The Manchester Ear
Sound is often overlooked and under-appreciated in our overwhelmingly visual, screen-based society
Founded by Hayley Suviste and Ryan Woods in 2018, The Manchester Ear aims to get communities involved with listening to the environment through sound walking, deep listening, and field recording workshops in and around Manchester.
We hope to foster greater involvement, understanding, and appreciation for these places, exploring ideas of acoustic ecology, deep listening, and highlighting the well-being benefits for those taking part in sound walks.
Events
Sound Walk for Chorlton Arts Festival around Ryebank Fields.
We'll meet at the Ryebank Community Camp tower, located by the Longford Road entrance. The walk will last for approximately an hour, after which we'll have gather for coffee and engage in a conversation about our experience of the walk.
This event is free to attend, but we kindly request donations towards the Friends of Ryebank Fields crowdfund campaign to save the fields and support the preservation of this natural space.
Join us for a unique singing workshop led by Néfur (Laura Guarch), a renowned Catalan vocalist, composer, and field recordist, at the tranquil Hulme Community Garden Centre.
This workshop invites you to explore embodied listening and engage in guided group vocal improvisations with captivating field recordings. Immerse yourself in the powerful sounds of roaring Icelandic glaciers, intense storms in volcanic Catalan forests, gentle streams flowing in the Lake District, and enchanting birdcalls from Menorca's wetlands. Through this sonic collaboration with the more-than-human world, the human voice becomes one among many voices in the natural world's biophony. Participants will embark on a journey of embodied listening and intuitive vocal communication, expressing a collective sense of kinship with the natural soundscape.
This Manchester edition of the ‘Sen-sing’ workshop is presented by The Manchester Ear and BOTHY.
Event information and tickets: here.
This workshop invites you to explore embodied listening and engage in guided group vocal improvisations with captivating field recordings. Immerse yourself in the powerful sounds of roaring Icelandic glaciers, intense storms in volcanic Catalan forests, gentle streams flowing in the Lake District, and enchanting birdcalls from Menorca's wetlands. Through this sonic collaboration with the more-than-human world, the human voice becomes one among many voices in the natural world's biophony. Participants will embark on a journey of embodied listening and intuitive vocal communication, expressing a collective sense of kinship with the natural soundscape.
This Manchester edition of the ‘Sen-sing’ workshop is presented by The Manchester Ear and BOTHY.
Event information and tickets: here.
Vulgia Collaborative Concert:
an Evening of Improvised Music
Low Four Studio
06-06-23
7.30pm-9.30pm
From £8 - Tickets
Vulgia Collaborative is a concert tour across Europe of improvisation-based performances in collaboration with a variety of local musicians and visual artists.
For this show, Néfur (Laura Guarch) will be joined by Manchester-based sound artists Hayley Suviste and Ryan Woods, to create an unique immersive performance, inspired by the musical material of Guarch's most recent release, Vulgia [vulnerable and wild] - featuring processed field recordings, vocals, clarinet, violin, pedals, and synthesisers.
Manchester’s First Light Records will be DJing an eclectic mix of atmospheric and experimental music pre and post-performance.
Event information and tickets: here.
For this show, Néfur (Laura Guarch) will be joined by Manchester-based sound artists Hayley Suviste and Ryan Woods, to create an unique immersive performance, inspired by the musical material of Guarch's most recent release, Vulgia [vulnerable and wild] - featuring processed field recordings, vocals, clarinet, violin, pedals, and synthesisers.
Manchester’s First Light Records will be DJing an eclectic mix of atmospheric and experimental music pre and post-performance.
Event information and tickets: here.