Sounding the local - experiment with soundscapes

Rosie Parsons is running a soundscape workshop called Sounding the local at Chapel FM Arts Centre on Sunday 18 October, from 10:00am to 1:00pm. It's a hands-on session for anyone who wants to record and reshape the world around them: you pick a microphone, capture sounds inside and outside the centre, listen back, and edit them into a short soundscape. No prior experience is required, so you don't need to know your way around a recording rig to get involved.

Parsons is a Leeds-based audio producer and artist whose work sits between electronic music and radio documentary. Her audio journey started with work for Radiophrenia, and since then she's produced audio walks, performances and installations commissioned by the Manchester Jazz Festival, the National Railway Museum, Leeds Museums and Galleries and the British Library. Much of her work focuses on listening to archives and exploring utopian ideas and their legacies, weaving them into a rich sonic tapestry. She's currently the artist in residence at Chapel FM, so this workshop comes from her time working within the centre itself.

Chapel FM Arts Centre is in the Old Seacroft Chapel on York Road, Seacroft, LS14 6JB. The venue is fully accessible, with an accessible toilet, hearing aid loop and wheelchair access. The workshop runs from 10:00am to 1:00pm on Sunday 18 October, and tickets are £7.00 / £10.00 on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis.