Sound Earth Collective

Welcome to the home of Sound Earth Collective; an exciting new project from Jenni Watson and Alastair Penman putting climate and nature front and centre!

The Collective

Through Sound Earth Collective, its founders - Alastair Penman and Jenni Watson -

aim to deliver emotionally engaging music and multimedia experiences

that encourage us to reconnect with nature,

inviting us to reconsider our actions and behaviours, on any scale

Communities and collaborations are key -

gathering people and ideas together for positive steps towards change,

whilst experiencing music that aims to take us on reflective journeys

Alastair & Jenni have both independently composed works and projects that focus on climate change -

both the devastating effects, and more optimistic hope for change through immediate action.

Alastair has approached this through his albums 'Do You Hear Me?' and 'The Last Tree',

and Jenni through her various concert-work commissions

including 'Gone Tomorrow', 'Bleaching' and 'States of Matter'

Hear samples of their work in the video gallery below

As multi-instrumentalists and composers, Alastair & Jenni perform as Sound Earth Duo, presenting eclectic and engaging concert performances of nature-inspired works, from classical transcriptions and unique arrangements through to their own original compositions. Performing predominantly on saxophones, flute, clarinet and piano, their programme journeys from works by Debussy and Chopin and beautiful folk melodies such as Farewell to Stromness, through to a thoughtful arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi and a virtuosic rendition of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee. A wide-ranging journey of emotion, colour and expression through an uplifting exploration and appreciation of our green earth!

Jenni and Alastair have collaborated at World and European Saxophone Congresses as well as on album projects and in the Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet. Between them they have released over a dozen solo albums, worked with students at conservatoires including Guildhall School of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Trinity Laban, Royal Welsh College of Music, BIMM, WAAPA, UCLA, University of Minnesota, and have performed with orchestras including London Contemporary Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, BBC Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, London Concert Orchestra and Philharmonia. They have over 100 published works with publishers including Astute Music, Saxtet Publications, June Emerson Wind Music and Sax Music Scores, and their music has been heard on radio stations including BBC Radio 3, Scala Radio and Radio New Zealand as well as on TV, film and video game soundtracks. Both Jenni and Alastair have works on the ABRSM saxophone exam syllabus, and their works can also be found in the British Library archives.

Alastair is a Henri Selmer Paris, Vandoren UK, Buffet Crampon and Key Leaves Artist.

Jenni is co-founder of #lockthesaxdown, an internationally commissioned composer, and runs her self-publishing business.

Click here to download a press pack containing biography and promo photos