Did you visit the Sound Salon?

Following an inspirational guest lecture by the talented and innovative sound artist Joe Young, second year Edge Hill University music pathway students, from across a number of performing arts degrees, recently showcased their latest project ‘Sound Salon' in the Studio Theatre foyer.

Exploring the concept of contemporary sound art, the piece successfully re-contextualised the viewer's traditional experience of a trip to the hairdressers.  

In order to produce the installation students took live field recordings of ambient salon sounds such as hairdryers, running water and chatter and then used a range of software to manipulate them. These everyday noises that people normally block out, or ignore, were then creatively re-composed to provide ‘customers' with a new musically stimulating experience.  

To ensure the piece was both visually and audibly accurate students worked with Edge Hill technicians to modify hairdryer hoods, installing them with speakers so once the ‘attendant' had sat the ‘customer' underneath them their experience or ‘treatment' was completely submersive.  

If you are interested in studying music, composition and performance and would like more information visit http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/study/courses/music-and-sound-with-drama