About this Event
'Wonderful! This has opened up a whole new world for me'
Join us for an experience like no other: our inclusive interactive exploration of a beautiful garden in Hove, using fun and creative listening and sound-making tools together to appreciate our senses and shared spaces. We invite you to open your ears to experience and enjoy our surroundings together.
Listening encourages space and pause, invites us to be curious, and requires us to be fully present. Being fully active in listening allows us to attune to the moment, and can be revitalising. We can do it at any time – try it!: when you get to the end of this sentence, stop and open your ears for a few seconds. What did you hear? How did it feel?
Creating listening-based soundpieces together has a high feelgood factor – no musical experience is required, and it’s fun to make something as a group.
What to expect
There'll be a small amount of slow walking outdoors (under 1mile in total, over the space of one hour) and a lot of standing: we'll be stopping frequently to listen. It will be mild-moderate walking difficulty with very little uneven terrain.
If there's heavy rain, we will email on the day to make an alternative arrangement.
Please wear appropriate walking footwear and outer layers, and bring drinking water.
Is this for me?
The session is funded for adults aged 50+. Under-50s are welcome for a small donation. No experience of music-making or listening walks is necessary, just an openness to take part and try new things.
If you have any concerns about listening or walking, please contact us to discuss.
Brighton & Hove Music for Connection
We are the city’s specialist community music organisation for adults of all abilities to connect and create together, for wellbeing and social inclusion.
Our Listening Walks and Quests build on our listening and soundmaking projects and sessions commissioned by British Library / The Keep, Stanmer Park Restoration Project, Changing Chalk / National Trust, ESRC / University of Brighton. This session is funded by National Lottery and Postcode Society.
For details of our sessions, please visit: https://musicforconnection.co.uk/listening-walks-and-sound-forages
Contact details: 01273 569096 [email protected]
‘Welcoming, fun, patient facilitators, who made us feel safe and comfortable’
'Simple and yet powerful. A lovely way to meet others in a lighthearted way'
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Plot 22, Hove, Old Shoreham Road, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
