Pevensey Whale latest—
NOW ON: Listen to internationally renowned sound recordist Chris Watson on Radio 4 this morning
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Norman’s Bay 11:00am, next Sunday (August 23) for the sounds of the ocean with the community participating, and then…. Get me to the church on time, see you Sunday (August 23) at St. Nicolas Church 2:00pm in Pevensey Chris, to record the voices of the community ready for the launch of Whale Hall in Cambridge in the summer of 2016….
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY:
On Sunday 23 August we will be in Pevensey, East Sussex running two workshops. There is an amazing opportunity to learn about recording wildlife sounds with Chris Watson as we collect the sounds of the sea where our Finback Whale washed ashore in 1865 – Normans Bay, Pevensey. We will be on the beach with recording equipment and hydrophones, documenting the wonderful atmosphere of this stretch of shingle beach that was the site of such an extraordinary event nearly 150 years ago. Chris has worked on countless natural history programmes, including many with Sir David Attenborough, and won awards for his work. You can catch his series audio postcards Soundstage on BBC Radio 4 every Monday morning at 9.30am from 17 August. You can book a place on this workshop be emailing us at .
Then in the afternoon, Chris will be joined by Rowena Whitehead at St Nicolas’ Church, a beautiful, historic church next to Pevensey Castle, for a workshop collecting voices to weave into the soundscape of the sea. We will be listening to Chris’s recordings of the ocean, exploring our own voices and raising the roof with song and sounds inspired by the ocean. Book online for this workshop at www.oceansongpevensey.eventbrite.co.uk.
Chris Watson
Born in 1953 in Sheffield where he attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College, Watson was a founding member of the influential Sheffield based experimental music group Cabaret Voltaire during the 1970’s and early 1980’s. His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. Since then he has developed a particular and passionate interest in recording the wildlife sounds of animals, habitats and atmospheres from around the world. As a freelance composer and recordist for Film, TV & Radio, Watson specialises in natural history and documentary location sound together with sound design in post-production.
His television work includes many programmes in the David Attenborough ‘Life’ series including ‘The Life of Birds’ which won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ in 1996. More recently Watson was the location sound recordist with David Attenborough on the BBC’s series ‘Frozen Planet’ which also won a BAFTA Award for ‘Best Factual Sound’ (2012).
Watson has recorded and featured in many BBC Radio productions including; ‘The Listeners’ and ‘The Wire’ which won him the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Broadcaster of The Year Award (2012), NATURE, Tweet of the Day, and The Cliff.
http://www.chriswatson.net/
