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Work as sound recordist for the award-winning National Geographic film, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2023) Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Project info When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland, Billy, his wife Susan, and their devoted sheepdog Jade find themselves with a unique new member of their family. From National Geographic and Silverback Films, “Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story” is a heart-warming story directed by Charlie Hamilton James and shot in 4K. Role in project Sound recordist Awards for sound Renzo Spiteri, Winner: 2025 Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award (Sound- Non-Scripted) Renzo Spiteri, Nominee: 2025 News and Documentary Emmy® Award (Outstanding Sound - Documentary) Produced by Silverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+, 2023 Video ©: Royal Television Society Sound - Non-Scripted Winner: 2025 Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award Sound - Non-scripted WINNER - Kate Hopkins, Graham Wild, Renzo Spiteri, Paul Ackerman & Ellie Bowler Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Silverback Films for National Geographic and Disney+ "The sound design was magical, helping to keep you truly in the moment. The sounds were gentle and subtle and challenging to capture, yet everything came through with authenticity, clarity and beauty. This was a sound recordist's dream of a project and that delight comes across in the work." Nominees: Gary Kelly, Michal Maletz & Daniel Nolan Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy Grain Media for Netflix Gerrit Swanepoel, Jay Price, Tom Foster, Maggy Apodaca & Sound Team Surviving Black Hawk Down Ridley Scott Associates for Netfix Outstanding Sound - Documentary Nominee: 2025 News and Documentary Emmy® Award Behind the scenes... Recording during peat cutting Recording during Up Helly Aa 2023 Chatting at the end of a long day! Recording during peat cutting 1/7 1/1

Storytelling and music performance inspired by the myth, magic and mystery of stories written and told in Nordic region. Nordic Nights Nordic Nights is an immersive storytelling and musical experience myth and music intertwine, where the flicker of northern lights illuminates ancient tales, and where the echoes of the sea and the wind shape stories that have stood the test of time. Inspired by the mystery, magic, and rugged beauty of the northern landscapes, Nordic Nights weaves together spoken word and live music in an evocative performance that celebrates Scotland’s rich storytelling heritage. Drawing from Nordic and Scottish folklore, this performance brings to life tales of witches and robbers, ghosts and seafarers, light and darkness - all infused with the wild spirit of the natural world. Renzo’s captivating soundscapes, blending percussion and atmospheric textures, enhance Jan’s spellbinding storytelling, transporting audiences to windswept shores, starlit skies and northern lights. Together, they create a deeply engaging and unforgettable journey, inviting listeners to soar into the skies and plunge into the depths of the sea, carried by stories of trickery, wonder, and hope. "Wonderful! Thank you." "I really enjoyed the immersive sounds that transported the words around the room in a warm manner." "Mesmerizing- thank you so very much." Photos: Gaby Giacchino shot at Bigton (Shetland). Project type Music & storytelling Created by Stories: Jan Bee Brown, Hilde Eskilde Music: Renzo Spiteri Performed by: Jan Bee Brown and Renzo Spiteri Acknowledgements Nordic Nights was presented in Shetland to celebrate 2022 as Scotland’s Year of Stories, delivered by Curious Pilgrims as part of its Reconnect! Programme supported by the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, with additional support from Shetland Arts. Events Nordic Nights was presented between February and March 2022 at various locations across Shetland, including Hoswick, Bigton and Hillswick.

