guest session
02.27.26
Melanie Wilson is a U.K. based inter-disciplinary composer, performance maker and researcher. Her work combines sound, experimental forms of composition, language, technology, and live performance. Recent projects include ‘Cow | Deer,’ a Foley and field recordings performance at Royal Court Theatre and National Theatre of Greece; ‘Oracle Song,’ a live sound work for animal, human and AI voices; ‘Dreaming Species,’ an online binaural installation; ‘glass human,’ a chamber opera for Glyndebourne with Samantha Fernando and ‘Current, Rising,’ a hyper-reality opera installation for Royal Opera House, London.
Melanie collaborates with artists and companies in the U.K and internationally, including long term sound and composer collaboration on the work of director KatieMitchell, most recently ‘Bernarda Alba’s Haus,’ Deutsches Schauspielhaus – Hamburg, and Berlin Theatertreffen.
She was the Chair of the Association for U.K. Sound Design & Production, 2020-23.
Tracklist:
1. Melanie Wilson – 52°02’40.8″N 4°47’38.6″W, 5.10 a.m. 2. Melanie Wilson – 52°00’58.1″N 1°14’15.9″W, 5.30 a.m. 3. Melanie Wilson – 52°02’36.1″N 4°47’40.7″W, 10.26 am 4. Melanie Wilson – Summer, 2026 5. Melanie Wilson – 51°07’31.9″N 4°11’44.0″W, 3.40 p.m. 6. Melanie Wilson – all gone, can’t be, there… but mouthing (live: ‘Oracle Song’, Barbican Theatre, London 2025) 7. Melanie Wilson – the animals are leaving (dreamingspecies.com) 8. Melanie Wilson – 52°01’51.3″N 1°27’03.0″E, 4.32 p.m. 9. Melanie Wilson – 52°09’38.6″N 1°36’21.2″E, 4.50 p.m. 10. Melanie Wilson – whales + AI + human 11. Melanie Wilson – 52°01’53.7″N 1°27’00.4″E, 5.16 p.m. 12. Melanie Wilson – 42°47’27.3″N 1°19’22.7″E, 2 p.m. 13. Melanie Wilson – Ritual (dreamingspecies.com)