Make sure to tune in tonight, 3 January at 10.30pm, or catch up anytime on the BBC Sounds app, to hear Irish New Music Supergroup Stone Drawn Circles, recorded live at soundfestival 2025, featured on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show with Kate Molleson. 📻🎶 #BBCRadio3 #newmusic

As 2025 draws to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect and say thank you. We would love to share our soundfestival 2025 highlights video as we wish you all a Happy Holidays!❤️ youtu.be/HbNpkKRqek0?... #newmusic #aberdeenevents #happyholidays

Today we unveil our new composers' hub 🙌 It brings together opportunities, concerts featuring world premieres, funding and bursary information, interviews with composers, and more. Take a look here: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/composers-hub

Check out this podcast episode diving into Silent Architects, a powerful multimedia work by Dave Maric created for soundfestival 2025 at The Barn, Banchory. Featuring contributions from GBSR duo, Duncan Pepper, and Bamff Wildland. Listen here: soundcloud.com/maric/silent... #podcast #newmusic

Are you 16–24, based in Scotland and interested in theatre, storytelling or making change in your community? Wonder Fools @wonderfools.org would love to hear from you for their Youth Board buff.ly/qp1vYnP (deadline - 9 Jan 2026)

Music jobs to apply for this week: - Social media manager at experimental music festival - Chief executive of piano concerto competition - Conducting fellowship at opera company www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/arts-jobs

The Merchant Sinfonia will perform Oliver Searle’s ‘Skating with Mr Gow’ at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social whatsnew.composersedition.com/searles-skat...

Funding & bursaries for classical musicians & creative projects: - £16,000 per academic year for postgraduate instrumentalists - £3,500 for independent promoters - £1,000 to for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/classical-mu...

If you joined us for soundfestival last month, we’d love to hear your thoughts! Your feedback helps us improve, shape future events, and secure the funding that keeps our work going. Thank you for supporting us! Take the survey: www.arts-culture-surveys.org/surveys/en-G...

Creative Scotland are currently running a survey on their Open Funds which wants feedback from individuals and organisations who were successful, unsuccessful or felt the process, structure or requirements created barriers for them applying buff.ly/bC0O4tm (deadline - 28 Nov 2025)

Applications for the RPS Isserlis Scholarship are now open! This scholarship supports musicians who are looking to study abroad. You can find out how the RPS Isserlis Scholarship could help support you, and apply by 18 February 2026, on our website: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/i...

🎵 Calling all UK-based artists! Applications for Essentials Fund Round Three are now open! 🎉 💷 Apply for £300–£600 to support your practice including equipment, software, recording or other essential costs. 📆 Deadline: Monday 08 Dec 2025 🔗 Apply: bit.ly/EssentialsFu...

It’s been just over a week since soundfestival 2025 came to a close, and what an incredible celebration it was! ‌ If you’re having festival blues, we still have plenty of events and workshops coming up! Find out more: sound-scotland.co.uk/whats-on #newmusic #composers #livemusic #workshops

Heading up to Aberdeen tomorrow for the premiere of my new work for Zubin Kanga ON THE WAY OUT For piano, electronics and video , Including Genki ring, excerpt here Great programme, hugely looking forward to this! link via my bio @soundscotland.bsky.social @cyborgsoloists.bsky.social

Tomorrow evening, Red Note Ensemble will present a richly immersive programme exploring sound, ecology, and imagination. 📆 Thu 30 Oct, 6–7pm 📍 King’s Pavilion, University of Aberdeen 🎟️ Tickets: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/red-no... #soundfest25 #newmusic #livemusic #ensemble

Today we went BTS with Zubin Kanga and Andreas Borregaard, as they collaborate with award-winning interdisciplinary artist Kathy Hinde. 📆 Wed 29 Oct, 7.30–8.30pm 📍 Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee Village, Aberdeen 🎟️ Tickets: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/collab... #soundfest25 #soundart #newmusic

Polar soundings by Karen Power premieres at @soundscotland.bsky.social tomorrow and Saturday in Aberdeen. 3 performances each day. Come and hear it - it's quite incredible.

