“Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening” This is the practice that composer Pauline Oliveros (PO) tasked herself with and shared with others as a composer, champion of technology and an exceptional human-itarian. Over more than 60 years of practicing this simple aspiration, PO developed and wrote extensively about what would become known as Deep Listening practice. Sonic meditations, deep listening pieces, a variety games, a gentle movement practice (listening through the body) a dream practice (24 hour listening) all work to expand our idea of listening and connects those who practice to themselves, to others and to the world around us. In this age, where the dominant paradigm relies on manipulating our listening for the profit of a few, Deep LIstening offers tools and avenues to use our listening for the benefit of all. Join Deep Listening practitioner Rachel Condry on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month to experience all that Deep Listening has to offer and become part of the world- wide Deep Listening community.

Rachel Condry (she/her) is a clarinetist, improviser, composer and educator. She lives in the western Catskills and is working to establish The Center for Quantum Living, an intentional community based in regenerative design and Deep Listening practice. Rachel studied composition with Pauline Oliveros at Mills College and participated in Pauline’s 2011 Tower Ring Project in Geyserville, CA. She became a certified Deep Listening practitioner in 2020 after witnessing the lasting impacts of this work on those who engage with it, including herself and has been growing and sharing her Deep Listening practice ever since. As a performer, Rachel takes a special interest in new and creative music and can be heard in a variety of diverse ensembles and recordings such as the Nathan Clevenger Group, The Matt Small Chamber Ensemble, and Gestaltish. She can also be heard on Roscoe Mitchell’s albums Discussions (2017) and Roscoe Mitchell Orchestra Littlefield Concert Hall Mills College (2019) on Wide Hive Records. In 2005, Rachel played at Carnegie Hall with the Matt Small Chamber Ensemble. She has an MFA from Mills College in Oakland as well as a BA and a BM from Oberlin College and Conservatory.www.rachelcondry.com

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