The second Week of Sound in Edinburgh has adopted the theme WAVES.
Two particular kinds of waves will resonate through the Week’s concerts, workshops, and tours:
Ocean waves: We will listen closely to the sea: to songs of whales and songs of seafaring humans; to music of the oceans and from the oceans. We will learn what these sounds reveal about the wellbeing of the marine environment, and about our own human journeys across and through the waves.
Sound waves: No sound without sound waves… We will learn about acoustics and its practical application in music and in scientific research. And we will explore how to make sound waves visible and tangible.
The theme WAVES is particularly relevant for Edinburgh, the capital city of a country whose history, culture, and society have been impacted so much by the sea. It is also a topic with a special resonance for the University’s of Edinburgh’s Reid School of Music, which has a long history of research into musical acoustics beginning with the work of Professor John Donaldson, the third Reid Professor of Music, in the 19th century.
All events at the Week of Sound are free, but registration is required.
Audio: East Coast Scotland by inchadney freesound.org/s/744089/ License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
Previously at the UNESCO Week of Sound in Edinburgh ….
You can view the archived pages for the 2023 Week of Sound here.