Community Roundtable
Running Time: 2:54
This piece is intended to evoke the feeling of a group of owls gathered for a meeting. By shifting the pitch and tempo of the calls, it sounds like a variety of different owls are calling when in reality there are just two owls.
Featured Owl sounds: Great Horned Owl, Common Barn Owl
Alone in the City
Running Time: 3:36
How might an owl experience an urban environment full of man-made sounds? Close your eyes and imagine yourself as the owl at night surrounded by city noises.
Featured Owl sounds: Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl
Unity Song
Running Time: 3:20
This movement represents the song a pair of owls might sing when the male leaves his nesting mate in search of food for his new family. The male and female exchange calls so each always knows where each other is, and that they are safe.
Featured Owl sound: Saw-whet Owl
The Hunt
Running Time: 4:51
"The Hunt" features multiple owls on their quest for prey. Flying through the night, the owls search for their next meal in a dynamic arrangement of natural and synthesized sounds.
Featured Owl sounds: Great Gray Owl, Elf Owl, Sooty Owl "bomb whistle,"
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Tips on how to experience Who's Awake from Jim:
1. Press Play on the player above and make sure your speakers are ON! Once you hear sound you can proceed to the next step. The player has been designed to loop through all the movements without you doing a thing!
2. Turn off your computer monitor and turn all the lights off in your room.
3. Imagine what is happening and relax. It is always fun to think of how many owls are in each piece. See if you can pick them out.
4. Tell a friend. It is fun to compare notes with a friend because everyone hears something different.