Lost Steps: Live Performance by Interspecies Musician David Rothenberg
Stta: invites you to join us in collective listening, as David Rothenberg uses sound as a bridge between humans and other living beings.
David Rothenberg is a distinguished listener, musician, philosopher, and author, engaging with the sounds around us, not as background noise, but as rich, expressive “languages of life” waiting to be explored. Through collaboration with other species, he emphasizes the connection between humanity and the natural world. We invite you to join us in collective, reflective listening.
“We will not survive as artists or as a species if we cannot become part of the world that surrounds us. There should be no duality between music and nature. Natural sound is never separable from human sound. The moment we decide to listen, to seek out meaning, we start to change the world.”
-David Rothenberg, Sudden Music: Improvisation, Sound, Nature, University of Georgia Press, 2002.
Rothenberg approaches listening as an act of earthly survival. To engage deeply, expressively, and wonderfully with nature is to reconnect with a world from which we, as a species, have become increasingly disconnected.
This event encourages deep listening and environmental awareness, creative expression through music and sound, and a renewed sense of wonder about the natural world.
2 Performances:
May 2nd, 2026 / 7:00 pm ET
May 3rd, 2026 / 2:00 pm ET (Children welcome to participate!)
You must have a ticket to gain entry. If you register, but are unable to make it, please show courtesy to the artist and attendees by cancelling your ticket so someone can take your place.
Stta: invites you to join us in collective listening, as David Rothenberg uses sound as a bridge between humans and other living beings.
David Rothenberg is a distinguished listener, musician, philosopher, and author, engaging with the sounds around us, not as background noise, but as rich, expressive “languages of life” waiting to be explored. Through collaboration with other species, he emphasizes the connection between humanity and the natural world. We invite you to join us in collective, reflective listening.
“We will not survive as artists or as a species if we cannot become part of the world that surrounds us. There should be no duality between music and nature. Natural sound is never separable from human sound. The moment we decide to listen, to seek out meaning, we start to change the world.”
-David Rothenberg, Sudden Music: Improvisation, Sound, Nature, University of Georgia Press, 2002.
Rothenberg approaches listening as an act of earthly survival. To engage deeply, expressively, and wonderfully with nature is to reconnect with a world from which we, as a species, have become increasingly disconnected.
This event encourages deep listening and environmental awareness, creative expression through music and sound, and a renewed sense of wonder about the natural world.
2 Performances:
May 2nd, 2026 / 7:00 pm ET
May 3rd, 2026 / 2:00 pm ET (Children welcome to participate!)
You must have a ticket to gain entry. If you register, but are unable to make it, please show courtesy to the artist and attendees by cancelling your ticket so someone can take your place.
As space is limited, please do not bring any large bags or backpacks. This is a shoes off event with seating on floor cushions or on stools. Dress comfortably.
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1518 Dundas St W
1518 Dundas Street West
REAR LANEWAY Toronto, ON M6K 1T5
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