Category Archives: Training

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!

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Other Voices, 7-8 May

Like ourselves, birds are very vocal creatures. In spring their songs and calls are everywhere, enlivening our woods, hedges and fields. But what are they doing? Why are they singing? And who is singing? These are just some of the … Continue reading

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Other Voices

On 23/24 May 2010 I will be running a course on bird voice for Devon based environmental education company WildWise. “Like ourselves, birds are very vocal creatures. In spring their songs and calls are everywhere, enlivening our woods, hedges and … Continue reading

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Dartmoor Listening Retreat 2009

Following the success of our first Dartmoor listening retreat last year, composer Richard Povall and myself are running a second one in May (14-17th). The retreat gives participants the space and time to immerse themselves in the sound environment of … Continue reading

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Dartmoor Listening Retreat

Richard Povall from Aune Head Arts and myself last weekend ran our first Dartmoor `Listening Retreat’. We had nine enthusiastic participants from across the UK who braved the rain, mist and drizzle to spend time listening to, recording and composing … Continue reading

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Creative use of sound course, 15 July 2008, Birmingham

I’ll be running my next creative use of sound course at `The Centre of the Earth’ in Birmingham on 15 July 2008. The course is aimed at countryside/environment staff with little or no knowledge of working with environmental sound and … Continue reading

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Listening retreat booking now

Aune Head Arts are now taking bookings for our listening retreat to be held in and around Bellever on Dartmoor 15-18 May. More details to follow, but here’s a neat summary from the Aune Head website… Join artists Richard Povall … Continue reading

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Listening Retreat

In partnership with Richard Povall at Aune Head Arts I am planning a four day ‘listening retreat’ on Dartmoor, provisionally fron 15-18 May 2008. The aim of the course will be to allow participants to explore in depth the soundscape … Continue reading

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Creative use of sound course – Islington, 22 November 2007

Thanks to all who attended this course at Islington Ecology Centre, and for the positive feedback. As always it was good to meet people working in environmental education who want to explore the use of sound in their work. Thanks … Continue reading

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Creative Use of Sound in Environmental Education – Islington, 27 September 2007

On 27 September I’m running a course called Creative Use of Sound in Environmental Education for the Environment Trainers Network. For course agenda and notes please visit this web page. This will be the third of these I’ve done, the … Continue reading

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