Interactive Listening Walk to Ovingdean with Bethan & Bela from Music for Connection.
Bela & Bethan accompanied us on our walk from Bevendean Community Garden, though the back of the Hyde business park, up a lot of steps! Across Warren Road, then along the top of the racecourse. We edged down towards the sea, with the golf course on our left towards Ovingdean. We finished our walk at Ovingdean seafront. Bela & Bethan used a range of deep listening activities that were playful and fun, but also gave us the opportunity for a deeper connection with the landscape.
About Bethan & Bela
Bela is a highly experienced CTLLS-qualified Goldsmiths University of London -trained community musician, cellist, and trainer. Bela is passionate about enabling the remarkable effects of participatory music on wellbeing, and active in the field of promoting creative engagement using music. Bethan is a violinist and researcher at University of Brighton using listening methods. She brings her expertise in listening practices & sound studies.
More about interactive listening walks
Interactive Listening Walks (ILWs) connect local urban communities to the nature and heritage of the Downs – in these supportive, fun, and grounding workshops, we tune into the changing sounds around us as we explore different places. ILWs offer an innovative, sensory way for people to engage with natural landscapes. Our participants report improved mental health and wellbeing through being supported in a group to listen, immerse themselves in and play with the places we move through. These listening tools are free, simple and transferable – people who come on our workshops learn a new skill and way of accessing outdoor spaces.
Find out more here:
https://musicforconnection.co.uk/listening-walks-and-sound-forages https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/brighton-and-hove-music-for-connection-cic-6866119737
Wild Walks is a project supported by the National Trust and the Changing Chalk Community Grants Scheme, and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery Players. Find more information herehttps://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/changing-chalk-community-grants-scheme
Our funding for walks this year has ended, but we hope to be running more walks soon. If you are interested in joining future local nature events and finding out about more Wild Walks, please subscribe to the mailing list or follow our Facebook page.
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