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A sonic exploration of the Sheaf and Porter rivers
This project was a collaboration between The University of Sheffield Department of Music and The Sheaf and Porter Rivers Trust. It consisted on the exploration of the two Sheffield rivers and the recording of sounds at those specific locations, including the culverts beneath the Sheffield Mainline station. After that, composers from the Department of Music created pieces inspired by said recordings (instrumental and electroacoustic), and they presented these compositions on June 15th at 18:30 at the Persistence Works gallery.
sheaf_and_porter_shortdocumentation.mp4During the project students and staff began a scoping exercise for a greater understanding of the rewilding and daylighting of the Castlegate development, and the potential for future collaboration between the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Sheaf and Porter Rivers Trust, Sheffield Music Hub, and other potential collaborators.
Here is a selection of sounds recorded by the team of staff and students:
If you would like to use any of those sounds, here are some download links:
Sounds from the Megatron tour (WAV 44.1kHz, 24bit)
Footsteps, voices and train rumble
Footsteps, rocks and distant voices
Noisy stream and footsteps (binaural recording)
Noisy stream and train rumble (binaural recording)
Rocks and distant voices (binaural recording)
Splashes and footsteps (binaural recording)
Sounds from Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet (WAV 96kHz, 24bit)
Persistance Gallery show
The presentation of the pieces took place at the Persistence Works gallery in a very successful performance on the 15th of June of 2022. It involved the premiere of electroacoustic compositions that were diffused in a six-speaker array, and mixed pieces with vocals, clarinets and electronics.
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