Minute of Listening

In autumn I'll be working again with Sound and Music to help roll out a trial of their new Minute of Listening project in Cornwall. A fascinating idea, and the sort of thing I would have loved at school!

A thousand voices

Thanks to everyone who came on our night time wander to listen to the thousands of birds roosting at high tide at Dawlish Warren. Sitting quietly in the dark at the roost sharing the sound of oystercatchers, brent geese, curlew, wigeon and dunlin all jostling for space was really wonderful, perhaps amplified by the remarkably high spring tide and the perfect cool stillness of the air.

I'll be thinking about one more sound walk as part of Aune Head Arts Flittermice and Hoots series in the next few weeks ... and will try and put the field recordings into a podcast to try and hint at the sound experinces we've had.

Dusk at Dawlish Warren, 28 October 16:30 to 19:00

As part of Aune Head Arts Flittermice and Hoots series I'm leading an evening sound walk to identify and listen to the migrant wildfowl for which Dawlish Warren is so well known. If you’re interested in making sound recordings, bring along a mini-disc, digital or other recording device as there will be many opportunities for capturing the evening’s soundscape.

The City Rings

This sound project, linking selected schools in Belgium, Spain, Denmark and UK is coming to an end. The results from Cornwall are documented here.