Karen Power is an Irish composer and sound artist. She uses two main sources for her compositions: acoustic instruments and everyday sounds. For over a decade, Power has listened and recorded in some of the world's most remote places: The Arctic, the Amazon, the Namib Desert, the outbacks of Australia, and most recently, Antarctica. Many of her compositions combine field recordings with musicians and are designed to create and share active listening environments. Such works often involve new kinds of "scores," co-creative techniques, and collaboration within the composition itself. The resulting works challenge listeners, introduce new contexts for these sounds, and change the way we perceive our world while acknowledging the change we all bring to it.