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The ART of Listening: Designing and Creating Interdisciplinary Soundscapes Through the Performing Arts
Project Introduction
Transport your class on a sensory journey through exploring, creating, sharing and comparing cultural soundscapes that represent the rich multi-sensory world that they live in. Soundscapes, also known as acoustic ecology, have been used for many years to capture the auditory aspect of an environment, where ‘the listener applies their meaning of sound to the environment or, conversely, how the environment gives meaning to sound’ ( R. Murray Schafer - The World Soundscape Project). According to Waddington (2022), Soundscape ecology ‘is the study of sound and of how sounds of different origins shape the world around them. It is about how life on our planet, including our own, is shaped by its auditory environment’ (p X)
Through participating in the project, your class will develop their design and creative skills through support and guidance to:
experience the inspiration and power of the arts
recognise and nurture their creative and aesthetic talents
develop skills and techniques pertaining to Art, Music and Dance
deepen their understanding of culture in their location and the wider world (Education Scotland, 2018).
The following video provides a short introduction to this exciting creative project:
The Project
The theme for this year's soundscape project is gardens and schools from with primary schools Croatia, England, Greece, Hungary, India, Poland, Scotland and USA. are currently working through the different stages of the project in preparation for showcasing their soundscapes at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee and exhibitions arranged by participating schools. Schools have been sharing their wonderful work on the SOTW Padlet page below.
Project Activities
Details of the project activities, resources and webinar recordings can be accessed by the floowing links.
Registration for this year's SOTW project is now closed for, however, if you are interested in taking part next year, please email Sharon Tonner-Saunders.
SOTW is created by Sharon Tonner-Saunders, a lecturer in education at the University of Dundee and is supported by:
Gary Jamieson, the Schools Development Officer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee
Carol Murdoch, the Company Director of Love Outdoor Learning
Zoe Huxley, Class teacher at St Mary's Primary School, Bathgate, Scotland.
SOTW is also supported by experience teachers around the world who act as facilitators to support new teachers in the project. These teachers, who have been part of Sharon's projects for many years are:
Sarah Ausborn, Willagillespie Elementary, USA
Kristina Bernane, Kindergarten Mežmaliņa, Latvia
Mirela Djeska, Osnovna škola Antun Gustav Matoš Tovarnik, Croatia
Monika Smoragiewicz, Szkoła Podstawowa im KOU w Czersku, Poland
Gina Xydous, Jeanne d' Arc'-Piraeus, Greece
Athina Parousi, Mavrothalassa, Greece
Georgia Maneta, 2nd Primary School Mileon- Kalon Neron, Greece
Nicki McMaster, Andover Primary, Scotland
Neve Crombie, Cairneyhill Primary School, Scotland
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