Earth in Concert is Celebrating Earth Day by Offering 4 Free Apps

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Earth in Concert is Celebrating Earth Day by Offering 4 Free Apps - Published on 04/22/16

In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, 2016 - Earth in Concert is offering free-of-charge four Nature Maestro(R) iPad apps: Rainforest Day, Rainforest Night, Glacier Bay, and Expedition. Nature Maestro introduces students and adults to Earth's biomes and animals through immersive audio and visual explorations. Build, compose, and share audio-rich soundscapes! Animal sounds recorded on location by Dennis Hysom. Animal and biome illustrations are drawn by Christine Walker.

Sebastopol, California - To celebrate of Earth Day, April 22, 2016 - Earth in Concert is offering free-of-charge four Nature Maestro(R) iPad apps: Rainforest Day, Rainforest Night, Glacier Bay, and Expedition. Nature Maestro introduces students and adults to Earth's biomes and animals through immersive audio and visual explorations.

Nature Maestro introduces students to Earth's biomes and animals through immersive audio and visual explorations. Students and adults use their creativity and imagination to build, compose, and share audio-rich soundscapes using authentic animal sounds recorded on location by Dennis Hysom in North and Central America. Animal and biome illustrations are hand-drawn originals by Christine Walker.

"Not everyone is able to travel to a rainforest or sit there alone for hours at a stretch day and night," Hysom says. "Nature Maestro gives people a sense of immersion through a mobile app. "Standing quietly in a rainforest and listening intently, away from any human-made noise, is transformative. There's a sense of connection to the natural world that is difficult to find in everyday life. It comes from being still and listening. It's like a meditation. Even a loud sound, like a howler monkey or scarlet macaw, can be joyful, thrilling."

A sound recordist and composer with many music and nature albums and a major motion picture background ambiance to his credit, Hysom had the idea for an app as a way to share his experiences of recording in nature. Nature Maestro Rainforest Day and Nature Maestro Rainforest Night feature Costa Rican rainforest biomes. Nature Maestro Glacier Bay features Alaska's North Pacific coastal biome. Nature Maestro Expedition combines these biomes with an Earth in Concert section, including a world map for composing with all the animal sounds.

The apps are enriched for educators and contain standards-aligned, project-based learning activities for classrooms and home schooling. Dr. John McCosker of the California Academy of Sciences provided review and validation of the animal facts included in the app.

Features:
* Compose soundscapes up to two minutes by arranging animal and weather sounds
* Record external voices to tell stories and imitate the animals
* Flip, rotate, and scale animals and nature elements to create scenes
* Add nature ambiance, rhythms and melodies
* Preview and share soundscapes
* Play audiovisual matching games
* Listen and read-along verbatim to nature fun facts and glossary
* Experience stereo and panning effects when wearing earphones
* Map geo location and distance to the biome
* Use Field Notes to inspire project-based learning
* For children 6 to 11, parents and educators
* No in-app purchases or third-party advertising
* Nature Maestro Expedition is COPPA compliant

"In the long run, when it comes to protecting our Earth's great places, people with an affinity for nature will be more likely to make wise choices for our planet's health and for living in harmony with the natural world. In the short run, listening to nature develops patience, perseverance, and compassion," Hysom says. "When recording in the rainforest, you have to sit for a long time, waiting unobtrusively. A bird passes close by and you hear its wings flap and see its coloration. The feeling of being engulfed in a habitat, surrounded by wildlife, is profound."

"I'm grateful for the experiences I had composing a music and nature album series that took me to great places in North and Central America - from the Costa Rican rainforests to the Dakota's tall grass prairies, from the Caribbean to the Louisiana Bayou to Alaska's Glacier Bay," Hysom says. "With Nature Maestro, we wanted the apps to be distinguished not only by sound quality and visual beauty, but also by their ability to deliver rich, engaging experiences. We've created a versatile platform upon which to build more apps about more biomes throughout the world and present the content for immersive learning aided by mobile devices. In producing Nature Maestro, we are fortunate to be working with Island Innovation LLC for application design, development, and testing. Nature Maestro is built with Apple's SDK Xcode and uses Open AL, and the Amazing Audio Engine to ensure high sound quality."

Earth in Concert: http://www.earthinconcert.com
Nature Maestro Environmental Education Apps for iPad: http://naturemaestro.com
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/earth-in-concert/id869671584
Tutorials: http://www.naturemaestro.com/nature-maestro-tutorials.html
Screenshots: http://www.naturemaestro.com/nature-maestro-screenshots.html


Earth in Concert, located in Sebastopol, California, is a general partnership between Dennis Hysom and Christine Walker. Through music, art, books, apps and other products and services, Earth in Concert encourages creativity, an awareness of nature, and caring for our planet and one another. Hysom and Walker are also the creative team behind award-winning Wooleycat children's media. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2016 Earth in Concert. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.


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