Nature’s Symphony/Johnny Scott
Nature’s Symphony is an ecosystem, weaving diverse musical soundscapes and an ecology of storytelling & education together in a living harmony.
This unique curation fosters an immersive experience of creativity and culture to support regenerative action.
Born from community, driven & co-created by community, Nature’s Symphony continues to bloom with Neo Classical live compositions, Experimental Jazz, and Ambient Instrumental journeys. Previous events have brought together field specialists, change makers, cultural & thought leaders from local Kaumātua to Anthropologists, leaders in Cyclical Wellbeing, Embodiment and Psychology to an Astrophysicist and Astronomer. Every journey is a new collection and collaboration held in various pop-up locations within our natural environment.
Through this creative essence, a shared ethos, and a relational & musical reciprocity with the sounds of Te Taiao, a synergistic symphony is born.
Nature’s Symphony will be playing at Festival of Nature at Wao Summit 2024, a co-creation with:
Johnny Scott, Creator/Founder of Nature’s Symphony; Driven by the experience of Awe he has felt in the creative interplay between the sounds of Te Taiao and the music it can bring forth in the artist, through Nature’s Symphony Johnny now looks at how this liminal space can inspire that creative essence in the unfurling of authentic and emergent regenerative community initiatives.
Carlos Reigel is a multi-instrumentalist musician, artist, drum maker, and Registered Music Therapist based in Wellington. His clinical practice focuses on supporting individuals with a wide range of mental health challenges and psychiatric disorders at inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. Trained in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and the Guided Imagery and Music method, Carlos uses music as a therapeutic tool to facilitate non-ordinary states of awareness. Inspired by the natural world, art, and his passion for healthcare, Carlos brings a creative and holistic approach to using music as a vehicle for healing and the exploration of consciousness.
Kate Targett-Adams Scottish-born, Kate followed her passion for music after graduating with a Masters in Modern and Medieval Languages from Oxford University. Choosing to carve out a niche as a modern day travelling minstrel, Kate, an ambassador of The Prince's Trust, has performed on numerous occasions for members of the British Royal Family, UK celebrities such as JK Rowling, Sir Sean Connery and Sir Billy Connolly and for many presidents and prime ministers across the world. Kate’s ability to speak and sing in many languages, including Mandarin, led her to move to Hong Kong in 2007 where she lived for 13 years performing across Asia as a solo singer and harpist. From Edinburgh Castle to Beijing’s Forbidden City, Kate has simply followed her harp - which became her passport to see the world. In March 2020, Kate moved to Queenstown, where she now resides and continues to make music.
Sierra Espinal An Eco Somatic movement facilitator & Poet, Sierra curates through guided meditation, poetry and eco somatic inquiry, a connected sense of the elemental rhythms of nature inviting in a remembering of our embodied experience of this innate relational reciprocity on being. Coming from a depth of travel, study, and facilitation of both yoga and embodied movement & dance melding with her Honduran roots and an upbringing in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. Her continued exploration of our place within the natural world through the lens of indigenous wisdom traditions is evident in her offerings. Sierra facilitates a journey both uniquely enlivening & intimate, and deeply ancient.
Ron Bull (Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Kai Tahu) is a passionate storyteller, basing his narrative on his own whakapapa, creation stories and lived experiences and how these can help us make sense of who we are as New Zealanders.
Zoe Hawkins is a writer and host of Creative Juices, an open mic for original spoken word and music. As the founder of Brand+Butter, she supports regenerative businesses with mindful marketing. Zoe will share spoken word pieces inspired by our natural surrounds and community.
Watch: A short film documenting the co-creation of Nature's Symphony, a fundraising event for conservation and regeneration in Glenorchy.
