Open Call: X perimental N counters hcmf// & moers festival invite 4 UK musicians to a 3-day workshop with Carolin Pook, ending in a performance at hcmf// 2025! 27–29 Nov Performance: 29 Nov Fee: £1,400 (travel & accommodation covered) Apply by: 09/10 hcmf.co.uk/open-call-x-perimental-n-counters/

Would your November be brightened by a musical adventure in Berlin? Join the CoMA Allcomers at KNM Campus Days on 14 & 15 Nov, rehearsing and performing a programme that includes winning pieces from an open score contest and a new work by Petros Ovsepyan. Find out more: www.coma.org/whats-on/knm...

Shed your human form and take musical flight! Join @lorelixenberg.bsky.social to experiment with sound, breath and song in a bold and immersive workshop exploring birdhood. Queen Mary University, London, 15-19 Oct - come for one day or all five, PAYF. 🪶Book here www.coma.org/whats-on/the...

We're at the Royal Musical Association 2025 conference today, sharing what we've learned from our Connect The Dots project. Chaired by CoMA Project Manager @francescalelohe.bsky.social, our panel features reflections upon the content, findings and impact of the programme. Come say hello!

George came to our 2025 Summer School to explore the contemporary music that he loves, make friends and discover something new. He didn’t realise that @lorelixenberg.bsky.social's music theatre workshop would also have him embracing his inner puffin...

🌞🎶Time for more reflections from our Summer School 2025 participants! Here’s Parveen from our CoMA West Midlands ensemble, who took every opportunity to try something new and enjoy the ensemble playing and workshops at her first Summer School…

👏🏼🎚️🎤Let’s hear it for Eloise, the tech wizard who kept workshops running smoothly during our Summer School! Here are some thoughts from her on being busy behind the scenes but still immersed in that unique Summer School atmosphere.

🌞🎶We're missing our 2025 Summer School already, so here's the first happy reflection from people who joined us at Keele. @gustavogilgodinho.bsky.social came from Portugal for his first-ever CoMA event! It's great to hear that he'll be taking inspiration from Sonic Bothy's workshop back with him.

…And it’s all over! Summer School 2025 has officially ended, and what an unbelievably amazing week! Thanks so much to everyone who supported the event and came together to make it a success, from the team at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social who made us so welcome...🧵1/3

Last night our Summer School attendees enjoyed a wonderful visit to Keele Observatory, where @manasamitrauk.bsky.social performed her enchanting 'Lullaby - Sonic Cradle' ragas inside one of the domes. Thanks to the observatory staff for showing us all the giant telescopes!

Testing out the timbres at our Little Woodland Heights session led by @francescalelohe.bsky.social at Summer School today. 🌿🌳

Avian a lovely time at our 2025 Summer School as @lorelixenberg.bsky.social leads our music theatre workshop on becoming a bird!

Warming up at Summer School last night with a fun playthrough of Amber Priestley's 'We can't find our piano'. It all kicks off in earnest today, rehearsing @elifkarlidag.bsky.social's new piece 'Chorea', plus workshops with Sarah Nicolls, @francescalelohe.bsky.social and @lorelixenberg.bsky.social!

🪧MARCH recording out now! Relive our London performance of @uriagnon.bsky.social's energising piece, which took place at @southbankcentre.bsky.social on 6 July, as part of @prsfoundation.bsky.social's #NMB2025.

Our Summer School isn't just for those taking part during the week - you're all invited to the closing concert! Experience the premiere of Elif Karlıdağ's Chorea, plus music by Judith Weir, Hollie Harding, Fergus Hall and Michael Pisaro. Find out more: events.humanitix.com/coma-summer-...

There's a fantastic interview with Elif Karlıdağ up on @prxludes.bsky.social now - read it here: prxludes.net/2025/07/21/e... It includes details of the piece which premieres at CoMA's Summer School Concert on 22 Aug inspired by 16th-century studies of mass hysteria, or the 'dancing mania'...

Here's another set of moments from our performances of MARCH at a sold-out Southbank Centre in London last Sunday. Thank you to all of the musicians and singers, narrator Elisabeth Gunawan and conductor Matthew Hardy for bringing @uriagnon.bsky.social's piece to life with such energy and passion!