Come explore the magic of lost Scots nature words, peasebogle, tweavlet & dreich with Roarie Bumlers! 📅 Fri 24 Oct, 10.30–11am & 2–2.30pm 📍 Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen 🎟️ £4 per child (adults free) Tickets here: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/roarie-bumlers #aberdeenevents #familyfriendly #soundfest25

Stephanie Lamprea and Jessica Kerr will perform Angela Elizabeth Slater’s ‘My skin’ at the Sound Festival in Aberdeenshire on Saturday @angelascomposer.bsky.social @slampreasoprano.bsky.social @soundscotland.bsky.social @illumwomensmusic.bsky.social sound-scotland.co.uk/event/illumi...

Oliver Searle’s ‘Sequenza for Clarinet’ will be performed at Sound in Aberdeen on Saturday @olisearlecomposer.bsky.social @soundscotland.bsky.social sound-scotland.co.uk/event/late-n...

Join us tonight at 7pm, Aberdeen Science Centre for a screening of Sisters With Transistors, the remarkable untold story of the women who revolutionised electronic music. Followed by a Q&A with composer and researcher on the film Caro C. 🎟️ Tickets: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/sou...

🎧 Listen now: Composer Brian Irvine on his new work ‘A Call to Arms’ ahead of Stone Drawn Circles’ performance this Thu 23 Oct (7–8pm, King’s Pavilion, UOA). 🔗 Listen here: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis... 🎟️ Tickets: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/stone-... #soundfest25 #newmusic #aberdeenevents #ensemble

A deeper dive into the music of polar soundings by Karen Power, which I'll be premiering at Sound festival in Aberdeen next weekend. nordicviola.com/2025/10/18/t... Ticket link in comments. @soundscotland.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social

What an inspiring 3 days at Go Compose!🎶 Led by the brilliant Electra Perivolaris, James B. Wilson, and Erin Thomson, our young composers spent three days exploring the art of composition with support from Red Note Ensemble musicians. #newmusic #composers #youngpeople #aberdeen

On 24th/25th October I'll be premiering polar soundings by Karen Power @soundscotland.bsky.social Find out more about learning the piece in my blog: nordicviola.com/2025/10/10/p... @creativescots.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social

📢 We’re hiring! 📢 New Music Scotland is looking for a Part-time Digital Officer to help connect, support, and champion our community of composers, musicians, sound artists and promoters. 📅 Apply by: Friday 24 October 2025, 5pm Full details & how to apply: newmusicscotland.co.uk/about/vacanc...

Come explore the magic of lost Scots nature words, peasebogle, tweavlet & dreich with Roarie Bumlers! 📅 Fri 24 Oct, 10.30–11am & 2–2.30pm 📍 Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen 🎟️ £4 per child (adults free) Tickets here: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/roarie-bumlers #aberdeenevents #familyfriendly #soundfest25

We’re thrilled that soundfestival was featured in The Herald’s article on five exciting composers including Electra Perivolaris, whose new work ISOLA and accompanying exhibition by Dr John Perivolaris premiere at this year’s festival. Read more: www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2... #newmusic

We’re thrilled to team up with The Belmont Community Cinema to present Sisters with Transistors, Lisa Rovner’s documentary on the visionary women who shaped electronic music. 📆 Wed 22 Oct, 7–9pm 📍Aberdeen Science Centre Tickets: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/film-s... #womeninmusic #aberdeenevents

Music Finland spotlights Finnish composer Asta Hyvärinen, whose new work She, Miracle premieres at soundfestival in Aberdeen on 1 November. Performed by soprano Stephanie Lamprea, it was commissioned through the Northern Connection project. Read more: musicfinland.com/en/news/comp... #newmusic

Have you got your tickets yet?👀 As we return to fuller programming post-COVID, this year’s soundfestival stretches once again across two long weekends, a celebration of adventurous listening, community spirit, and new discoveries. Full programme available here: sound-scotland.co.uk #soundfest25

Last chance to apply!⏰ CALL: Workshop – Performative works for accordion with Andreas Borregaard 📆Deadline: Friday 19 September 2025 👉 Apply here: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/call-wo... #callforentries #composers #newworks #accordion #applynow

Join Emory Southwick (Music Sales & Catalogue Manager for CoMA), as they share tips on how to write engaging, collaborative & high quality music for amateur & community musicians. 📅 Thursday, 18th September at 6:00 PM 📍Zoom, Online To find out more & register: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/openso...

