A new course available in the upcoming semester at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will meet the current moment by equipping students on campus and off with novel strategies for pursuing and practicing music performance in an era of social distancing and remote learning.

Stephanie Loveless has been named the new director of the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which stewards the philosophy and practices of sonic awareness pioneered by the late Pauline Oliveros.