📣Our July newsletter is out now, with updates on Little Woodland Heights and MARCH, plus composer callouts, concerts and opportunities from across the world of contemporary music. Read it here: mailchi.mp/coma/coma-up...

🎵🎻MUSIC TEACHERS: if you’re looking for next term’s music to suit youth ensembles or school-aged students, check out our handy guide featuring 10 fun and inspiring pieces from the CoMA catalogue. Includes music by Zoe Martlew, Simon Knighton, Beatrice Ferreira and more! www.coma.org/a-handy-guid...

Thanks to everyone – musicians, audience and behind the scenes – who made Sunday's second performance of @uriagnon.bsky.social's MARCH at @southbankcentre.bsky.social so special. Taking part in @prsfoundation.bsky.social's New Music Biennial was a wonderful experience both here and in Bradford!

Making music in #Melbourne? Come join our new CoMA group - next meeting on Mon 7 July at St John's Anglican Church in Malvern! Find out more here: www.coma.org/whats-on/com...

A sneak peek at rehearsals for the return of @uriagnon.bsky.social's MARCH this Sun as part of @prsfoundation.bsky.social New Music Biennial. We'll play it twice, so although it's fully booked on @southbankcentre.bsky.social's website, do turn up if you'd like to see it and we'll try to fit you in!

🎶 School’s Out! Music workshops for ages 11–16 at @huddersfielduni.bsky.social 🎧 No experience needed, lunch included! 🎛️ 28–29 Jul: Live Music Production 🎚️ 6–7 Aug: Recording Studio 🎬 26–29 Aug: Music for Film £13.50/£27 | Free places for FSM 📩 [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/muexwrvf

Whoops! The deadline is actually Thursday 10 July - so you have a little longer to get those pieces in!

Would you like to see your work premiered by CoMA Allcomers Orchestra at Klangwerkstatt Berlin this autumn? If so, you have until 30 June to enter Composing for and by All Berlin 2025 with a work suitable for flexible amateur ensembles. Find out more: neuemusikfueralle.de/composing-fo...

If you missed hearing CoMA's @prsfoundation.bsky.social New Music Biennial piece on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show last Saturday eve, then you can catch up with it now online: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Head to 1hr 40' in to hear @uriagnon.bsky.social's MARCH performed at @bradford2025.co.uk! 🧵1/2

🌞Summer School 2025🎶 📣Fully funded places for 18-25s Thanks to recent funding from the Finzi Trust, we are delighted to be able to offer a limited number of fully funded places for 18-25 yr olds to this year’s CoMA Summer School (17-23 Aug). Includes: accommodation / activities / food / travel 🧵1/2

Applications are open for Ludlow Song Young Composers' Workshop 2025! We are looking for composers aged 16-25, to take part in a free, expenses paid workshop with Professor Julian Philips exploring song in English. Deadline 27th June. Full details here: bit.ly/45t4E1N Please share! #MusicSky

Just nine days left to sign up to perform our New Music Biennial piece MARCH by @uriagnon.bsky.social at @southbankcentre.bsky.social on Sun 6 July! It’s free to take part and as you can see from the photos of our Bradford performance, loads of fun too! Find out more here: bit.ly/nmbmarch

Thanks to everyone who packed out Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust on Saturday for our CoMA Bespoke: Showcase concert. It was so much fun to hear the 15 new pieces all performed together, with music about stationery, supernatural beings and bellringing in the mix! 🧵1/2

🙌🏽Thanks to the Southampton Daily Echo for featuring our CoMA Bespoke project, supported by @unisouthampton.bsky.social Read about it here: www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2520810... 🎵Don't forget the CoMA Bespoke: Showcase in London this Saturday: book tickets here: www.coma.org/whats-on/com...

🎵CoMA Sussex practising hard for Saturday's CoMA Bespoke: Showcase concert! Catch them, COMA London, CoMA East Midlands and CoMA Sheffield all playing new pieces and serving up homemade cake. 🎟️Info & tickets: www.coma.org/whats-on/com...