A participatory arts project that invited the contribution of people to share their life experiences in The Shetland Islands during the challenging pandemic period. Community Voices Memories & Stories of Island People At the height of the COVID pandemic, the world became acutely aware that social restrictions were affecting people in different ways, and there were cases in which people were not feeling or experiencing the support within a community environment. Between November 2020 and February 2021, we devised a project through which people in The Shetland Islands could share life experiences of the pandemic and post-lockdown period. The result of this process was the creation and launch of the participatory arts project Community Voices: Memories and Stories of Island People. Through an open call for participation, people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds were invited to submit first-hand narratives of their lives, stories and perceptions in creative ways, through spoken word, audio recordings, visual arts and writing. Lived experiences are a powerful way of communication and Community Voices was intended to act as a platform through which people could portray the social and emotional effects brought about as a result of the pandemic. People were invited to use the following questions as a point of departure: ~ What losses and gains have you experienced and felt the most? ~ Remoteness, rurality, isolation, loneliness, community, resilience. How do any or all of these words resonate with you in light of your life experience during the pandemic period? ~ Do you have a memory that is particularly related to the pandemic period? The resultant contributions were curated and edited by Renzo Spiteri to produce a 22-minute docufilm. Through the use of words, animation and film, Community Voices unveiled personal perspectives of pandemic and post-lockdown community resilience and human connection. Viewers of the docufilm discover a greater consciousness and awareness of these lived experiences that will resonate with different viewers in different ways. The docufilm, which is specific to Shetland, also acts as a memorial that preserves a moment in time during an exceptional event in recent history, and delivers a strong message of hope for the future and of new beginnings. In January 2023, this project was one of 36 projects across the UK and Ireland to be shortlisted for Creative Lives Awards 2022. "What an amazing collection of voices, music and image." Project type Participatory Arts Contributors Melvyn Heath, Katrina Christie Loynd, Alex Purbrick, Claire Davenport, Heather Christie, Colin Smith, Michele Simms, Yolanda Bruce. Additional music & video; video editing: Renzo Spiteri Acknowledgements Community voices was delivered by Curious Pilgrims and supported by The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund. Awards Shortlisted: Creative Lives Awards 2022 (UK) Events Docufilm launched 1st May 2022.

From A Silence Within merges music, and selected field and hydrophone recordings, gleaned from Noss and Noss Sound in Shetland. From A Silence Within My work explores the inter-relationship between silence, the spatiality of nature’s sounds, presence, perception, and focused listening. From A Silence Within merges selected field and hydrophone recordings, gleaned from Noss and Noss Sound, and my music. As often happens with sites around Shetland that inspire my work, I am drawn by what I observe and what I listen to around me as I wander through the particular atmospheres of Noss, and the Sound that separates Noss and the island of Bressay. Personally, it’s inevitable that such elements find their way into my music. The minimalistic sound textures that I immerse myself in - from bird calls to sheep and the sea - feed into the creation of From A Silence Within. As I spend more time walking along Noss Sound observing Noss from different viewpoints, the more profound my experience of it becomes. This work expresses an interpretation of such experiences. A sound texture that tickles our memory of time and space, a play on the real and illusionary while engaging with the wonderful richness of Noss and its immediate surroundings. From A Silence Within was released in May 2020 and is available for streaming and download on all digital platforms including Bandcamp , Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify. In Tune with Nature was judged by a panel of well-known faces from the Scottish music industry, including Julie Fowlis, Vic Galloway, Gill Maxwell and Karine Polwart: "This is great, I love the approach! Lots going on, and a beautiful vibe. Atmospheric soundscapes." "Love the hydrophone sound and watery textures - undeniably of the place." "Minimalist, percussion and ambient, I will be seeking out more of his music. " Project type Digital track Credits Created, recorded and produced by Renzo Spiteri at Orange Dot Studios, Shetland. Total time: 05:07 Cover photo: Renzo Spiteri Acknowledgements From A Silence Within placed in the top three entries in the competition In Tune With Nature: Noss Category , organised by Nature Scot and Fèis Rois as part of the celebrations for Year of Coasts and Waters 2020/2021. Events Track released May 2020.

