Event Spotlight: XN (Xperimental Ncounters) 🗓️ Sat 29 Nov, 1–10pm 📍 Various venues 🎟️ Day ticket: £40 // £52 Solidarity A day of bold cross-border sound + collaboration as hcmf// + Moers Festival unite for XN — new music, risk + connection. Tickets: hcmf.co.uk/programme/hcmf-x-moers-xn/

Interested in experimental music, sound art and improvisation? Volunteer at hcmf// 2025 this November. Find out more and apply here: hcmf.co.uk/volunteer-at-hcmf-2025/

ONCEIM perform the UK Premiere of hcmf// 2018 Composer in Residence Christian Marclay's Constellation at hcmf// 2025. A playful orchestral work from one of experimental music’s most inventive voices. Sat 22 Nov, 7:30pm. Link in bio hcmf.co.uk/programme/on...

Polish composer Aleksandra Słyż brings the UK Premiere of Beneath, breathing (2024) to hcmf// 2025 — a monumental 40-min electroacoustic work of drones, pulsing rhythm + suspended time. Sat 22 Nov, 9:45pm, Bates Mill. Link in bio

Saviet/Houston Duo perform Sarah Hennies’ The Blue Hour (UK Premiere) at hcmf// 2025. 90 minutes of hypnotic repetition and fragile cycles. Violin and piano become a space to inhabit. 🗓️ 25 Nov, 12pm | 📍 St Paul's Hall 🎟️ £18 / £23.40 / £7 U30 Get your tickets now: hcmf.co.uk/programme/sa...

Berlin’s Jessie Marino transforms the fiddle in SLOW BLINK (UK premiere) – layers of distortion + electronics create a radical, hypnotic sound world that resists resolution. 🗓️ 25 Nov, 7:15pm Find out more: hcmf.co.uk/programme/sholto-dobie-jessie-marino-fred-frith/

Ville Aslak Raasakka turns field recordings + environmental sound into music that asks how we listen to the world around us. At hcmf// 2025, Mivos Quartet premiere his new work The Trees are Talking. Full profile, tickets + full programme now on sale in bio. Profile by Tim Rutherford-Johnson

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/

We’re celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 90th at #hcmf25 The Carice Singers: Sarah Was Ninety Years Old, The Beatitudes (22 Nov)
 Christopher Bowers-Broadbent: Annum per Annum (24 Nov)
 Saxtronauts: Summa for Saxophone Quartet (28 Nov) Join us in honouring a timeless composer: hcmf.co.uk/2025-programme/

hcmf// 2025 is on sale now 📅 21–30 Nov ✨ 50+ premieres 👤 Composer in Residence: Sarah Hennies (@sarahhennies.bsky.social ) 🎟 Tickets: hcmf.co.uk/2025-programme/ Image © Henry Seeley (www.henryseeley.design)

We dig repetition: Bryn Harrison. For 30+ years he’s reshaped how we hear time + memory. At hcmf// 2025, Explore Ensemble premiere his new work in our opening concert. Sign up to our newsletter for ticket news. Words by Tim Rutherford-Johnson Image © Lili Autumn Link in bio

We’re delighted to receive 3-year funding from The Hinrichsen Foundation to support our work with UK composers + experimental music creators. A huge thank you for backing bold ideas and new sound worlds. #hcmf #newmusic #contemporarymusic

Sonica Open Call 2026🎉Applications now open! We're looking for UK & Ireland-based artists working in: 🔊 Sonic installations 🎥 AV performance 💻 Real-time visuals 🗓 Deadline: 25 Aug 2025 Apply now: sonic-a.co.uk/sonica-open-...

🎶 Summer Music Workshops for ages 11–16 at Huddersfield Uni 🎧 Live music, recording & film scoring 🍽️ Hot lunch daily 🎟️ £13.50–£27 | Free places still available for FSM students ⚠️ Limited spaces – book now! 📩 [email protected] 🔗 Link in bio

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We’re thrilled to reveal the opening weekend of hcmf// 2025 (21–23 Nov): a packed programme of premieres + bold new work from Bryn Harrison, @sarahhennies.bsky.social, Christian Marclay, Mingo Rajandi + more. More info: tinyurl.com/2vf3kj6n

🎶 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

📣ARTIST CALLOUT: Our artist development programme Changing Gear is back! 🚂We’re looking for three emerging women or minority gender musicians/producers based in #Yorkshire and the #Humber to compose and perform new electronic pieces celebrating the 200th anniversary of modern rail. 🧵1/2

What a weekend! Huge thanks to Moers Festival for hosting the debut of (X) perimental (N) counters, spotlighting bold, global voices in experimental sound. Thanks to @gvl_de, @PPLUK & @goetheinstitut_london for the support. Next stop: hcmf// 2025! #NewSounds #hcmf

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SARAH HENNIES

@sarahhennies.bsky.social collects $5 thrift store bells—imperfect, overlooked, and full of life. In her hands, they ring with new purpose. Hear her UK premieres at hcmf//. Read our feature on Sarah here: tr.ee/ggfkhLX8IK

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perhaps the biggest news I will ever share in my humble little career, I am blown away and honored to be the composer in residence at this year’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. hcmf.co.uk/announcing-s...

