Posted on behalf of The Nest Collective, aboutSinging With Nightingales Live at The Met onMay 3rd.Curated by award-winning folk artist Sam Lee and produced by The Nest Collective, SWN: LIVE invite audiences to experience a unique collaboration between musician and bird, through astarlit walk into the woods to hear one of the UK’s rarest birds sing its courtship song.
Part of the RSPB National Nightingale Festival, SWN is raising awareness of the fast-declining population of nightingales in the UK, in the face of decreasing habitats. The number of birds visiting England has fallen by 91% in the last 40 years, with only 5500 pairs remaining, mainly in the South East.
SWN: LIVE is an increasingly rare opportunity for wider audiences far from the nesting sites to hear the birds sing, and us supported by Arts Council England.
