Catskill Listening Club

salon, sound art, deep listening

Premiere: 2018, Catskill Listening Club website

A powerful gift for any artist working with sound is to be given the chance to listen to their work in the presence of other people, outside of their studio. Because - even if no one says anything at all - they will experience their work in a new and revealing way.

The Catskill Listening Club is an audio salon that meets once a month in the living room of our sprawling Victorian house in Leeds, NY. We started the salon in 2019, a few years after we moved to the Hudson Valley. 

Club members bring short pieces of sound or music; everyone listens; we talk about it. Food and Drink is involved. It’s an informal & safe place to listen, experiment, and learn from each other about sound. Club members are not required to bring something to share. Each member IS required to be curious about sound and music.

All audio enthusiasts and eager listeners of all stripes are welcome.

Members include nationally recognized musicians, instrument builders, filmmakers, studio owners, theatre artists, academics, curators, sound artists, field recordists, and intensely curious people.