A series of four audio and video works ​that explore new forms of composition, installation and performance aesthetics as responses to rural environmental atmospheres of Shetland. Sonic Interactions Project Info Sonic Interactions is a series of four audio and video works created in outdoor sites across Shetland that explore new forms of composition, installation and performance aesthetics as responses to rural environmental atmospheres of Shetland. Project type Audio / video work Created by Renzo Spiteri, 2021, Shetland (UK) Acknowledgements Commissioned by Shetland Arts as part of Refresh Now, and supported by Creative Scotland and Shetland Charitable Trust. Locations Launched: online in April 2021. Exhibited: Music and/as Process Conference, University of Glasgow, June 2024. "I feel that it is the distinct atmospheres that some places transmit - the particular scenario of stillness, quietness and the predominance of the natural environment - that resonate with me in a unique manner. The ruggedness, the presence of the sea, the minimal presence of humans and of man-made sounds are attributes and qualities that stimulate my creative processes. I am equally fascinated by the sonic possibilities of found objects and everyday materials that I like to re-image and re-use as creative tools that expand my musical language." Renzo Spiteri Sonic Interactions Loch of Brough Sonic Interactions Loch of Brough Sonic Interactions Wester Ayre Burravoe Sonic Interactions Loch of Brough 1/40 I love the sea. The more time I spend with it, the more I feel the need to engage with it, be with it, live with it. The sea speaks a language that resonates with me in a manner quite hard to articulate. So rather than string words together to express myself, I create work centred around it and around shorelines. Sonic Interactions is a series of four audio and video works, filmed and recorded on Bressay, Shetland and Yell. The works celebrate phenomena that are mundane in nature but which, through emphasis on the detail of materiality and movement, are the agents of complex events. I find a particular fascination in engaging with the visual and sonic possibilities that lie therein, in taking the time to observe the richness in the natural environments that I am surrounded by. The video and field recordings that I glean become my colouring palette, combining found sounds and everyday objects and materials that I like to re-image and re-use. In two of the four works I have also added my interventions on small percussive instruments or found objects, like wire fences, pebbles and metal gates. The experiences that emerge from time spent listening, observing and engaging with my surroundings have a strong influence on how I conceive and design site-responsive works like Sonic Interactions. Such sensorial elements quite often are part and parcel of my work as a live performer, and the particular atmospheres that I seek to generate are part of a journey that I share with audiences wherever and however I present my work. Sonic Interactions #1: Loch of Brough, Bressay In Winter 2020/2021 Shetland experienced a significant amount of snow and ice. For days and days on end, I visited various lochs around Bressay, monitoring the changes in condition of the frozen waters. I waited, knowing that at some point, these solidified water surfaces will start to crack and melt. That’s the moment I wanted to capture on my sound and video recording devices, an event that I had not yet experienced first-hand. On a bitterly cold February afternoon, Loch of Brough turned into a spectacle of movement and sound events and, with camera, microphones and hydrophones, I focused on a particular area of the loch to glean these occurrences. Ice plates moved like a giant muted chime, an instrument of immense proportions excited by strong winds and a-rhythmic waves. The sum of such events was, in my view, so sonically rich that the invitation was to sit back, record and listen. Sonic Interactions: Loch of Brough is a work based on field recordings and video as the result of my personal experience of the contrast between the water’s solidity and stillness while the loch was frozen, and its transitional state to fluidity. Sonic Interactions #2: Burn at Cullingsburgh, Bressay This burn, with its gentle flow of water down trenches, stones, cobbles and pebbles, is the right mood-setter for the rest of the wonderful walk at Voe of Cullingsburgh. This setting inspired me to create Sonic Interactions: Burn at Cullingsburgh that incorporates field recordings, visuals and my own intervention on found materials by striking pebbles, playing fence wire with a double-bass bow and recording a small metal gate which I resampled to create a drone effect for the piece. Sonic Interactions #3: Sumburgh Head I find that there is something quite stimulating and inspiring in the combination of strong winds and the sea, feeling the force of these natural elements while struggling to stand still on one spot. It was the particular orchestration of various aeolian sounds around the lighthouse that I based the sonic texture on, while I was drawn to the constantly shifting patterns of crushing waves and swelling sea contrasting with the immobility of rock and structures. Metal is a predominate exciter of sonic textures in the field recordings I made and to these I added my own on-site interventions of resonating metal gates, Chinese cymbals and long sustaining metal sound discs. Sonic Interactions #4: Wester Ayre, Burravoe, Yell One of the many wonderful things about the creative journey of Sonic Interactions is the balance between planned work and serendipitous encounters. The chance discovery of Wester Ayre at Burravoe offered a plurality of events that contrasted with the stillness of the coastline so close to where I was standing. I often think about how privileged I am to be able to experience places and their sounds through field recording equipment, to be able to listen to, see and share what might not be so easily accessible. Wading around the shingle beach at Wester Ayre as the water from the burn gurgled and gushed down to meet the sea, I listened and looked for different angles, features and sounds that I could capture with the only recording device that I had at hand – my GoPro. All sounds are therefore from the on-board microphone of the camera.

