For this year’s partnership between Sound of the Year Awards & @SoundandMusic’s Minute of Listening we are inviting children to create a graphic score & submit their own 60-second soundscape exploring the theme of ecosystems 🪸 📅 Submit before the 21st July

Looking forward to playing in Great North Museum: Hancock planetarium tonight with 360 video of David Blink and live flute from me. 6:30pm, 7:00pm, 7:30pm #Great_North_Night

I’ll be chatting to @bbcradioscot this lunchtime and later on the TV with Belhasa disease 🦠 at 7pm about the radio programme I’ve made exploring the tiny island my grandfather lived on. Photos by the producer Andy King . bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

A lovely article about my journey back to the island my grandfather was born and brought up on. ‘Island of the Seals’. rb.gy/x76vuc BBC Scotland BBC Radio 3 #familyroots #wildcamping #soundheritage

I was interviewed on BBC Scotland News for The Seven yesterday, talking about my journey to Eilean nan Ròn. You can catch it at 22’12”. shorturl.at/dsBW2

On an uninhabited island off the north coast of Scotland, sound artist and musician Rob Mackay returns to the deserted village his grandfather once called home ⛵ Between The Ears: Island of the Seals is on BBC Sounds now 🌊

Music students from @musicncl will be performing their compositions, created in response to artefacts in the @gnm_hancock on Weds 10th and Thurs 11th Jan from 2:30pm - 4:00pm each day. All welcome! shorturl.at/dFJ12

A beautiful and emotive programme following the journey of Sara Dykman as she cycled the whole monarch butterfly migration route…twice! I provided some monarch butterfly wing recordings. Sensitively produced by @inthesoundfield for @bbcradio4 shorturl.at/jmBYZ

Just one week to go until Composers North East! #composer #music #arts

2024 Sessions on Listening We invite you to join us for the World Listening Project's inaugural gathering of our new monthly series, "Sessions on Listening." Each hourlong virtual roundtable is hosted by a practitioner from our wide ranging global network.

Are you an early career digital creative in the southeast? Still time to apply for the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab @[email protected] & 2024 Artist Residency #MultispeciesFlourishing in partnership with The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, O N C A & Fabrica sussex.ac.uk/research/centr…

Join us Wed 20th March 1pm in Henry Daysh Building Room 7.26 Newcastle University to hear about the work of Will Edmondes, Snr Lecturer in Contemporary Performance. @NclUniMusic More info here: bit.ly/4aeSusr *All welcome*

Here are our nominees for the Engaging Globally Award - @pcrcbih Rob Mackay @tashmisbah Recognising international engagement projects that address global challenges through our research or teaching 🌍 #WeAreNCL #EandPAwardsNCL

Really looking forward to presenting at @phil_hardberger_park tomorrow with @patygirasola . I’ll be installing the next streambox for #following_the_flight_of_the_monarchs too. So get ready to tune in in the Jerome Joy Soundmap with SoundCamp shorturl.at/aenr8

Looking forward to talking about my work and presenting a solo concert for #auralpluralities next event on 22 May - [eventbrite.co.uk/e/auralplurali…)

The streambox we installed at @PhilHardbergerPark in San Antonio will be coming up shortly on Soundcamp's Reveil broadcast. Livestreaming the dawn chorus from all around the world over 24 hours this weekend! Soundtent soundtent.org/soundcamp_list…

Thrilled that Following the Flight of the Monarchs won in the Global category at the Newcastle University Engagement & Place Awards last Friday. Thank you to everyone involved in the project!

Thank you to Newcastle University Engagement & Place Awards! Soundcamp Locus Sonus and so many others!

Looking forward to leading a sound walk, listening and composition workshop this weekend with Chrysalis Arts for the Mapping Marton Wood project. Places still available!

A new BBC Research & Development project, Radiophonic Travel Agency, features the amazing work of Dr Rob Mackay who created a sound journey which follows the migration of monarch butterflies from Canada to Mexico. @NclUniMusic Listen here >>bit.ly/4gbJ0Sf