Spherical Loudspeaker Convergence
Loudspeaker Orchestra Concert Series
Venue: Woolwich Works
Date: Saturday 9 May 2026
Time: 10am-5pm: Conference, 7-9.30pm: Concert
Sonic Spheres transforms Woolwich Works into a living, resonant environment where multiple spherical loudspeaker arrays animate the space with fully immersive 3D sound. Audiences are invited into an extraordinary encounter with sound in space – a world where listening becomes physical, spatial, and deeply embodied.
By day, artists, technologists, and researchers present talks, panels, and hands-on workshops exploring the forefront of immersive audio. From 3D composition and sound architecture to psychoacoustics and spatial perception, the programme examines how sound shapes the way we sense, move through, and understand the world.
By night, the venue becomes a site of performance. Multiple spherical arrays converge in a unique evening concert, generating rich, multidimensional soundscapes that surround, shift, and unfold in space – inviting audiences to listen in entirely new ways.
Sonic Spheres is a one-day conference and concert dedicated to creative, critical, and experimental approaches to spatial audio, with a particular focus on composing and performing with the IKO loudspeaker.
The 2026 edition foregrounds practice and experimentation, centring on composing, and performing for both singular and multiple IKO systems. The IKO loudspeaker functions as both instrument and environment – a platform for spatial composition, live diffusion, and immersive performance.
Book Now [Conference + Concert]
Secure your ticket now, and join us for a day of talks and workshops, followed by an evening concert.
Book Now [Concert only]
Secure your ticket now, and join us for an evening of performances.
Conference Programme
For full details of talks, demos, and panel discussions.
Concert Programme
For full line-up of artists and works.
Artist Residency Commissions Awardees
Learn more about the selected artists undertaking an intensive Research & Development residency with us.
Bursary Places
10 free bursary tickets available for non-academic participants – first come, first served!
Call for Works [CLOSED]
The SOUND/IMAGE Research Centre invites composers, sound artists, researchers, and industry practitioners to propose talks, workshops and performances.
Artist Residency Commission [CLOSED]
Take part in an intensive Research & Development residency to create bold new works for the IKO spherical loudspeaker.
Lead Partners
Supporting Partners
For enquiries
For all enquiries, please contact: sound-image@greenwich.ac.uk
Event Lead – Dr Emma Margetson: e.m.margetson@greenwich.ac.uk