Music performances and interdisciplinary performances by Renzo Spiteri Production & Sound Installations Ambient sound composition, field recordings, sound design & sound installations As a freelance sound recordist, ambient sound composer and sound designer, I have developed my craft over years of experience in the field and have a passion for capturing the essence of environments around the globe. Location sound is my primary focus, and I am available to record sounds that are specific to a production - whether capturing wildlife in their natural habitats or the vibrant pulse of cultural festivities, I strive to convey the true essence of each location with authenticity and depth. My portfolio spans a diverse range of projects, including film soundtracks, nature documentaries, sound installations and immersive audio experiences, in which I have been commissioned as composer, sound recordist, and/or sound designer. Working from my own professionally-equipped studio, I approach each project with a creative vision and can have meaningful and productive conversations with production companies and commissioning agencies to deliver bespoke end-products and rich palettes of audio textures to enhance projects. I have spent several years travelling to diverse landscapes and cultures, meticulously documenting natural and urban soundscapes. As a result I have amassed a vast collection of high-quality audio recordings that span a wide spectrum of environments and atmospheres and that are readily available for purchase. Contact me for kit list and rates. Billy & Molly Film | Sound Recordist Music in Malta: From Prehistory to Vinyl Exhibition | Audio Production & Sound Design Sonic Interactions Audio / Video Works Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum Audioguide | Composition, Audio Production & Sound Design

A participatory arts project that explores familiar spaces, and celebrates and engages with rural and urban environments through sound with the use of audio technology and creative strategies. Drum Circle Workshops Group drumming is quick and easy to learn and no prior musical knowledge is required. It only takes a few minutes for a beginner to join in the fun and become fully immersed in the excitement of connecting and engaging with others and creating music together. Participants listen and respond, and work together in a playful manner so that individual sounds quickly become a harmonious whole. Drum circle workshops are expressive and collaborative sessions which are a truly inclusive community activity that everyone will enjoy while promoting well-being of the individual and engagement within a community. Each session begins by learning the basics of hand drumming, but since the sounds and results are immediate, participants quickly progress and expand their abilities to incorporate different rhythms that fit easily together, converting the group into a small but fantastic drumming ensemble. Drumming is fun and participants don’t have to be musically inclined to make the most of this experience. By learning simple polyrhythmic patterns, participants become fully immersed in the excitement of connecting with others and creating music together, being part of a whole and identifying the importance of each person’s role within the group. Drum circle workshops are held on a regular basis within community settings. All instruments for use during the workshops are provided, and each workshop lasts for about 1.5 hours (with breaks) and cater for 10-12 participants. Get in touch to find out when and where the next session will be held! Get in touch Participant Feedback "Have been to drum circles with Renzo Spiteri. Very fun and exciting. Highly recommended." "Wonderful fun - thank you" "I had a great deal of fun today in this group." "Really enjoyed it." "It was huge fun and looking forward to next week."

