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SOUND HALL





LISTEN
& LEARN








Welcome to SOUND HALL where we highlight sound and music at the intersection of personal memory and public history.  

We create spaces for collective listening and grounded engagement,  where critical thought meets creative practice and deep listening. Somewhere between the vibrant energy of a concert hall, the focused inquiry of a classroom, and the healing space of spiritual insight, SOUND HALL is where we gather to listen, contemplate, and connect through the meaning of sound and music in our everyday lives and in the larger, global imagination. 

Whenever we listen to a particular song, or collection of sounds, we create stories around what we hear--about our pasts, our presents, and our futures. 

SOUND HALL is where we gather to listen and learn from some of those stories. 
Select Artists/Speakers:

Ian Svenonius

Chicago Underground Duo

Dr. George Lipsitz

Masstropicas

Mdou Moctar

Dr. Julian Saporiti (No-No Boy)

Dao Strom

Shabaka






Collaborators/Sponsors:

FUTURE IS COLOR

Firehouse 12 Recording Studio

Urban Arts Space

Detritus Books

Intercambio Artspace

Ephemeroptera Quarterly

Yale Public Humanities 

Yale Black Sound and the Archive

American Council of Learned Societies

OSU Comparative Studies 

OSU Center for Ethnic Studies

OSU Humanities Institute

OSU College of Arts and Sciences

OSU School of Music

OSU Office of Academic Affairs

OSU Global Arts + Humanities

OSU Office of the President