Music development for 'Keening - Song of the Stranding', multidisciplinary art project commemorating a pilot whale mass stranding in the Outer Hebrides (Scotland). Featuring Alex South (clarinet), Katherine Wren (viola), Nerea Bello (voice). Visual arts Sam Gare. Choreography Aya Kobayashi. Inspirations include Calum Johnston's recording of 'Pill iù Pill ill ill ill Eòghainn', the sounds of the long-finned pilot whale on recordings made by the Cape Breton Pilot Whale Project and Heike Vester (Ocean Sounds), and their analysis by Zwamborn & Whitehead (2017a, 2017b) and Vester et al (2017). https://www.northharrisstudio.co.uk/keening

Keening - Song of the Stranding MUSIC DEVELOPMENT

building (keening - song of the stranding)

keening (keening - song of the stranding)

solos (keening - song of the stranding)

mourning (keening - song of the stranding)

I am a musician based in Glasgow (Scotland), currently engaged on PhD research into humpback whale song, and playing with groups such as The One Ensemble, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra  and the Scottish Clarinet Quartet. “A virtuoso ability” (The Herald)

Keening - Song of the Stranding MUSIC DEVELOPMENT

alex south, clarinet