A
WORD
IN
YOUR
SHELL
CEVANNE
HORROCKS
HOPAYIAN
a
musical
collaboration
with
a
sea-shell
about
erosion &
nuclear
legacy
ACT
I
Listening to the shell’s resonant frequencies
through interactive sound
sculpture
For reference: the 60 minute audio collage which loops through the sound-sculpture. Recorded and mixed through a shell. Video of prototype tests.
ACT
II
Exploring the shell’s vocabulary through performance workshop
SHELL CHOIR
playing
homemade
shell-trumpets
(top image)
and
using the
Barbican architecture as an amplifier
the workshop process
ACT
III
Speaking through composition and filmed performance
NESS
for shell choir
FLUDDE
a
text score
for performance
with
the
sea
silent film
THANKS TO
The Shell Chorus:
Andy Leeming
Sam Cox
Helena Kieser
Jess Malone
Robbie Palmer
and
Corrie Barclay​
Emily Candela
Roddy Canas
Gill Dribben
Joe Hirst
John Kenny
Luke Paine
Laura Selby
Riccardo Matlakas​​
Mrs C K Christopherson RCA Scholarship
Armenian General Benevolent Fund Performing Arts Scholarship
D&S Ouzounian Trust Scholarship
​​
Credits
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Top image: Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Shell trumpet in F#, 21cm, queen conch shell, CD mosaic (Cevanne, Big Ears, 2010), 2026.
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Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, A Word In Your Shell, 45cm x 56cm. Interactive sound sculpture, Queen conch shell, plywood, omnidirectional mic, NE65-W driver, mosaic of Big Ears CDs, 2026.
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Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, NESS for Shell Choir, duration c.4', made in collaboration with Sam Cox, Helena Kieser, Jess Malone, Robbie Palmer, 2026.
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Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, FLUDDE for solo performer, duration c.40', 2026.
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T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding (Four Quartets), Faber & Faber, 1942.