📢 We’re still buzzing – and chanting the chants – from the two amazing performances of Uri Agnon’s MARCH at the @prsfoundation.bsky.social & @bradford2025.co.uk New Music Biennial at the weekend. Huge thanks to everyone who attended, performed or worked behind the scenes. 🧵1/2

📢Are we ready to MARCH? YES! 🪣Are we telling you what the bucket of gravel is for? NO! 🎵Will you have to come and see it tomorrow to experience two high-energy, high-emotion performances at the @bradford2025.co.uk New Music Biennial festival? YES!! 🎟️Free tickets here: bradford2025.co.uk/event/march/

Announcing Sarah Hennies as hcmf// 2025 Composer in Residence! Her powerful, boundary-pushing work explores identity, embodiment & queerness — a perfect fit for hcmf//'s bold programme. Explore more about Sarah’s pieces at hcmf// 2025 — link in bio! Photo credit: mara baldwin #hcmf2025

There’s just a few days left to apply for your school to take part in the next phase of Listen Imagine Compose Primary! LICP aims to support children to become better at composing, and to support teachers to be more confident and skilled at teaching composing. www.bcmg.org.uk/listen-imagi...

A reminder for fans of both new music and cake...

🗣️Are we still living in polarised times? 🪧Does protest achieve anything? 🧦Are socks with sandals unjustly maligned? Find out the answers (or not) at CoMA’s performance of Uri Agnon’s energising piece MARCH at @bradford2025.co.uk this Sunday! Book free tickets here: bradford2025.co.uk/event/march/

Our music professor, Matthew Shlomowitz, is helping amateur composers create original music from unusual combinations of instruments, with @comanewmusic.bsky.social 🎷🎶 Find out about their London premiere here👇 tr.ee/nrbeDu @uosmusic.bsky.social

Made 50 new graphic scores to give away to anyone who comes to my gig tonight ☺️

Join us at Klangwerkstatt Berlin for KNM Campus Days this autumn! You'll join the CoMA Allcomers Orchestra to rehearse and play a concert programme that includes winning pieces from an open score competition. This year’s are on 14 & 15 Nov – find out more here: www.coma.org/whats-on/knm...

Here's a quick look back at the two performances of March Static that opened Norfolk & Norwich Festival on 9 May. Thanks to Speak Percussion, All The Queens Men and everyone else who performed or helped make it all happen! (Pics: NNFest/Luke Whitcomb)

⌛Five days left to sign up and perform in MARCH! 🎻We're especially keen to hear from cellists and other low strings who can play in our Bradford performance of @uriagnon.bsky.social's piece – but all instruments and voices are welcome to join. Find out more here: www.coma.org/whats-on/tak...

Join us on 14 Jun for CoMA Bespoke: Showcase, a delicious buffet of specially composed new music! Hear 15 works by @uriagnon.bsky.social, Franklyn Oliver, @frazireland.bsky.social & CoMA members, played by our East Midlands, Sheffield, Sussex & London ensembles – and with cake too. buff.ly/srZ27Tv

We have a good crowd for both events already but there's always room for more to join the MARCH! Come be part of our @prsfoundation.bsky.social #NMB25 New Music Biennial performances in Bradford and/or London! Sign up by 25 May to play or sing: www.coma.org/whats-on/tak...

Last day to book for our Summer School! www.coma.org/whats-on/eve...

CoMA is at Classical:NEXT in Berlin this week – if you’re there too, come and say hello to Fran and Tamara! We’ve had a great time meeting new faces and sharing our work with the broader classical music community, and are super excited about some new opportunities on the horizon…

⌛It's your last chance to book a place at this year's CoMA Summer School - tickets are only available until 11.59pm on Thursday (15 May)! 🎟️Student discounts and non-residential options available 📌Don't miss out: www.coma.org/whats-on/eve...

Our latest newsletter is out now with details of tomorrow's March Static performance in Norwich, our #NMB25 commission MARCH (don't confuse them! 🤯), upcoming ensemble concerts and a reminder that there's just one week left to get Summer School tickets... Read it all here: mailchi.mp/coma/coma-up...