Storytelling and music performance inspired by the myth, magic and mystery of stories written and told in Nordic region. The Eyland Project The Eyland Project was a multi-cultural music outfit, commissioned by Shetland Arts, that blended Scottish folk music with Mediterranean, North African and Middle Eastern rhythmic patterns. In creating The Eyland Project’s original music, percussionist Renzo Spiteri, guitarist David Boyter and cellist Sophie Wishart draw on their diverse heritage to create a melting pot of musical ideas, giving The Eyland Project a distinctive sound with an exciting fusion of moods, melodies and rhythms, and inviting audiences to experience a dynamic music project that sat at the intersection between folk and world music. Photos: Gaby Giacchino shot at Lerwick Town Hall (Shetland). Project type Folk / World Music Created by Renzo Spiteri: percussion Sophie Wishart: cello David Boyter: guitars, mandolin Acknowledgements The launch of The Eyland Project in March/April 2023 was supported by Shetland Arts Performing Arts Commission 2023. Events The Eyland Project was presented between March and April 2023 at various locations across Shetland.

A contemporary concept album featuring unique on-site recordings at prehistoric sites of The Maltese Islands,
 including music from the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (a UNESCO World Heritage site) audio guide. Silence Sounds and Spaces music album Silence Sounds and Spaces is a contemporary concept album featuring unique on-site recordings at Prehistoric Sites of The Maltese Islands,
 including music from the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (a UNESCO World Heritage site) audio guide. Silence, Sounds and Spaces is a contemporary concept project inspired by the prehistoric sites spread across the Maltese Islands. What began as a commission by Heritage Malta (the national agency for museums, conservation practice and cultural heritage) to score music to the visitors' audio guide of the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), developed into the release of a music album, and the presentation of a series of solo percussion concerts in Malta, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. In Renzo's words: "All the sounds heard during the introductory sequence and throughout the Hypogeum audio guide were recorded during a three-week period working and experimenting inside the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum. I had the opportunity to spend quite a few solitary nights enthralled by the mysteries that shroud this magnificent site. The unique space, the particular environment, the known and the unknown, chambers that vibrate and resonate so splendidly- these were all factors that have inspired me to put together this contemporary score. I have played the barest of ‘instrumentation’ using materials such as stone, clay, wood and voice in keeping with the particular soundscape that I wanted to create for the Hypogeum." Created, produced and performed by Renzo, Silence, Sounds and Spaces is best described as art music with rich, engaging and deeply expressive soundscapes, and a skilful blend of unique on-site recordings at the various neolithic sites (including Ghar Dalam, Ggantija temples, Hagar Qim temples and the Hypogeum), an extraordinary world of sounds and the use of non-conventional instruments to evoke powerful visuals of Malta’s stunning archaeological sites. The result is a “chilling, mysterious, and forward-thinking musical journey” that draws listeners in to Renzo’s personal musical universe. Silence Sounds and Spaces was released in November 2011 and is available for purchase as a physical CD , and for streaming and download on all digital platforms including Bandcamp , Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify. Photos: Gaby Giacchino shot at various neolithic sites in Malta. Project type Music album Credits Music: created and produced by Renzo Spiteri Additional mix & mastering: Andrew J.Jones, 2bit Studios, London (UK) Total time: 42:20 Acknowledgements With thanks to Heritage Malta for granting access to the various neolithic sites in Malta (including Ghar Dalam, Ggantija temples, Hagar Qim temples and the Hypogeum) allowing on-site recordings. Events Album released November 2011.

