The EarthSonic project is launching an *online* version of the EarthSonic Local Programme!

If you are aged between 16-30 and would like to learn more about music activism and using sounds of nature, then this series of free workshops is for you!

You have the option of signing up to Session 1, Sessions 1 + 2, or all 3 sessions for the opportunity to record music and sounds of nature, be featured on a brand new album, and even a chance to perform live.

EarthSonic Local is a brand new England-wide programme in partnership with Roland, funded by the England Arts Council.

The programme aims to upskill young musicians and nature enthusiasts in storytelling, music production, recording & sampling nature sounds, as well as knowledge of climate change and local biodiversity.

Find out all the details at www.earthsonic.org/earthsoniclocal

Or apply to join HERE!

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EarthSonic Local is a project partnering with eight arts venues across England. We are recruiting young people aged 18-30 to take part in the following workshops:

• Climate and biodiversity
• Recording and sampling nature sounds
• Archiving 
• Songwriting and music-making workshop

The project is open to musicians, singers, producers, engineers, activists and lovers of nature of all abilities.

• Bootleg Social, Blackpool 
• The Bunker, Sunderland
• The Cornish Bank, Falmouth 
• Future Yard, Birkenhead 
• The Hot Tin, Faversham 
• The Parish, Huddersfield 
• Exeter Phoenix 
• The Sugarmill (THAT’S US!)

Participants will receive a certificate from Manchester Metropolitan University. 

A selection of tracks created during the project will be released in 2026, accompanied by live performances at events in Manchester and London.

Thanks to our partners Arts Council England, Music Venue Trust, Roland, Manchester Metropolitan University and Hull University.