A shout out to local choir leaders from the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology with their ‘Ocean Song Project’, to be held at St. Nicolas Church, Pevensey on Sunday 23 August
The community workshop is part of the launch of ‘Whale Hall’ in Cambridge, a new £5.9 million museum that will site the Pevensey Whale over a two storey structure.
The state of the art ‘architectural hall’ will enable visitors to the museum to experience the skeleton of the whale in an engaging way that is a first in the country.
The immense skeleton is to be suspended. It is to be a kind of ‘walk through experience’, with the skeleton viewable from below and also from the side with a walkway positioned on the upper floor of the new structure.
There is a year to go before the museum opens its doors to the public and the excitement is beginning to build. The structure is currently comprised of the largest scaffolding project in Europe.
The Ocean Song project plans to add the dimension of sound to ‘the Whale Hall experience’.
Internationally renowned sound recordist Chris Watson (Life on Earth, David Attenborough), will be here in Pevensey to work with some of the team from the University of Cambridge to record, ‘the sound of the ocean’. He will also work with Choir Leader Rowena Whitehead to lead a special participatory workshop.
Talking to the Pevensey Timeline Association Rowena said, “I will be leading the workshop with Chris Watson when we come to Pevensey from the Cambridge Zoology Museum on 23 August and am writing to ask if you can suggest local choir leaders that I can get in touch with to let them know about it “.
Any local choir leaders that want to make contact with Rowena can and we will pass of your details.
