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"Mark Price" <m.price@can-online.org.uk>
<fc.00663cc4006706e300663cc4006706e3.672eba@ruralnet.org.uk>  :
 
>What I am envisiging, visioning, is the creation of a large Acoustic
>Sculptured Water Garden, covering a span of several acres, within
>Cornwall, and to turn this environmental, educational, awareness centre of
>excellence, into a public amenity for all to enjoy.
>
>What exactly do I mean by - Acoustic Sculptured Water Garden? Well ...
>Ummm, how to put it?
>
>Imagine an educational centre at the hub of the garden, complete with
>sound engineering studio and public access environmental education,
>through combining music with natural creation. Imagine water features
>being used in conjunction with sculptured art forms, and then imagine or
>visualise Beethovens symphonies actually playing from the waterfalls
>cascading downwards. Imagine the sound working with and literally through
>the water so that these naturally sculptured forms actually are timed in
>synchronicity with the moving water.
>
>Fountains can be combined in much the same manner. I want people to enjoy
>this garden as a whole living, breathing and healing space where you can
>be in touch with awe and wonder through the senses plus interaction with
>individuals who visit. But I would like it to be more than that. The scope
>with this theme in garden design is that hopefully the perceived benefit,
>picked up from such a space, increases peoples spatial awareness and
>relationship with the environment around them. 
>
>I want to share in the creation of this garden with others because it is
>not just about one persons vision but a vision shared through, with a
>committed, dedicated team.
>
>If i have given you just an inkling of what I have in mind and you know of
>ways of progressing this forwards in whatever way possible, our sharing
>would please me highly.
>
>Written words fail me in describing this with complete clarity, to enjoy
>conversations with others would be very highly appreciated.
>
>Would you like to get in contact?
>
>All the best!!
>
>Mark
>m.price@can-online.org.uk
> 
Wow sounds pretty cool. 

The nearest thing I have seen attempted with music and fountains
combined is in the Parc du Futuroscope at Poiters , France. 

Here is a photo of the auditorium
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/rob/albums/futur/fut099.jpg

I assume what you have in mind, given the location, would blend in with
the natural surroundings a little better. I didn't see the actual
performance because that was off season but don't forget that moving
water makes a lot of noise. In order to hear the music, I think it would
have to be coming from speakers mounted high above, rather than inside
the waterfalls. 
Why Beethoven?

-- 
Andy R