Olivia Block

Olivia Block has instructed courses at the Sound Department at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has been in the faculty of the Sound Arts and Industries program at Northwestern University.

Block has led workshops, taught master classes, completed teaching residencies, and presented lectures in universities and institutions including University of Michigan, Harvard, University of Chicago, School of the Art Institute, De Pauw, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Kungl Musikhogskolan in Stockholm, Flagler College, and Mills College. She has presented talks in multiple departments, including music, media art, anthropology and film.

 Block has developed several pedagogical strategies for different situations and participants. In the past she has led workshops on listening strategies, sound for images, field recordings and improvisation. Her current lectures and workshops focus on creative approaches to multi-channel sound pieces and site-specific sound installations. Additionally, in teaching residencies she meets individually with master’s students to support and critique their projects.