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

hcmf// x Moers: XN launches 6–9 June at Moers Festival 2025. Curated by Graham McKenzie, with performances by David Sappa, Keeffe/Long, Roberts/Carr/Colomb + Angharad Davies. Details: moers-festival.de/en/program #XNProject #hcmf #MoersFestival

On Sat 31 May, join @oramawards.bsky.social + @yswn.bsky.social at Gut Level for a night of live sounds + a Mini-Oramics workshop with Tom Richards 🌀 🎛️ Workshop from 5pm 👀 Try the machine yourself 🎶 Performances after Tix still up (concessions from £3) ra.co/events/2155976

High school pupils in years 7-11 are invited to join us for our School's Out! Easter Holiday workshops this April! Mon 14 + Tue 15 April: Beatboxing with Testament Wed 16 + Thu 17 April: Live Electronic Music with Jake Mehew Book now via our website: hcmf.co.uk/schools-out-...

We are looking for two outstanding, ambitious individuals to join our team: Festival Coordinator Marketing Manager Full details on job descriptions, person specifications and how to apply are up on our website now: hcmf.co.uk/opportunity-... Apply by Wednesday 2 April 2025, 5pm

Congratulations GBSR duo on their win in the Young Artist category at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards!

Across four sessions, hcmf// and @hootcreativearts.bsky.social offer a fun opportunity to make music online in a group setting, led by community musician and arts practitioner Rob Crisp. No experience necessary – just an open mind and an internet connection. Learn more: hcmf.co.uk/online-elect...

TERRARIUM - an immersive soundscape where geological history and human memory converge - is out now. Composed by Ann Cleare + performed by Crash Ensemble. Purchase on Bandcamp / Stream / Delve in to Ann’s digital sleeve notes on our website: www.crashensemble.com/post/terrarium

Cutting edge music in Huddersfield this month as Electric Spring Festival returns! Check out the programme: electricspring.co.uk

🎧 Bradford music creators! Join us for Amplify: Music Development Labs at Tileyard North for a FREE day of studio sessions, industry insights and networking with top music pros! 📅 Friday 21 March 2025 ⏰ 10 AM - 4 PM 🎟️ Sign up by 13 March bdproducinghub.co.uk/events/ampli...

Look forward to heading over to Huddersfield a couple of times this week! Will be driving over Holme Moss later for Jake Mayhew & NikNak 🤓

Magnificent solo demonstration of violin and viola d'amore from Italy's Marco Fusi, with Lauri Supponen present for the UK Premiere of Gaz aux étages at hcmf// 2024 🎻 Co-produced by CeReNeM and hcmf// supported by Music Finland and hcmf// Benefactor Dr Peter Bamfield 📷: Point Of View

Cutting edge music in Huddersfield this month as Electric Spring Festival returns! Check out the programme: electricspring.co.uk

Great to see Stewart Lee, Steve Beresford and Tania Chen perform John Cage's Indeterminacy over at NCEM

Across four sessions, hcmf// and @hootcreativearts.bsky.social offer a fun opportunity to make music online in a group setting, led by community musician and arts practitioner Rob Crisp. No experience necessary – just an open mind and an internet connection. Learn more: hcmf.co.uk/online-elect...

Free songwriting workshop opportunity for local 12-19 yr olds in February, via @rebeccajlea.bsky.social Email [email protected] to learn more and sign up

A triumphant midweek concert from Shovel Dance Collective featured longform experimental recontextualisation of folk music, followed by a vocal coda which saw the hcmf// 2024 audience join in!

Proud to share this full length video of @crashensemble.bsky.social's Nov 2022 National Concert Hall performance of my piece Wingform. Together with the live audience premiere at @hcmfuk.bsky.social, this was the first time we could share it post-lockdowns with a room full of people.

Tune in to highlights from hcmf// 2024 on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show with and Tom Service. Live recordings and interviews from the festival have been broadcast over the past few weekends. The final episode airs this Saturday at 10.30pm GMT: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I've just listened to the new @ldunn.bsky.social piece from @hcmfuk.bsky.social. it's an absolute masterwork! Listen: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

pretty cool time at hcmf this year! @hcmfuk.bsky.social big up to everyone who puts on hcmf on each year, it takes an army of great, talented people

Yes I did. I’m actually volunteering here as I live in Huddersfield. Great opportunity to hear music that might pass you by. @hcmfuk.bsky.social

Dylan getting ready for our @hcmfuk.bsky.social set this eve.

Stimulating couple of days at @hcmfuk.bsky.social in #Huddersfield and great to have a look around some new developments in #Doncaster on Friday. It’s a dirty job etc etc…