Listening Club: Sound in Space

The Listening Club, created by Gustavo Matamoros, makes its Deering Estate debut with an episode dedicated to spatial listening.

Date: Saturday, August 1st, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Deering Estate Theater
7220 SW 168th Street
Palmetto Bay, FL 33157
Tickets: Free of charge, RSVP on Eventbrite required.

Developed as an ongoing series of curated listening experiences in Miami, the Listening Club invites audiences into focused encounters with experimental music and sound art. Through guided listening and shared discussion, each session explores how sound is shaped by movement, placement, and environment. This program includes quadraphonic, surround, ambisonic, and other multichannel works drawn from the Subtropics Digital Archive and Collection. Featured artists include Olivia Block, David Tudor, Russell Frehling, Frozen Music, and Miami-based composer Juraj Kojs, who is celebrating his 50th birthday.

Gustavo Matamoros is a Miami-based intermedia artist, composer, and curator working in experimental music, sound installation, and interdisciplinary performance. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he has been active in South Florida since 1979 and is the founding artistic director of the Subtropics Festival. His work explores listening as a spatial and perceptual practice through immersive and site-responsive environments. He is currently in residence at Florida International University’s i360 XR Theater and at Deering Estate Theater, supported by a Knight Arts Challenge award.

Olivia Block is a composer and sound artist whose work explores psychoacoustics, resonance, and site-specific listening. Her compositions often engage field recordings, electronic processing, and architectural space. She is a recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts’ Alvin Lucier Award.

David Tudor (1926–1996) was a pianist and composer closely associated with John Cage and a central figure in the development of experimental and live electronic music. His work helped redefine performance as an open, systems-based process.

Russell Frehling is a Miami-based sound artist and organizer whose work explores environmental sound, improvisation, and experimental listening practices. He is the founder of Frozen Music. Frozen Music is a Miami-based experimental music collective dedicated to improvisation, sound exploration, and the presentation of alternative listening environments.

Juraj Kojs is a Miami-based composer, performer, and multimedia artist whose work spans concert music, sound art, and interactive media, often integrating gesture, movement, and technology

Deering Estate, located at 16701 SW 72 Ave. in Miami, is a 21st Century house museum, cultural and ecological field station, and a national landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, owned by the State of Florida and managed by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department. Deering Estate is designated as one of seven Miami Dade County “Heritage Parks” which have a vital role in our community’s history, environment and in providing recreational and cultural experiences.

Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. Programming in the Deering Estate theater is also possible thanks to The Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation.

For those who treasure the Deering Estate, who advocate for its preservation and wish to invest in its future, The Deering Estate Foundation provides opportunities for individuals and corporations alike to partake in membership, signature events, and one-of-a-kind experiences, all in service of providing vital funding and support to the Deering Estate. Through these efforts, the foundation fulfills its mission to uphold the legacy of Charles Deering's cherished 1920s-era property, to provide funding for the cultural, educational and recreational experiences it offers, as well as its significant scientific and archaeological endeavors to conserve its diverse flora, fauna and the eight native ecosystems that thrive on its 450 acres, and to ensure its longevity as a prized American heritage site. Established in 1989, The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. is a community-based charitable 501(c) 3 Florida Corporation and the philanthropic partner of the Deering Estate.

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To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any accommodation to participate in any County-sponsored program or meeting, please contact Miami-Dade Parks ADA Coordinator at 305-755-7848 or email, [email protected], five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

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