Sound Emergence

Sound Emergence Sound Emergence is dedicated to bridging art, contemplative practices and community through sound.

We work with groups and organisations, running regular sound baths, and site specific projects in historical sites, connecting people, heritage and sound

Hello friendsThis Place Meant, a sound pilgrimage of Kent’s heritageDestination #3St Mary and All Saints church - Boxle...
05/01/2026

Hello friends

This Place Meant, a sound pilgrimage of Kent’s heritage
Destination #3
St Mary and All Saints church - Boxley village, Maidstone

Our first collaborator of 2026 is Craig Gell.
Craig is an artist and musician drawn to sites of historic, folkloric and environmental resonance. He uses field recordings and sonifications to examine and augment a listeners experience of places.
For Boxley he will be playing recordings taken across sites in Kent, alongside live instrumentation.

Location
This beautiful church in Boxley has been a sanctuary of worship since the 12th century, adjoining the “village green” in the centre of Boxley village, with the North Downs as a backdrop. Over the centuries it functioned as a focal point for village worship, baptisms, marriages, and burials, especially as pilgrimage activity increased in the area.

Event Schedule

Saturday 17 January
1pm-1.30pm – Arrival + optional tour (approx. 30 mins)
1.30pm-2pm – Short break; hot drinks available
2pm-3pm – Sound bath (approx. 1 hour)
If attending the sound meditation only, please arrive by 1.45pm.

This is a donation based event
All info and booking link in bio

heritage

Wishing you all sounding love & joy for this new year. Thank you for the support and presence in our work last year. We ...
01/01/2026

Wishing you all sounding love & joy for this new year.

Thank you for the support and presence in our work last year. We are grateful for you.

Thank you to those behind the scenes, not seen here, that enable what we do by opening doors to theirs spaces, resources and jumping behind our ideas. Without you it wouldn't be possible.

Special mention to for the amazing work on This Place Meant project, and the artists we had the privilege of working with.

The world is a rough place for many right now, and we wish to play our small part in softening the edges and build some bridges.

André & Sasha
Sound Emergence

Destination #2 - Maison DieuThank you to everyone that came to two weeks ago. Despite Dover port’s traffic chaos so ma...
23/12/2025

Destination #2 - Maison Dieu

Thank you to everyone that came to two weeks ago. Despite Dover port’s traffic chaos so many of you made it :)
We really appreciate your presence and curiosity.

Thank you to Paul for bringing out the best of the flute sound. Inspiring to play with someone that really mastered his instrument whilst remaining open to respond to the moment and our work. The flute has that time travel quality to it, like a flying vessel.

This destination wouldn’t have happened without the support and enthusiasm of Martin and his team at as well as one of our producers who threaded it all together.

Next destination - 17th January (link in bio)
St Mary and all saints, Boxley, Maidstone - part of the pilgrim’s way route.
Guest artist TBA soon.

Listening
Sound Emergence

Thank you to everyone that ventured out into the stormy wind, and joined us for the first destination - St Mary & St Ean...
07/12/2025

Thank you to everyone that ventured out into the stormy wind, and joined us for the first destination - St Mary & St Eanswythe church Folkestone.

Gratitude to Helen Davison for a beautiful unfolding

Destination # Maison Dieu - Dover
Please note this is SOLD OUT unless you have a pass for all the events.

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Our last sound immersion of the year at the yurt - .view It’s time to thank Lizzie and John whose hospitality and openne...
02/12/2025

Our last sound immersion of the year at the yurt - .view

It’s time to thank Lizzie and John whose hospitality and openness are inspiring and heart warming. It feels different from most other places we go to. You can sense the care and commitment to a certain way of being.
Thank you

For nearly 4 years we have been here every month, the longest run anywhere thus far.

Through the darker days and brighter nights,
the falling leaves and spring birds.
The comings and goings of the Earth’s cycles.
The slowed time.

Thank you to those who have been here since the early days, and those of recent times

Dear friendsWould like to invite to This Place Meant - a sound pilgrimage of Kent's heritage Just over a week before we ...
26/11/2025

Dear friends

Would like to invite to This Place Meant - a sound pilgrimage of Kent's heritage

Just over a week before we start on:

Friday 5th December
St Eanswythe Church, Folkestone
Guest collaborator: Helen Davison
Live sound bath 7pm - 8pm
Church tour 6 - 6.30pm
Book here (pay what you can):
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964260084790?aff=oddtdtcreator

Wednesday 10th December
Maison Dieu, Dover
Guest collaborator: Paul Cheneour
Live sound bath 7pm - 8pm
doors open 6.30pm
Book here (free entry):
https://maison-dieu-dover-town-hall.designmynight.com/691c43706e543c3481233ce4/this-place-meant-an-immersive-sound-pilgrimage-of-kents-heritage

The project reimagines the tradition of pilgrimage through sound, rooted in themes of movement, belonging and displacement, and exploring our relationship with the landscapes that shape us.

