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James Weeks: New Nature Pieces

 

New Nature Pieces is an evolving collection of mostly text pieces, designed for use by individuals and groups in workshop or performance settings.
 

All the works in New Nature Pieces are underpinned by the practice of Polyphonic Listening, which can be practised by anyone at any time, anywhere in a natural environment. 

 

Most of the pieces were written in 2025-6. The collection is still expanding. 

 

I have used them in workshops with amateur adult musicians, adult non-musicians, schoolchildren, adults recovering from mental health issues, and in my own personal practice.  

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Polyphonic Listening

on immersive listening

James Weeks (2024)

Birdwatching

for voices, or instruments, or voices and instruments

James Weeks (2025)

Entuning

for a single performer

James Weeks (2025)

Gardening piece

for a single performer

James Weeks (2025)

Ground-level (Drawing)

for a string player

James Weeks (2025)

Ground-level (Looking)

for one performer

James Weeks (2025)

Ground-level (Touching)

for one performer

James Weeks (2025)

Hyetophony

for any voices and instruments (minimum 6)

James Weeks (2025)

Hyetophony (version 2)

for many voices and instruments (minimum 18)

James Weeks (2025)

Meadow

for a large number of performers, singing or/and playing

James Weeks (2016)

Meadow (ii)

for a for a large number of performers

James Weeks (2026)

Meadow (iii)

for a for a large number of performers

James Weeks (2026)

Night-calling

for a vocalist

James Weeks (2025)

Puddle-Canon

for a group of performers

James Weeks (2026)

Shading-colouring

for a single player or singer

James Weeks (2025)

The wind is its blowing

for a large group of people, outside

James Weeks (2021)

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