A City Full of Stories is a 25-minute immersive audio experience, created alongside people experiencing homelessness. To experience the SoundWalk, visit the Church of St-Martin-in the-Fields and pick up a leaflet. The SoundWalk is best experienced using a smartphone and headphones. If you are unable to do the walk, you can listen to the tracks here.
Free to experience at any time between 15 April – 15 October. ** Please note: The 17 April Guided Walks have unfortunately had to be postponed due to illness. Please refer to this page for rescheduling updates. **
Find out more about the SoundWalk Project
Listen to this big mess
This relentless chaos –
See something you’ve never seen before…
This city is full of stories, many unseen and unheard. The windows and the bricks of buildings older than any of us: What have they seen? Who are the strangers that find themselves sitting next to each other on a bench? Where have they been and where are they going? Who are the creatures that we share the city with? What might the fox or the pigeon tell us if we took the time to listen? This SoundWalk brings to life the imagined stories of the buildings and pathways that surround us. A City Full of Stories asks us to slow down, look around and listen…
Marking 25 years of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ work with people experiencing homelessness, this SoundWalk has been specially created for Marriner100 – the orchestra’s celebration of the centenary of its founder, Sir Neville Marriner.
Music and Words The Connection at St Martin’s and The Outside Project participants
Artistic Direction and Workshop Facilitation Jackie Walduck (composer) and Hazel Gould (writer)
Musical Performance The Connection participants, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields musicians and the Royal Academy of Music’s Open Academy students
Spoken Word David Ogundare
Audio Production Matt Catlow
Illustration Ruby Wright
In partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, The Connection and The Outside Project.
ASMF are very grateful for the generous support of The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, The Patrick and Helena Frost Foundation, Westminster City Council Culture & Community Grants Programme, and ASMF’s friends and patrons.