In this edition of Making Waves we pay tribute to the work of the late Andra McCartney who died in 2019. She was a composer, radio artist, educator, biographer and musicologist active in Canada in the fields of electroacoustic music and soundscape studies.  Her colleagues and close friends Hildegard Westerkamp, Wendalyn Bartley and Gayle Young join us in this episode to share their experiences of working with her and spending time with her.

The show includes excerpts of her radio piece “Waiting Games And Widespread Smoke (feat. Narcy)” which is featured on the Deep Wireless 19 album.   That piece describes a train trip Andra McCartney took across Canada during the 2018 wild fires in British Columbia. It was also the last piece she made.   The show ends with her radio piece "Learning to Walk" which can be heard on the Andrasound soundcloud page.

For an additional tribute to Andra McCartney, we recommend the obituary on the University of Concordia website. Photo by AJ Cornell.

Making Waves is a monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian, US, and international artists creating sound-based media art. It focuses on the techniques, processes, and motivations of the artists it features as well as individuals supporting the field through dissemination and curatorial activities. The show is a snapshot of what is happening in sound-based media art in the here and now from a northern perspective.