What would the tides sound like if you set them to music? Saturna Island artist
Mark Timmings and musicologist Stephen Morris wanted to better understand the natural patterns swirling around them. Narvaez Bay: Tidal redictions, the music they composed using the local tide tables, lunar phases and solar cycles,
represents the tension at the heart of tidal dynamics. In performance, the rise and fall of ocean levels as influenced by the sun and moon are embodied in the inhaling and exhaling breath of human voices. Narvaez Bay was first performed by the Saturna Singers in 2012. Now it is revived with voices from around the world! This SeaTalk will feature the film première of SING THE NORTH Global Virtual Choir’s performance. The screening will be preceded by Richard Dewey’s tips on what tidal features to listen for in the music and be followed by Kathryn Whitney’s reflections on the music and its performance.

Richard Dewey is recently retired from UVic’s School of Earth and Ocean
Sciences and role as associate director of science at Ocean Networks Canada.

Kathryn Whitney is director of numerous choirs including SING THE NORTH. She
holds degrees from Oxford University and Guildhall School of Music.