Duo with Rachel Kitchlew

Alice also performs as a duo with harpist Rachel Kitchlew, reimagining their songs and sound works through harp, vocals, electronics and field recordings.

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Band / acoustic trio

Alice also performs with long-time collaborators Daisy Jean Russell and Jacob Norris, bringing a more acoustic, harmony-led arrangement of her songs, while still weaving in field recordings and environmental sound.

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Sound installations

Alice creates site-specific and spatial sound installations using field recordings, interviews, composition and environmental sound.

Her installations often explore the relationship between people and place, drawing attention to the layered sound worlds of landscapes, gardens, cities and changing ecosystems.

Past installation work includes:

Kings Place: The Sounds of King’s Cross - A spatial sound installation created using field recordings and interviews from the urban green spaces of King’s Cross. Presented through d&b audiotechnik’s Soundscape system.

TOAST: The Curious Mind - A site-responsive sound installation created for TOAST, bringing together field recordings and ambient composition

Kew’s Wakehurst: Voices from the Meadow - a collaboration between presenter Annabel Ross, sculptor Donnacha Cahill and sound artist Alice Boyd, celebrating meadow species

Radio, podcast & presenting

Alice works across radio, podcast and audio storytelling as a presenter, producer, composer, sound designer and guest contributor.

Her audio work often combines interview, narration, field recordings and music, creating immersive stories about nature, place, creativity and environmental change.

She created Shifting Soundscapes for BBC Radio 4, is presenter and producer of Found Sounds for Ffern’s As the Season Turns podcast and is co-producer of BBC Radio 3 Unwind’s Sleep Tracks. She has also previously worked with The Guardian, Wellcome Collection and BBC Country file Magazine.

Alice is also available for radio, podcast and interview features, speaking about field recording, music, listening and the natural world. She has appeared as a guest on Cerys Matthews’ BBC Radio 6 Music show, spoken on Erland Cooper’s Ultimate Calm, been interviewed for the Get Birding podcast, and had her music featured across BBC Radio 2, 3, 4 and 6 Music.

Composition

Alice composes original music for film, podcasts, campaigns, installations and digital experiences. Her compositions often blend folk-inspired vocals, ambient textures, electronics and field recordings, creating sound worlds rooted in landscape, memory and ecological change.

Past composition work includes:

RSPB: Return of the White-Tailed Eagle - Alice composed music for the RSPB film ‘Return’, about the return of the white-tailed eagle.

EarthPercent’s Feat. NATURE campaign: All We Are - A song written by Alice, created in collaboration with The Listening Planet for EarthPercent’s Sounds Right initiative

Under the Midnight Sun - Alice co-created the audiovisual film ‘Under the Midnight Sun’ with filmmaker Michelle Sanders, creating an atmospheric score that responds to Arctic landscapes.

Talks & presentations

Alice gives talks and presentations on listening, field recording, sound, creativity and our relationship with the natural world.

Drawing on her work as a musician, sound artist and audio producer, her talks explore how sound can deepen our connection to place, reveal environmental change and help us listen more closely to the world around us.

Past talks include a TEDx talk on listening as a tool for change, regular talks for St Peter’s College Oxford summer school, and presentations during her residency at Weber State University’s Ogden College in Utah.

Social media and digital collaborations

Alice creates thoughtful digital content around field recording, listening, music and the natural world, sharing process-led videos across YouTube, Instagram, Substack and TikTok.

She is open to collaborations with aligned organisations, brands and campaigns, particularly where there is a genuine connection to sound, nature, landscape, creativity, sustainability or the outdoors.

This could include:

• YouTube field recording videos (e.g. revisiting Martyn’s recordings)

• Instagram collaborations (e.g. Ffern x Knepp)

• Short-form educational / process-led content (e.g. recording tadpoles, underwater sounds)