World Listening Day: A moment to listen and feel

Un Instante Para Escuchar Y Sentir (1:27). This short video by Enrique Maraver explores a moment of quiet listening and awareness of the soundscape celebrating World Listening Day, 2013. Source: YouTube.

Education: What Makes This Sound?

This is a series of videos that encourage attentive listening and the identification of specific sounds. Simply play the sound and guess where the sound comes from. These are informative challenges for pre-school children to explore. Developed by Christopher William Thorne. Source: YouTube

Listening to Sounds: Part 1

Listening to Sounds: Part 2

Listening to Sounds: Part 3

Soundscape: Passageway

Non Place: Passageway (6:15) This is an urban cinematic exploration of a narrow passageway which links two shopping districts together through nodal entrances at either end. Within this walled setting, social actors subconsciously play out their narratives as they journey in a linear direction through it, towards unknown purchasing resolutions. Video by Justin Ascott. Source YouTube.

Documentary: How dolphins communicate

Dolphins are Talking (2:28) The science behind how dolphins communicate is the subject of this short CNN Science segment. CNN's Chan Meyers interviews Michael Hunt of the Georgia aquarium. Source: CNN

Soundscape: Death of an Iceberg

Death of an Iceberg (2:10) The death of an iceberg is surprisingly loud, according to new research published in the July issue of the journal Oceanography. The amount of energy released during the 20-minute breakup of one of these floating islands of ice in Antarctica is equivalent to the noise produced by about 214 supertankers. Source: National Geographic.

Soundscape Composition: Human Voice

Tom Thum (11:13) Australian beatboxer Tom Thum demonstrates the power of the human voice to replicate a diversity of sounds including insane beats, bizarre sound effects, voiceovers in the style of multiple eras and instruments like the didgeridoo, sitar, trumpet and double bass. All the sounds in this video are made with his voice.

Soundscape Composition: Tokyo City Symphony

Tokyo City Symphony: This is a project in two parts that was created for the 10th anniversary of an urban complex in Tokyo known as Roppongi Hills and posted on line in April, 2013. The theme is "Love Tokyo"

Part One: View a video in which brilliant abstract images are projected onto a 1:1,000 scale model of Tokyo. The video soundtrack is composed of those common sounds heard throughout the city and form a "symphonic" composition to accompany the changing graphics. Click2View Video 

Part Two: Participants can enjoy various motifs of the city: "Futuristic City," "Rock City," and a traditional Japanese "Beauty of Nature" motif by pressing the keys on a keyboard, as if playing the piano. Exploit the possibilities and make Tokyo more dynamic and exciting. Click2 Explore composing your own score.

Source: YouTube and Tokyo City Symphony.

Education: Soundwalk Experience with Children

A Soundwalk Experience (6:47) Lorelei (Sara Lenzi) conducted a soundwalk with children for the 2011 Tempo Reale Festival (Florence). Great experience, kids are so ready to catch sounds and the emotion of listening. Much more than us. (In Italian) Source: Vimeo