Tree Song & Tree Trail

Further Event Information

Hear the songs of the trees in acapella ‘Tree Songs’ by musician Phoebe Coco with Tree Voices under the branches of Islington trees.

A live vocal performance of a collection of Phoebe Coco’s ‘Tree Songs’ , including Robert Macfarlanes ‘Heartwood’ and original songs ‘Tree Song’ and ‘Sycamore Trees’. The performers will be an all female family voice group Tree Voices with members Sophie Wright and Grace Wright-Spinks.

This performance will be at 1pm and last for approx 20 minutes.

This will take place in Islington's largest nature reserve- Gillespie Park and Ecology Centre. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the event begins and look out for our event steward in a high vis jacket.

After the performance you also invited to walk the 'Tree Song Tree Trail' which starts in Gillespie by using free Tree Trail app TiCL. You will recieve details of this in your email before the event.

Please book one ticket per person and let us know if you are unable to make it by emailing: treesongmusic@gmail.com You will receive an email a week before the event with the exact location details within the park. Please note there may be film and photography used in this performance. Please email treesongmusic@gmail.com with any questions.

Tree Trail

Hear acapella songs under the branches of Islington’s trees. Walk along a mapped route and use your phone with headphones to scan QR codes and hear the ‘Tree Songs’ at different locations.

Building on the success of ‘Tree Song Trail 2021’ Phoebe Coco will be in residence in Islington green spaces and nature reserves, including Gillespie Park, Barnsbury Wood and Parkland Walk to write and record site specific vocal songs which will be connected in an interactive tree trail walk partnered with TiCL, the official tree trail app. The project will work with voices in local primary schools, community groups and choirs to write and record songs in the collection to be shared in the tree trail. It will also work with an all female multigenerational family voice group to record songs written for the tree song trail.

Opening with the Urban Tree Festival- the full collection of songs will then be available to hear both on the tree trail, as well as online and further to which with a live performance beneath the trees canopy on the 22nd May. The trail will run from the 20th May 2022, in conjunction with the Urban Tree Festival until the finale of National Tree Week in December 2022.

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Contributor

Tree loving music artist Phoebe Coco lives in Islington, London, her debut album 'My White Horse & I' features the single 'Sycamore Trees" and the album has received airplay and acclaim both locally and internationally. Her recent performance with trees has been aired by Robert Macfarlane on BBC 4 Front Row where she sung her vocal arrangement of his ‘Charm-against-Harm’ ‘Heartwood’.