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19 December 2016

Thoughts on the New Voices networking day

Earlier this month, Sound and Music got together with a number of the current New Voices cohort in Birmingham to talk, learn and share… “From musical guilty pleasures, ethics around digital publishing, or Morris dancing with live electronics (a ‘serious’ concept or not? You decide…), I left the New Voices networking days feeling incredibly stimulated […]

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11 July 2014

Sounding Out: Digital – Audiences Online and New Platforms

As part of the New Music Biennial 2014, last weekend Sound and Music hosted two symposiums on the themes of online audiences and new platforms at the London Southbank Centre, and streamed online by Hugs Bison. Saturday’s panel was on the latest developments in online platforms, and how the new music community can best utilise them. It […]

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25 June 2014

Portfolio partner Joby Burgess

As part of our 2014-15 Portfolio programme, Sound and Music and percussionist Joby Burgess offer a rare opportunity for up to five emerging composers to develop their skills in writing for solo percussion focussing on the vibraphone and the little known Canna Sonora – both of which are manufactured, and derive their sonic properties, from […]