We are the UK's charity for new music and sound.

Our mission is to be the base camp for anyone in the UK who wants to make, experience, or support new music and sound to shape the modern world.

For over 15 years, we have worked with thousands of music creators and hundreds of organisations to boost musical creativity, careers, cultures, and communities. We are proud of our record progressing inclusion and representation within new music in the UK, driven by our Fair Access Principles.

Sound and Music is supported by Arts Council England and proud to be a National Youth Music Organisation.


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In Motion

In Motion is our annual artist development programme for adult composers. In Motion is artist-led, celebrates the curious and intrepid, and supports anyone working with music and sound in the UK.

Find out more about In Motion

In the Making

In the Making is the UK's only year-long artist development programme for talented young music creators and composers aged 14–18. It supports those passionate about composing in any form and is open to all.

Learn more about In the Making

Essentials Fund

The Essentials Fund is a new grant scheme open to any composers, music creators or artists working creatively with music and sound, to purchase essentials for their practice.  We will be running a number of rounds every year.

Learn more about the Essentials Fund


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The British Music Collection is an exciting and diverse online space for UK-based composers to create profiles representing themselves and their works. Join a constantly expanding archive of the most important names in UK composition, and take advantage of the unique opportunities a profile provides.

Join the British Music Collection

Minute of Listening

Minute of Listening is our unique music education platform with collections of 60 second pieces of music and sound. Exploring the collection and reflecting on what they hear and feel activates young people’s creative listening and musical discovery skills, while providing a creative means of making sense of the world around them.

Explore Minute of Listening

Our Alumni

Over 15 years, we've supported thousands of composers and music creators. From bold commissions to transformative artist development programmes, we provide opportunities for creativity to flourish and groundbreaking music to be heard. Through our alumni network, we celebrate the diverse achievements of composers we’ve supported.

Learn more about our Alumni


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Since 2008 we have supported some of the most exciting, visionary, and experimental composers in the UK; working across and pushing the boundaries of modern composition, electronica, jazz, folk, improvisation, traditional musics and much more.

Take a listen to their work and meet the composers