sarah owen
electroacoustic works 2004-07

...voice of


There is an intimacy that arises when someone sings to you directly. This doesn't seem to happen very often, perhaps only from someone very close to you. Voice Of explores the tradition of people singing songs to each other, on a personal level, and presents the sounds found inside the songs. This is a stereo version of the piece, originally for eight speakers.

Voice Of has been performed at The Electronic Music Studio Concert Series, Goldsmiths College, March 06; Sonic Arts Network's Expo June 06, Manchester; and the Brighton Fringe Festival, May 07.



...from play


From Play explores some of my favourite sounds. The piece unfolded as I played with sounds to discover their qualities. Sounds combine and interact, as wordless voices and characters, to create a story of sounds for each listener to interpret.

From Play has been performed at the Summer Festival of Music with University of Birmingham's New Music Ensemble and BEAST, The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham 04 and The Electronic Music Studio Concert Series, Goldsmiths College, London, 05.



...i'm alive here


I'm Alive Here offers some stories from a few young women loosely on the subject of menstruation. Stories interweave, comments and ideas are dispersed, and the listener is placed amongst these conversations. Whilst I'm Alive Here focuses on only a few women, and there are as many truths on this subject as there are experiences.

I'm Alive Here was performed at Sound In Space, a concert at The Space, London, August 06.