A new work by Robert, ‘These hills used to be forests' will be premiered at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival by Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble on the 19th November 2024.
Read More'Capturing Sound' to feature on new release on Farpoint Recordings /
‘Capturing Sound’ which was commissioned by Larissa O’Grady with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland will feature on the new album released on Farpoint Recordings.
Read MoreRobert is awarded an Individual Artist Bursary from South Dublin County Council /
Robert has received an individual artist bursary this year from @sdcc_arts
Read MoreEnvironment, Space and Place Conference at the University of Glasgow /
Robert will present a paper titled ‘Ecological Soundwalks: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Art,
Science, and Advocacy in Response to the Climate Crisis.’ at the Environment, Space and Place Conference, University of Glasgow.
Read MoreSpace to Breathe - Sound work in collaboration with Sinead Hayes for Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble at Classical Next: Berlin /
'Peaceline Perspectives - Voices from a Divided City' a specially curated program which will be performed in Berlin as part of Classical:NEXT, the world's premiere classical music conference.
Read MoreBeginners Guide to Slow Travel at New Music Dublin 2024 /
Beginner’s Guide To Slow Travel was devised and composed collaboratively by Sebastian Adams, Robert Coleman, Yseult Cooper Stockdale, Jane Hackett, Hannah Miller and Joan Somers Donnelly.
Read MoreSonorities Festival 2024 /
Robert will be presenting a new soundwalk ‘A little bird told me’ and also contributing to the SARC Sound, Space, Environment group exhibition at Sonorities 2024.
Read MoreRobert has been awarded a Nature and Place Award by Dún Laoaghire Rathdown County Council Arts /
Nature and Place is a new series of temporary works, taking inspiration from the forests of Ticknock, Tibradden, Barnaslingan, Carrickgollogan, Kilmashogue and Ballyedmonduff. There will be a public outcome during National Tree Week 2024 (19-26 March). Supported by Coillte and the Dublin Mountains Partnership.
Read MoreSchool of Wild Listening: Listening Group Open Call /
Over the year the School of Wild Listening has invited various guest artists to lead our listening groups.
Now it’s your turn!
What is it? An open call for anybody who would like to share insights of the wild world around us through sound.
Beginner’s Guide To Slow Travel at Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival /
Dublin-based new music group Kirkos have taken the logistics of their slow travel to Huddersfield, with the extra time, expense and change of internal rhythm it necessitates, as a starting point for this new devised piece.
Read MoreSparky Conversations #8: The Ecological Soundwalk - Balancing Advocacy and Abstraction with Robert Coleman /
Composer and Sound Artist Robert Coleman gives an insight into his current practice and ideas around Ecological Sound Art and why the soundwalk has become the ideal format for his work in connecting audiences to nature.
Read MoreIMMA Timescapes Soundwalk /
Created for IMMA's EarthRising Eco Festival 2023, the IMMA Timescapes Soundwalk is a hybrid soundwalk / performance resulting from a collaboration between composer and sound artist Robert Coleman, ornithologist Seán Ronayne, and performer and improviser Seán Mac Erlaine.
Read MorePremiere of Capturing Sound by Larissa O'Grady at Hugh Lane Gallery: Sundays at Noon /
The premiere of Capturing Sound for violin, live field recordist and fixed media electronics in a programme including a total of 6 new pieces by CMC represented composers.
Read MoreThe Vale of Clara Soundwalk: Unveiling the Soundscape /
The Vale of Clara is a sessile oak woodland and national nature reserve in County Wicklow.
Read MoreRiver Dodder Soundwalk Broadcast as the Lyric Feature this June /
The River Dodder Soundwalk will be broadcast as a 3 part series on the Lyric Feature on Sunday 4th, 18th and 25th of June at 6 pm. (RTE Lyric FM)
Read Morethe Glas-na-Bradan Soundwalk: Listening for the Future /
The Glas-na-Bradan Wood Soundwalk: Listening for the Future by composer Robert Coleman and featuring a live performance by HIVE Choir
Read MoreThe School of Wild Listening /
The School of Wild Listening is a new platform for the discussion and dissemination of ecological sound art and music directed by Robert Coleman.
In our current age of ecological disconnection, listening provides a means to explore and cultivate a deeper connection to the world around us.
This listening provides a knowledge for initiating cultural change and allows us to pro-actively engage with the biodiversity and climate crisis conversation.
This programme will include listening group sessions, discussions and workshops with guest artists,
performances, soundwalks and more.
It is an open forum where anyone interested can come along and take part. If you have sound works, compositions or recordings which you would like to feature, please get in touch!
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River Dodder Soundwalk is released /
The River Dodder Soundwalk is a site-specific soundwalk to be listened to while walking the river. It is a celebration of the River Dodder in South Dublin and it's many facets.
Read MoreAnthrome / Biome Soundwalk at IMMA Earth Rising /
I’m deligthed to have been commmissioned by the Irish Museum of Modern Art to produce a new soundwalk titled Anthrome / Biome for their Eco Art Festival: Earth Rising.
Read MoreAs If By Chance /
A live site specific performative walk through the urban landscape of Tallaght, that will explore stories of love and intimacy.
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