Experimental Soundscape Orchestra with K-A-B - 23rd August 2025

This recording is the result of ten creative participants - musicians, artists, and other creatives - who came along to the Constable Experimental Improvisational Soundscape Orchestra workshop led by Kelly Ann Buckley (K-A-B), to explore the grounds of Flatford Mill, the landscape that inspired so much of Constable’s work. Together, the group connected with the soundscape through a series of exercises that included deep listening, elements of graphic score writing, gathering natural ‘instruments’ from the land, and other activities that encouraged locking in with the environment and with each other. At the end of the session the group interpreted their findings, using a mix of their unconventional ‘found’ instruments and conventional ones. The piece was fully improvised, with no rehearsal before the performance. 

Many thanks to National Trust Flatford for supporting this project by providing The Granary building for these workshops. 

Stuart Bowditch · K-A-B Experimental Soundscape Orchestra - 23rd August 2025