Composer-Curator Q&A: First Light Records

Here, we speak to Composer-Curator Rob Herrisone-Kelly of First Light Records, a Manchester-based label that fuses ideals of nature and heritage with the future-facing elements of electronic music and contemporary … Read More

Composer-Curator Q&A: Rufus Isabel Elliot

Here, we speak to Composer-Curator Rufus Isabel Elliot, a trans musician based in Govanhill, Glasgow who hosts the OVER/AT series: a platform for trans and non-binary folks to speak for, with … Read More

Composer-Curator Q&A: Stephen Ives

Here, we speak to Composer-Curator Stephen Ives (a.k.a. Farmer Glitch), a Somerset-based sound artist, audio producer and curator who creates unique, hand-built instruments from discarded objects and bespoke electronic circuits. … Read More

Adopt a Music Creator 2020

Deadline: July 1st 2020 Adopt a Music Creator – Now in its 20th year, with over 120 fantastically creative and successful projects between leisure-time music groups and composers to date, … Read More

George Butterworth Award 2020: Winner Announced

George Butterworth Award 2020: Winner Announced

The George Butterworth Award is awarded annually to a UK-based composer, for an outstanding new work created through one of Sound and Music’s Artist Development Programmes. We’re delighted to announce … Read More

Meet the 2020 Composer-Curators

We’re thrilled to announce the five projects that have been selected to be a part of this year’s Composer-Curator programme. Each of the chosen artists will be supported to develop … Read More

International Women’s Day 2020

Since 2016 Sound and Music has been marking International Women’s Day with a range of different activities including publishing our data on gender equality celebrating and highlighting the brilliant work … Read More

Our #CanCompose Commitments

As part of the annual Music Mark conference in November 2019, Susanna Eastburn MBE, Chief Executive of Sound and Music calls for urgent and meaningful change to perceptions, provision, practice and policy … Read More