{"id":2044396,"date":"2025-09-23T19:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2044396"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:05:37","slug":"new-sound-portraits-exhibition-gives-local-people-a-voice-through-music-local-news-news-wells-nub-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-sound-portraits-exhibition-gives-local-people-a-voice-through-music-local-news-news-wells-nub-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u201csound portraits\u201d exhibition gives local people a voice through music | Local News | News | Wells Nub News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"35.243243243243\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p>Wells is about to see \u2014 and hear \u2014 portraiture in a whole new way.<\/p>\n<p>A powerful new exhibition opens at The Bishop&#8217;s Palace and Gardens on 29 September, showcasing &#8220;sound portraits&#8221; of 23 local people, created live through music instead of paint.<\/p>\n<p>The sitters, from Wells and Shepton Mallet, simply turned up and sat in silence as musicians from Epiphany Music, working with Flock arts group, composed a piece of music in real time to capture their mood, presence and personality. No brushes, no canvas \u2014 just instruments, emotion and nerve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a privilege about which I have not stopped talking,&#8221; said one participant. Another called the experience &#8220;healing&#8221;, &#8220;restorative&#8221; and &#8220;inspirational&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Siobhan Goodwin, Community Engagement Manager at the Palace, said: &#8220;It was a joy to watch people open themselves to such a new and creative form of portraiture. The music brought something deeply personal to each sitter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is included with admission to the Palace. Visitors can listen to the portraits and experience how sound alone can reveal character, feeling and connection.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wells.nub.news\/newsletter-subscribe\">Sign up to our free local newsletter<\/a> \u2013 <strong>Our top stories in your inbox every Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '278463497834068');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wells.nub.news \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wells is about to see \u2014 and hear \u2014 portraiture in a whole new way. 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