We are the UK’s accelerator 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.
UK & wherever the new music is
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🎵 In Motion 2027 applications are now open.
In Motion is for UK-based creators who are ready to invest time, attention and energy in deepening, expanding or reimagining their practice over an 18-month period.
📅 Apply by Monday 2 November 2026
🔗 bit.ly/InMotion2027
Immersive Symposium at the Igloo 360
Featuring 360° presentations by Will Dutta, Vicky Clarke and Melanie Wilson.
📆 Friday 3 July
🕚 11:00am – 5:00pm BST
📍 Igloo 360, Sheffield Creative Industries Institute
Spaces are limited.
RSVP today: bit.ly/ImmersiveSymposium
🎶 Introducing the In Motion 2026 cohort.
The third cohort of our flagship artist development programme brings together 10 brilliant creators from across the UK.
Over the next 18 months, they’ll be supported through funding, mentoring, coaching, peer support and tailored professional development — giving them the space and confidence to explore ambitious ideas, evolve their practice and take their work further.
Meet the In Motion 2026 artists and read their Q&As:
bit.ly/InMotion2026Creators
🏃♀️ Run the @RoyalParksHalf with us!
🎟️ We have two places for our community to run Royal Parks Half Marathon in support of Sound and Music on Sunday 11 October 2026.
📅 Ballot closes Thursday 30 April
🔗 Find out more and enter here: bit.ly/SaMxRoyalParksHalf
The MUSIC Issue 16 is here 🎵
We’re pleased to have collaborated with 5ELEVEN Magazine and Goodwood Art Foundation to feature Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir — whose work is shaped by landscape, texture and the physical experience of sound.
🔗bit.ly/AnnaThorvaldsdottirIn…
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Applications for @soundandmusic's 'In the Making' development programme – for young music creators in the UK aged 14-18 – are open until Monday 20 April 2026. Discover more at: soundandmusic.org/programmes…
🎵 Applications for In the Making 2026 are now OPEN!💫
The UK’s only year-long artist development programme for young music creators aged 14–18 🎸🎶
📆 Apply by Monday 20 April 2026
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/IntheMaking2026
🌟 Congratulations to Zhao Jiajing, whose work FOMO has been selected to represent Britain at the ISCM World New Music Days 2026 in Bucharest 🇷🇴🎶
Read more, listen to FOMO and explore the British Section shortlist: bit.ly/ISCMBritishSection202…
#ISCM2026 #WorldNewMusicDays
🎵 Calling all UK-based music creators! Round Four of the Essentials Fund is now open! 🎉
💷 Apply for £250–£450 to support your practice including equipment, training, mentoring or recording.
📆 Deadline: Monday 9 March 2026 at midnight
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/EssentialsFundRoundFo…
🌟 We’re pleased to welcome the @AbramWilson as the latest signatory to our Fair Access Principles.
Working across the North West and London, they open pathways into the industry for young talent through programmes and career development initiatives.
🔗bit.ly/AbramWilsonFairAccess
📣 Calling all ensembles!
🎼 Be our Ensemble in Residence for In the Making 2026, our week-long residential supporting 50 young composers and music creators aged 14–18.
💷 £6K fee (incl. VAT)
🚉 UK travel
🏨 Accommodation
📝 Apply by 11 March 2026: bit.ly/EnsembleinResidence20…
🎶 Join the Sound and Music team! 🎶
💡 We’re looking for a Senior Creative Programme Leader (Mat Cover).
🎵 A key role shaping and delivering our artist development programmes, awards and commissions.
📆Deadline: Sunday 8 March at midnight
🔗Apply: bit.ly/SCPLatSoundandMusic
🎵 Applications for In the Making 2026 are now OPEN!💫
The UK’s only year-long artist development programme for young music creators aged 14–18 🎸🎶
📆 Apply by Monday 20 April 2026
🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/IntheMaking2026
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😲 Don't miss Transmutations – six visionary composers uniting across three continents, weaving new work exploring how sound carries memory, identity and radical transformation.
📻 Resonance FM, Friday 30 January 2026 at 12.00 (midday).
🔗 soundandmusic.org/post/sound… @soundandmusic
ALT Silhouetted musician performing electronic music on stage surrounded by blue fog and atmospheric lighting.
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📻 Creating bold new work for radio that responds to our shared human experiences ...
🤝 Meet the music creators, working across borders as part of our New Music Commissioning Programme – a groundbreaking partnership between us and @soundandmusic.
🔗 ow.ly/S55V50Y4jfu
ALT Collage of six portraits representing selected composers for the 2025/26 New Music Commissioning Programme. Text says Sound and Music supported by British Council.
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Round Three of the Essentials Fund from @soundandmusic is now open!
This round offers £300–£600 to help you strengthen your composing practice. Use it for equipment, software, training, mentoring or recording your work!
Deadline: 8th Dec
Apply here 👉 bit.ly/483fds6
Sound and Music retweeted
Round Three of the Essentials Fund from @soundandmusic is now open!
This round offers £300–£600 to help you strengthen your composing practice. Use it for equipment, software, training, mentoring or recording your work!
Deadline: 8th Dec
Apply here 👉 bit.ly/483fds6
Sound and Music retweeted
Round Three of the Essentials Fund from @soundandmusic is now open!
This round offers £300–£600 to help you strengthen your composing practice. Use it for equipment, software, training, mentoring or recording your work!
Deadline: 8th Dec
Apply here 👉 bit.ly/483fds6
