Pods & Blogs

Pull on your virtual wellies & join me in ​The Woodland Trust Rainforests of Wales. Welcome to my CÂN Y COED pod & blog where I'll be introducing you to the  trees & showing you how to hear their song.

​Blogiau a Chodennau

Gwisgwch eich rhith welintons ac ymunwch â mi yng Nghoedwigoedd glaw Cymru. Croeso i fy mlog CÂN Y COED lle byddaf yn mynd â chi i Goedwigoedd Glaw Cymru i gwrdd â’r coed a chlywed eu cân ... ​

Cheryl Beer is a hearing impaired Environmental Sound Artist known as The Conduit Composer, unearthing the spell binding song of the trees. A musician all her life, Cheryl became hearing impaired 4 years ago; it was nature that healed her spirit, inspiring her to delve more deeply beneath the bark ... READ ON

​​Place is integral to my work as an environmental sound artist & I have used visual photographs, as well as video to conjure up a deeper sense of the rainforest & to tell my story. Therefore, to include those of you who are visually impaired, Alison & I have recorded live audio descriptions from the rainforest floor, detailing what we could see & how we felt ...  READ ON

'The discoveries you have made have been wonderful. Your work has made me think about nature & the rhythms
of life interwoven throughout all of creation - ​diolch o galon' - Ruth Fabby MBE - Director of Disability Arts Cymru

​I went back to Talley today. My heart feels so complete there, as if I belong. In the little church, Father Tim ... READ ON

Today, I have been pondering on the similarities between the recordings I collated from the vascular systems ... READ ON

Over the past 3 weeks, I've been working in partnership with FUSION, researching the favourite Top Ten woodlands in Carmarthenshire ... READ ON

My biodegradable QR codes are TOURING CANADA!!! thanks to Wales Arts International who gave them as Welsh gifts to Arts managers... READ ON

Folks, I have some unbelievable news! The Welsh Gov.t International Relations Dept have commissioned ...   READ ON

​Today, I took an unexpected scenic route (thanks satnav) to Llandeilo for a very beautiful meeting with Deborah, the Director of Ty Cerdd, a record label, recording studio & music publisher based at the Wales Millennium Centre ... READ ON

 5 years ago, I retreated to the woods opposite the weaver's cottage where I was living in West Wales. ​  ... READ ON

Wowzers, what an amazing afternoon with Arts & Culture Producer, Maggie Ayre from BBC RADIO 4. READ ON ...

​This was a monumental day for me on so many levels, going to The Senedd to meet the Exhibition Manager & Programming team in person, ... READ ON

​WOWZERS! Many thanks to Jon Holmes BBC Radio 4 for including my interview in his Pick of the Week today ... READ ON

​I am so moved to have been part of Stories of Art & People with Anna Freeman @ BBC Radio 4 today & very touched by the piece that the producer Maggie Ayre has created ... READ ON 
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As a hearing impaired, Environmental Sound Artist, it feels important that people can experience my work ... READ ON

 Often, I am asked, 'Cheryl, how do you compose tree-led music?' - in a nutshell, beneath the bark lies a vascular system   ... READ ON

Something happened to me in the Rainforests of Wales. Spending that length of time with trees, it reminded me that in fact ... READ ON

​I've been working in my studio with my visual & digital recordings, editing my collection of birdsong to accompany the musical score ... READ ON

Let me introduce the 6 beautiful saplings that are part of my Cân y Coed story, & tell how their growth is a symbolism of unity ... READ ON

I set an intention to create work that impacted social change, which began Christmas week within my own community, by forging winter partnerships during lockdown with Peoplespeakup  CAVS, Age Cymru, Llanelli Town Council, FUSION, Heritage Lottery & #soundmemoriesradio  - securing funding to coordinate 2 community projects ... READ ON

Dec 13th 2021 - ​Our intention had been to go to Pembrokeshire in search of Ancient Celtic Ogham Stones. I felt that I wanted to climb inside the Language of the Trees devised by the Celts, ancestors of our ancient rainforests of Wales. So, I set upon research into their whereabouts, but the day we were supposed to go  ... READ ON

Oct 25th 2021 - During my Unlimited Main Commission, I've been able to build up my tech kit, so that now, I can measure biorhythms & record them in both audio & visual sound, which I then take back to my studio as the basis for composition  ... READ ON

Hello & welcome to a very exciting blog post today, where I'll be talking to you about an Ogham stone, a Celtic stone, 2000 years old, that's right here, in Llanelli. My name is Cheryl Beer. I'm an Environmental Sound Artist working in the 4 pockets of rainforest across Wales, on a Main Commission with Unlimited, funded by the Arts Council of Wales ... READ ON

Nov. 29th 2021 - I remember, as a child, reading and being inspired by Enid Blyton poetry & the beautiful illustrations of Amanita mushrooms, but I had never seen one in the flesh, so, to find that the rainforest at Coed Garth Gell is filled, not just with these red capped marvels, but a whole host of incredible funghi ... READ ON

Nov 8th 2021 - ​I am almost too excited to write this blog because something happened while we were at Elan Valley that I didn’t even know about in full, until we got back and I played all the recordings in my studio though my loud speakers; I discovered a hidden gem, READ ON

 'I knew nothing about the Celtic rainforests until this amazing eco journalism ​shone ​a gorgeous light on it '- Jane Campbell: Award Winning Poet

Sep 27th 2021 - Welcome to CÂN Y COED – SONG OF THE TREES podcast where today I am going to explain the art & technology fusion that I use when I am working with trees, that enable me to create sound sculptures from beneath the soil but first, let me describe what is happening beneath the bark: READ ON

July 12th 2021 - My name is Cheryl Beer. I am The Conduit Composer; a hearing-impaired Environmental Sound Artist & Musician, notating nature in her hour of distress, so that we might hear her better. Currently, I am in the Rainforests of Wales, collating the biorhythms of trees ... READ ON

June 7th 2021 - Un o'r pethau dwi wir eisiau ei wneud yw dod â gweledolrwydd sain i mewn i’r goedwig mewn ffordd naturiol iawn drwy ffotograffiaeth gloroffyl Felly penderfynais y byddwn yn dechrau gyda’r Cwlwm Dara gan fod fy logo ar gyfer CÂN Y COED  ... READ ON

August 23rd 2021 - There are so many trees to choose from in a Rainforest, how on earth would I know which ones to work with? I decided to trust my instinct and wait to see which of the trees chose me. One of the most breath-taking parts of the rainforest is the number of oak saplings ... 
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June 21st 2021 - It was traumatic waking up with hearing loss. At the time, I didn’t think I would ever get over it. I sold my instruments and gave up any hope of ever being a musician again. Instead, I submerged myself in nature, & poignantly ... READ ON

May 17th 2021 - What better way to start my Cân Y Coed blog than with a Peace Lily, especially in these unprecedented times of unrest, but my relationship with the natural world starts long before this. I was 2 when we moved to the maisonettes. We lived on the ground floor ...   READ ON 

Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Arts Council of Wales