An interdisciplinary, immersive, participatory, contemporary dance/theatre work inspired by the past and current plight of child migration. Terra Verunt Terra Verunt is an interdisciplinary, immersive, participatory, contemporary dance/theatre work inspired by the past and current plight of child migration. "What is an arts festival if it does not also challenge, shock and unveil stark social realities that we sometimes consciously, subconsciously, or even unconsciously, keep hidden away? Terra Verunt did precisely this. No hiding; no compromise; no varnish glistening across the rawness of it all. [...] Thank you all. I can only imagine how hard it must have been to internalise and embody this. I was moved beyond words." Michelle Castelletti, Artistic Director Malta International Arts Festival 2017 Terra Verunt is an interdisciplinary, immersive, participatory, contemporary dance/theatre work inspired by the mass migration of Maltese children to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s, and the exile of Spanish children in 1937 escaping from the civil war. It also reflects on the current state of affairs in relation to the Syrian, Ethiopian and Libyan children who arrive on Malta while crossing the Mediterranean, without identification, and who are subsequently forced into detention. With an original soundtrack and live music interventions by Renzo Spiteri (UK/Malta), choreography by Lucía Piquero (Spain) and dramaturgy by Erica Muscat (Malta), this contemporary work follows the story of migrant children on a journey from or to their migrant home. It speaks of the excitement and trepidation in leaving family and home for a new land and, for the returning migrant, the weight borne from years of being severed from their home country. Terra Verunt offers an opportunity for the audience to “live” through and identify with its own version of this journey. This is an experiential work with actors and dancers filling in the roles of the young migrants with a soundtrack that slowly submerges the audience into a world mirroring the current migrant experience. Audience members may “play” and integrate with the “children” to a degree that is up to each individual to decide, moving across spaces, without being limited to a singular story-line but engaging in a multi-directional approach to create their own unique journeys. The event ran over a 24 hour period with the first show opening on Friday June 30th 2017 at 8pm. Each show was just over 45 minutes long and a total of 8 performances were held between the opening performance and the final performance on 1st July 2017, 8pm. It would not have been possible without the incredible stamina and dedication shown by the artists. This project was a labour of love for all involved, with themes that were, and still are, very close to our hearts. The idea was to use art as a vehicle of dialogue, offering a distinct experience that would allow the audience members to see what they often see in the news but in this occasion as an actual human situation. The close presence of the bodies, the invitation to join in, and the atmosphere created at Splendid would submerge the audience and be an opportunity to relate differently to the ordeal of migrants, especially children. "Terra Verunt was so well placed that it immerses the audience to “live” the experience of these young adults/children but at the same time identify with on-goings of the world that might now be taken for granted or not even brought to light by the media at all. [...] This abstract, multidisciplinary performance, which revolves around migration through the eyes of children, leaves you speechless at the end. It is a deeply affecting work that transports you through events that may have happened decades ago but yet are still relevant to this present day." Margherita Borg, Audience Member, Choreographer and Dancer Photos: Darren Zammit Lupi shot at The Splendid, Malta. Project type Contemporary dance/theatre work Created by Original Soundtrack and Live Music Interventions by Renzo Spiteri (UK/Malta) Choreography by Lucía Piquero (Spain) Story and Dramaturgy by Erica Muscat (Malta) Acknowledgements Original cast included dancers Fabiana Mangialardi, Carl Crochet, Gaby Davies, Kostas Papamatthaiakis, Corinna Abela and Emma Louise Walker, and actors Erica Muscat, Stephanie Bonnici and Laura Wyatt O'Keeffe. Event Performed at The Splendid, Valletta (Malta), part of Malta International Arts Festival, June 2017, commissioned by the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in collaboration with the Malta International Arts Festival 2017.

