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Heart of Oak

Heart of Oak is an ongoing multi faceted living work which I began in 2008 with the planting of nearly fifty oak trees into two arrangements - Avenue & Ring and Pollard Ring (Go to Heart of Oak in the Public Art section to see the full project).
It took many years for the trees to establish their roots and grow enough to begin to have a presence. It is only since 2020 that the evolving spaces invited a sonic interaction with them and the broader environment. To date there have been a number of collective free improvisations at Avenue and Ring.
Below are a selection.

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Belated Imbolc 21.2.2025
Metallic percussion improvisation edited and reworked into 'Time Circular'
Time Circular
00:00 / 07:05
L to R : Paul Cheneour - Sam Bailey - Nadia Bailey - David Leahy - Jane Bravery - Will Glanfield - Neil Sloman - Jim Howard
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Lughnasa Improvisations 1.8.2024
Lughnasa Improvisation (1) 1.8.24
00:00 / 07:34
Lughnasa Improvisation (2) 1.8.24
00:00 / 03:53
L to R : Neil Sloman - Paul Cheneour - Will Glanfield - David Leahy
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Improvisation 3.8.2022
Improvisation 3.8.22 (extract)
00:00 / 03:42
David Leahy - Neil Sloman - Paul Cheneour - Will Glanfield - Lawrence Flether - Loz Speyer
Recorded by Sean Williams
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B Natural Improvisation 9.8.2020
B Natural Improvisation 9.8.20 (extract)
00:00 / 04:27
Paul Cheneour - Peter Cook - David Leahy - Lawrence Fletcher - Neil Sloman - Will Glanfield
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