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)

At sound, we’re proud to be reimagining how festivals can thrive sustainably. Grateful to Rebecca Franks for highlighting our journey towards greener music-making and creative connections over the last few years. Read the article here: www.classical-music.uk/features/art...

We still have a few slots left for tomorrow! Whether you’re looking for general advice, compositional support, funding/budgets, project ideas, building partnerships, or confidential wellbeing support, we’re here to listen and support you. To register: sound-scotland.co.uk/event/compos...

📣 CALL: Workshop – Performative works for accordion with Andreas Borregaard 📣 ⏰ Deadline to apply: 19 Sept 2025 (with a 2-day grace period). To find out more and apply: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/call-wo... #soundfest25 #accordion #newmusic #composers

We’re thrilled to announce that the soundfestival 2025 programme is now live, tickets on sale from the 9th September! Running across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire from the 22 October - 2 November 🎶 Explore the full programme: sound-scotland.co.uk #soundfest25 #aberdeenevents #newmusic

This year we’re thrilled to present world premieres including Lost Science by Tansy Davies, performed by Red Note Ensemble, and ISOLA, a new song cycle by Electra Perivolaris, described by Sir James MacMillan as “one of the most exciting young composers emerging in Scotland today.” 🌟 #soundfest25

Just two months to go! ⏳🎶 From 22 October – 2 November, soundfestival brings 40 concerts, performances, installations, workshops and family events to venues across North East Scotland. Make sure to mark your calendars, full programme announced soon!👀📆 #soundfest25 #newmusic

There is still time to apply for New Music Scotland’s vacancy! An amazing opportunity 🎶

We are currently accepting applications for the principal strand of the RPS Conductors programme with Alice Farnham and @rnsinfonia.bsky.social.Visit our website to read our refreshed guidelines and apply by Monday 1 September. royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...

Getting the ball rolling as a composer can be challenging. Here are 20 composer schemes on offer from organisations in the UK: www.alternativeclassical.co.uk/features/uk-... @nonclsscl.bsky.social @londonsymphony.bsky.social @rsno.bsky.social @bournemouthso.bsky.social @royalphilsoc.bsky.social

2/2 Then I travelled to Ireland to work with @powercomposer.bsky.social on a new project for @soundscotland.bsky.social Using field recordings from the polar regions we were engaged in deep listening learning how the timbres of the viola weave with the changing ice. @creativescots.bsky.social

Sparky Conversations is back in September💡 This season focuses on the relationship between artists' lived experiences and the music they create 💭 How does our physical bodies, mental health, financial wellbeing and personal identities impact on, feed into or emerge from the music we create?

📢 We’re hiring! 📢 New Music Scotland is looking for a Part-time General Manager to help connect, support and champion our vibrant community of composers, musicians, sound artists and promoters. 📅 Apply by: 25th August 2025 For more information and to apply: newmusicscotland.co.uk/about/vacanc...

Upcoming Deadline!⏰ Are you a composer who enjoys working with young people, conducting, and co-creating music? ⏰ Deadline: Sunday 3rd August 2025 To find out more and apply: sound-scotland.co.uk/news/job-vac...

The countdown is officially on!🎶 From the 22nd October - 2nd November, Northeast Scotland’s ‘generous, all-inclusive’ soundfestival returns with a bold celebration of new music for curious ears. Stay tuned. #soundfest25

Meet the artists of the Three Choirs Festival 2025 ✨🎶 We caught up with conductors Geraint Bowen and Samuel Hudson, plus soloists Jess Dandy, Alex Ashworth and Rebecca Hardwick, to find out more about their connection with the music. Read more: philharmonia.co.uk/news-blog-vi...

It was great to hear RPS Composer Sasha Scott's Night Owl on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show this week. Commissioned by the RPS and first performed at Norfolk and Norwich Festival by 12 Ensemble, hear the piece and all about Sasha's inspirations here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (listen from 03:20)