A participatory arts project that explores familiar spaces, and celebrates and engages with rural and urban environments through sound with the use of audio technology and creative strategies. Sonic Outreach Sonic Outreach is a participatory arts project that explores familiar spaces, and celebrates and engages with rural and urban environments through sound with the use of audio technology and creative strategies. Under the artistic and technical guidance of sound artist Renzo Spiteri, a cohort of people of any age fulfil the roles of project participants, collaborators, artistic creators and beneficiaries of this project. Through on-the-ground, sensory-rich activities and artistic creation, participants discover and glean hidden sounds within their environment. The whole process is aimed at promoting increased mindful engagement with familiar spaces and phenomena, improve participants’ awareness and sensitivity to their surroundings, and to use the data collected as creative tools. Experience in using audio equipment, or knowledge of sound is not required. Each session is introduced with information about the use of equipment, what to listen out for and best practices in field recordings. Under Renzo's guidance, participants are asked to work in pairs to create their own sound art pieces using material gleaned during the practical session/s. In designing each work, through layering of recordings and placements of sounds, participants project the creative interplay that emerges from their engagement with place and sonic events, and the treatment of each location as a field of so many inventive possibilities. Should you wish more information about Sonic Outreach, or to book a session, click on the link below. Get in touch Participant Feedback "I really enjoyed the session I was able to attend." "Aside from the beauty of exploring new sights and sounds, it was genuinely enjoyable and even therapeutic...an aural extension into the unheard; a revelation of sound, of a living and palpable presence." "An enjoyable new experience, well worth taking part in. Thank you." "It was a really enjoyable day" "You did an excellent job despite the weather & thank you for allowing us to participate especially as my daughter was younger than the age suggested." "Insightful and fascinating morning. Thank you." "I loved taking part in the project, the kids got so much out of it too! Something we'd never done before although we have lived on an island all our lives! Sometimes you need a prod to look more closely at what's right there in front of you!" "Thank you very much for a most enjoyable time. It was enlightening to focus on the sounds of the natural world, when normally I’m so visually driven. It was a great experience." "What an incredibly intimate way to explore the rich tapestry of sounds the islands have to offer…so, so many we are unable to hear without aid, or which go unnoticed as sight overwhelms sound. And what a lesson in stillness, patience and obedience. Or “obedience” rather (ob-audire, “listen to”) to the natural world…listening to its multi-layered voice, as if speaking to us directly, so that we may, at last, listen." "Brilliant initiative and so well delivered." Past Workshops Sonic Outreach (The Shetland Islands, Scotland) Sonic Outreach (Shetland) explored, celebrated and promoted coastal areas in The Shetland Islands. Thirty nine participants in eight locations across Shetland engaged with this project, generating 468 audio field recordings the nature of which not only demonstrated their listening experiences of Shetland’s coasts and waters, but also a particular level of engagement with what the surroundings had to offer, often in a very playful manner. What unfolded from each set of recordings was a balance between natural sounds gleaned from the shores and the participants' interventions in those locations though the use of found metal, wood and plastic objects. Sonic Outreach Shetland was delivered through Curious Pilgrims CIC and supported by NatureScot, through the Plunge In! The Coasts and Waters Community Fund. The fund was established by NatureScot to support 24 community projects across Scotland in engaging and connecting people with Scotland's coasts and waters with the aim of leaving a legacy from the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020/2021. Sonic Outreach Shetland Sonic Outreach (Tórshavn, Faroe Islands) Sonic Outreach (Tórshavn) was delivered at Glasir, the largest educational institution in the Faroe Islands. Music and audio engineering students took part in the project consisting of a series of workshops and field recording sessions in around Glasir, and which led to the creation of a new quadraphonic sound installation Glasir Walkabouts: A Journey in Sounds, Places and Reflections. Sonic Outreach (Tórshavn) was supported by Arts Council Malta, as part of Nordic Music Days Festival 2021. Photos: Gaby Giacchino shot at Glasir during Sonic Outreach (Tórshavn)

A solo contemporary dance work that explores a world where voices, bodies, and realities remain invisible until they generate enough force to be recognised. un/becoming World Premier Performance at Dance Festival Malta 2026 Renzo Spiteri & Nicole Chetcuti (Malta) Un/becoming explores a world where voices, bodies, and realities remain invisible until they generate enough force to be recognised. Fragile sounds — from friction to barely audible textures — suggest presences that exist beneath dominant noise. As the sonic world intensifies, the moving body explores the journey from contained gestures to physical assertion, tracing the moment when silence shifts into agency. The work follows an arc of emergence, dissolution, exposure, and the instability of presence. It reflects a wider atmosphere of individuals and communities negotiating visibility, reclaiming space, and moving between being overlooked and becoming impossible to ignore. un/becoming floats in uncertainty, inhabiting the in-between. Project type Multi-disciplinary, contemporary dance Created by Dancer: Nicole Chetcuti Music, composed and performed by: Renzo Spiteri Choreography: Nicole Chetcuti Dramaturgy: Renzo Spiteri and Nicole Chetcuti Acknowledgements Premiere performance part of Dance Festival Malta, July 2026