalk | 10:00 AM CST

Join Paige Naylor from the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology on a guided listening walk around the Loyola University campus.

EcoArts Working Group | 11:30 AM CST

“What could a collaborative arts ecosystem in Chicago be?”

Small and large group discussions. Open to all performing and visual artists, environmental groups and activists, students, and anyone that is eco-curious.

Featured Panel and Discussion | 2:30 PM CST

“Music as Environmental Activism”

Kirsten Hedegaard, Conductor, Loyola University Chicago
Mark Pedelty, Sociology/Musicologist, University of Minnesota
Eric Leonardson, President, Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
Norman Long, Sound artist, designer, and composer

Thomas Aláan, Panel Moderator

New Earth Ensemble Concert | 7:30 PM CST

Mark Pedelty, Opening Remarks
Professor, Communication Studies and Anthropology
Fellow, Institute on the Environment
University of Minnesota

Performant of “Mass for the Endangered”

Sarah Kirkland Snider, composer
Kirsten Hedegaard, conductor