Hildegard Westerkamp (Canada) was born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1946 emigrated in 1968 and gave birth to her daughter in 1977. After completing her music studies her ears were drawn to the acoustic environment as another cultural context or place for intense listening. As a composer, educator, and radio artist her work centres around environmental sound and acoustic ecology. Her compositions deal with aspects of the acoustic environment: with urban, rural or wilderness soundscapes, with th...