Evening events
Key information
- Animal Utterance - conference programme (PDF, 93kB)
- Animal Utterance – abstracts (PDF, 151kB)
- Conference registration (opens 20 March)
- Programme of events
- Travel bursaries (deadline 21 April)
- Accommodation (PDF, 146kB)
Contact
Francesca Mackenney fm7225@bristol.ac.uk
Please note that booking for these events is separate from conference registration; click here for details and tickets for the main conference event.
Birdsong: An Evening Chorus, with Andy Holden, Peter Holden, and David Rothenburg
6-7:30pm, Wednesday 24 May 2017
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
Tickets: £8 / £6 (+ VAT)
Booking: https://birdsongbristol.eventbrite.co.uk.
Contact: Rachel Murray (rm14948@bristol.ac.uk).
Join us at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery for a melodious flight into the magical world of birdsong.
Artist Andy Holden and his ornithologist father Peter Holden will kick off the evening with an interactive musical talk, exploring both the art and the science of birdsong with the help of live sound performance, moving images, and archival footage. The second part of the evening will consist of a performance by the composer and Professor of Music and Philosophy, David Rothenberg (Why Birds Sing, 2005; Berlin Bülbül, 2016), in which he will emulate the rapturous rhythms of birdsong.
Hark! Nightingales at RSPB Highnam Woods, with David Rothenberg
5:30-10:00pm (approx.), Thursday 25 May
Minivan leaving from the conference venue (The Orangery, Goldney Hall) at 5:30pm and arriving back at The Orangery approx. 10:00pm
Tickets: £22/18
You are warmly invited on an evening visit to listen to – and hear David Rothenberg play live with – nightingales at RSPB Highnam Woods. A member of the team at Highnam Woods will guide us through the nightingale’s local haunts, with commentary and live performances by the musician and philosopher, David Rothenberg.
The event will also include poetry recitals by members of the Bristol Poetry Institute, William Wooten and Jack Thacker – please do bring along any stories, poems and songs which you would like to share about this most elusive of singers.
Please note that tickets for this small, intimate event are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. If tickets have sold out and you would like to be added to the reserve list, contact Francesca Mackenney: fm7225@bristol.ac.uk
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