1-877-2BE-CALM Project
Dial 1-877-223-2256 to bring calmness to your day.
The City of Victoria’s Artist-in-Residence, Kathryn Calder, with the help of Emily Hamel and free services provided by TELUS, has created 1-877-2BE-CALM, a toll-free telephone number to bring calmness and joy to your day.
The project is designed to bring soothing auditory experiences to individuals in the Greater Victoria Area and across Canada. The phone line has a wide variety of comforting and joyful content featuring calming nature sounds, stories, meditations, music, poetry and children’s laughter.
AUDIO GUIDE
Dial 1-877-2BE-CALM (1-877-223-2256) on your phone to experience the latest recordings in this project or listen to all audio files below. Press 1 to 9 to explore each menu option. Each channel will automatically repeat. If you would like to choose a different menu option, please redial, and choose another channel.
Press 1 for B.C. Nature Sounds
Humpback Whales | Read transcript
Birdsong | Read transcript
Northern Resident Orcas | Read transcript
Press 2 for Indigenous Stories
Adelyn Newman-Ting | Read transcript
May Sam | Read transcript
Dylan Thomas | Read transcript
Press 3 for Poetry
James Summer | Read transcript
Neko Smart | Read transcript
John Barton | Read transcript
Appuyer sur 4 pour poésie en français/Press 4 for Francophone Poetry
Michael Cameron | Read transcript
Normand Hébert | Read transcript
Thérèse Bussières | Read transcript
Press 5 for Contemporary Music
Dana Sipos | Read transcript
Matt Stern | Read transcript.
Kathryn Calder | Read transcript
Press 6 for Instrumental Music
Alison Vardy | Read transcript
Shoko Inoue | Read transcript
Hale & Hearty | Read transcript
Press 7 for Children's Voices
James Bay Community School | Read transcript
Jokes: Silas, Ozzie, Ren, Aria, Ben & Thomas | Read transcript
Laughter: Owen (6), Arthur (2), Davey (almost 3), Emmie (1.5), Ruby (6), Owen (3), August (10 months), and Owen (3) | Read Transcript
Press 8 for Guided Meditation
Michelle Gaucher | Read transcript
Stefanie Miska | Read transcript
Dr. Rachel Worth-Cappell | Read transcript
Press 9 for Ambient Music
Matthew Cardinal | Read transcript
Crystal Dorval | Read transcript
Matthew Cardinal | Read transcript
Please click here for artist bios.
Thank you to TELUS for making this project possible.
Kathryn Calder would also like to thank Emily Hamel, Katherine van der Gracht, Colin Stewart, Christine Boutillier, Dominique Hamel, Anne-Marie Stewart, Kate Todoruk, Ženija Esmits, Dr. John Ford.
