Aeolian Choir

A Coin for Blood

The extraordinary sound of white stork bill clattering resonates across the Sussex countryside for the first time in 600 years.

This soundscape was composed from recordings I made within the White Stork enclosure in April 2025, with the kind permission of the White Stork Project, based at Knepp Wildland.

The soundscape was created for the White Stork Festival in Storrington in May 2025, when the town was awarded the status of a European Stork Village.

The Knepp White Storks - soundscape of hope

These fantastical Birds of Sussex kept visitors amused while visiting my bird hide created from a former pig shed up at the SMARTsheds at Devil's Dyke.

Composed by manipulating field recordings made at SMARTsheds Devil's Dyke, Knepp Wilding, Ditchling Beacon, Aulus-les-Bain, Svartadalan.

Collaboration with illustrator Sandra Reeves.

Fantastical Birds of Sussex

Radio Victory PGS 250th anniversary 11 Feb 1982

Moving with Nightingales was an innovative workshop at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, where participants responded to the beauty of nightingale song through movement, in a playful and accessible way. After a guided tour of Maggi Hambling’s exhibition – Nightingale Nights – they were immersed in this composed soundscape based on recordings from the Knepp rewilding estate by sound artist Hazel Reeves. Participants were facilitated to move by dancer Rosaria Gracia and supported by dance students from University of Chichester (March 2025).

Aeolian Choir

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