Travelling to 11 sites across the region’s ancient pilgrimage routes, we are collaborating with new artists and communities, continuing to map ideas of heritage — discovering what this place meant for those before us, and what it means today.

Hope you can join us on this journey
André & Sasha
Sound Emergence

Producers: Didier Rocard, Louise Webb

11/11/2025

Hello friends

Welcome to our first stop of This Place Meant: An Immersive Sound Pilgrimage of Kent's Heritage.

🗓️ 5th December
Church tour. 6-6.30pm
Live sound. 7-8pm
📍Church of St Mary. & St Eanswythe, Folkestone

We will be joined by guest artist in Helen Davison.
For This Place Meant, Helen has undertaken a short residency period exploring new work in relation to St. Eanswythe’s site.

Helen is a process-led Performance Artist whose practice explores the moments where communication fails, leaning into action, gesture and sound as a way to share experiences of otherness. Through the palpable qualities of the voice and the resonances of the body, Helen seeks moments of connection beyond the self, with a desire to reach cathartic transformation.

Helen’s use of the voice stems from their research into sound, deep listening, and an ongoing practice of vocal improvisation as an extended form of touch.

BRING
This is primarily a seated experience but there is some limited space to lay on a mat if you wish. Please bring a mat, blanket and pillow if you would like to lay down.

COST
(link in bio)
Please pay in accordance to your financial circumstances. If you can afford the upper prices you are helping us continue this work and making it available to those on lower incomes.
Suggested donation £5 - £20
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-place-meant-sound-meditation-at-church-of-st-mary-st-eanswythe-tickets-1964260084790?aff=oddtdtcreator

Can't wait to welcome you for the start of this journey!
Sound Emergence
André, Sasha & Helen

We’re excited to announceThis Place Meant: an immersive sound pilgrimage of Kent's heritageFirst dates this winter →5 De...
31/10/2025

We’re excited to announce
This Place Meant: an immersive sound pilgrimage of Kent's heritage

First dates this winter →
5 Dec – The Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe, Folkestone
10 Dec – Maison Dieu, Dover

Following from last year’s Church & Coast tour, which brought live soundbaths to nine historic churches along the Kent shoreline, This Place Meant continues the journey inland — expanding across North and East Kent in 2025.

The project reimagines the tradition of pilgrimage through sound, exploring themes of movement, belonging, and displacement in the landscapes that shape us.

Travelling to 11 sites in the region, we are collaborating with new artists and communities, continuing to map ideas of heritage — discovering what this place meant for those before us, and what it means today.

Funded by Arts Council England and supported by Kent Downs National Landscape, English Heritage, and the Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester, The Hot Tin, Dover District Council & Maison Dieu.

Thanks to for bringing the project to life through design, and & for production support.

Saint Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone
Maison Dieu Dover
Dover District Council
Kent Mining Museum
Rochester Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral
Reculver Towers
Grand Shaft..

Dear friendsWould love to invite you to a new offering: candlelit sound immersion at the 12th century, St Peters anglica...
20/10/2025

Dear friends

Would love to invite you to a new offering: candlelit sound immersion at the 12th century, St Peters anglican church in the heart of Canterbury.

📍St Peters Anglican Church, Canterbury, CT1 2BQ
🗓️ Thursday 6th November, 7-8pm

Our first time at this ancient site, it will mark the beginning of a regular gathering of sound immersions at this church. Continuing to explore the intersection between art, contemplation and cultural heritage through sound, we welcome people of all and no faiths, different backgrounds and ages.

We are curious to explore life's mystery with sound, listening in the quiet and hidden corners of spaces and ourselves.

You don't need to have any experience in meditation or any other practice. Come as you are. Looking forward to welcome you

NOTE: You can choose to lay down like a typical sound bath or seat
Link to book & info here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gather-candlelit-sound-bath-meditation-tickets-1829802631929?aff=oddtdtcreator

Price
We offer a sliding scale of £5 to £20.
Please pay honestly according to your financial circumstances.

Sound Emergence

Dear friendsWould love to invite you to a new offering: candlelit sound immersion at the 12th century, St Peters anglica...
15/10/2025

Dear friends

Would love to invite you to a new offering: candlelit sound immersion at the 12th century, St Peters anglican church in the heart of Canterbury.

📍St Peters Anglican Church, Canterbury, CT1 2BQ
🗓️ Thursday 6th November, 7-8pm

Our first time at this ancient site, it will mark the beginning of a regular gathering of sound immersions at this church. Continuing to explore the intersection between art, contemplation and cultural heritage through sound, we welcome people of all and no faiths, different backgrounds and ages.

We are curious to explore life's mystery, listening in the quiet and hidden corners of spaces and ourselves.

You don't need to have any experience in meditation or any other practice. Come as you are. Looking forward to welcome you

NOTE: You can choose to lay down like a typical sound bath or seat
Link to book & info in bio

Price
We offer a sliding scale of £5 to £20.
Please pay honestly according to your financial circumstances.

Sound Emergence

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Folkestone
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