The @openuniversity.bsky.social aimed to identify the specific needs of primary music education in England from key stakeholders’ perspectives, as well as exploring how collaboration among organisations could enhance music ed in primary schools 💡 🔗Read more: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/ex...

Community Music Now & Next panel spotlight: Accessible Music for Community Musicians. This panel brings together some of the champions of UK music technology. Hear about available equipment, what works in the community music field, what's coming next, & considerations when designing for the future.

Book now for Community Music Now & Next to get our early bird ticket price! Offer valid until EOD tomorrow, 30 Sept. Ticket price includes a day of talks, workshops & activities, and lunch + refreshments, plus a platform to share your own community music practice: cmnn_gloucester.eventbrite.co.uk

This @openuniversity.bsky.social course offers practical advice covering how to curate diverse programmes, seeking funding, building audience engagement, and getting performers on board 📣 It covers both historical & contemporary women composers! 🎶 🔗Take a look: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/wo...

Music teachers 📣 The Curriculum and Assessment Review final report is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time for you to have your say on the future of music education. Take part in our 2025 survey today - your voice matters 👇 https://loom.ly/5V6wtsM

Join the Arts Play Health Community group on Wed 24th September 4-5pm BST for a session on Personal Music for Health & Wellbeing. Explore the role music can play in living well and challenges in using music as part of living well with health conditions: www.pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth

Booking is now open for Community Music Now & Next! This event is a one-day, in person CPD and networking event from Sound Sense, in partnership with The Music Works, on Sat 18 Oct in Gloucester. Early Bird ticket prices are available until the end of September www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

Last call for board nominations! We’re looking for four people to join our Board of Directors and help shape our future. The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday 22 September: www.soundsense.org/DB/jobs-and-...

Join me and @katiedoherty.bsky.social for some playful music-making, learning, and conversation 🎶

September issue of our monthly Bulletin Board newsletter is out now! - Join the Sound Sense Board - Musicians with autism research steering group - Contribute to Sounding Board journal - Community music training, jobs & resources Members can log in to read it here: www.soundsense.org/news-and-views

What’s it like to be on the board of Sound Sense? Find out from our current Chair, Rebecca Denniff, in the video below! www.youtube.com/shorts/T7zMh...

The next issue of Sounding Board will have the theme 'Duty of Care' - do you have a resource you'd like to share, or an idea for an article or interview? Please get in touch with our editor [email protected] & find further information at: soundsense.org/resources-and-publications.

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀. We need you to guide our work opening music to young disabled musicians as a Treasurer or Trustee! 📅 Deadline: 1 September 2025 🔗Apply: www.openupmusic.org/we-re-recrui... Please share 🙏

Did you miss our Community Music Now event back in March? Catch up on moments, learnings and perspectives from the two-day event in our latest Sounding Board journal - members can log in and read it here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

Join us online this evening at 7pm for our ‘Community Music Now & Next’ themed Gathering, hosted by Sound Sense board members Lee Holder and Ellie Knott! We'll be discussing plans for our in-person event on 18 October in partnership with The Music Works in Gloucester www.facebook.com/events/17400...

🎵 Funding Alert! 🎵 Apply for up to £2,000 from the Sound Connections Innovate programme to pilot creative music projects for young people across England. Includes mentoring and free training! 🗓 Deadline: 21 July 2025

Job opportunity! 📣 Learning, Outreach & Engagement Manager (Harrow-based) Prospectus is recruiting on behalf of a talent development organisation for a Learning, Outreach & Engagement Manager to oversee their music education and engagement programmes. Find out more www.soundsense.org/jobs-and-car...

Join us online on Wednesday 18 June at 10.30am (UK time) for our ‘Early Years Music'-themed Gathering, hosted by Sound Sense board member Xenia Horne. All welcome - email [email protected] for joining details. We look forward to seeing you there! www.soundsense.org/DB/events-2/...

Last chance to for our Spring Membership Offer! Join the UK’s leading network for community musicians and music practitioners - your first three months of membership will cost just £1. After that you will pay £19.25 every three months (equivalent to £77 a year) www.soundsense.org/member-servi...

Call out for Sounding Board submissions! 📖 The next issue of our Sounding Board online journal will have the theme of 'Community Music Now', continuing the conversation from our Community Music Now event back in March. What does community music look like to you in 2025?

Our first edition of Sounding Board journal for 2025 is out now! We have wonderful contributions on the theme 'Not Just Music' from Soundcastle & Spun Glass Theatre, Orchestras Live and Arts Active. Members can read it online here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

We'd like to extend a huge thankyou to everyone who joined us at our Community Music Now event in Leeds over the weekend! 😄 We're very grateful to the presenters who shared their research and practice, and to all of the participants who contributed to the conversation around 'community music now'

Are you joining us this weekend in Leeds at Community Music Now and eager to see what's in store? 🎵 You can now view the Event Programme here: www.soundsense.org/public/3308/... Last minute tickets still available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

Leroy Lupton from More Music will be delivering a 'Music Production Simplified' workshop at our Community Music Now event on 1 & 2 March. The workshop will cover ways to simplify music production using free, web-based software. We hope to see you there! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

Join us on Tuesday 18 February at 7pm as Sound Sense board members Rebecca Denniff and Dr Jessica Pitt host our monthly online Gathering. Connect with other community musicians + share your thoughts on what community music looks like in 2025. All welcome! Email [email protected] to join in.

We're looking forward to seeing you at our Community Music Now event on 1 & 2 March, in partnership with AMP and @leedsbeckett.bsky.social Join us for two days of networking, connecting & exploring the latest community music innovations and trends. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

Commissioning music or composing for community groups? Join our free online event and explore the challenges and opportunities in music commissioning. Registration closes 3pm, 28/01

Does your community music activity incorporate other creative artforms? Share your practice with us - we're looking for articles for the next issue of Sounding Board journal. If you have a resource or article you'd like to share, please DM or email [email protected]

We're on Bluesky! Looking forward to connecting with our community on this platform.

Have you listened to the Music for Education & Wellbeing podcast lately? It's full of inspiration & advice from & for anyone working in music education, community music, music therapy, youth music ... There's a handy index on the podcast page on my website - see comments.

Great @the-bma.bsky.social podcast episode building on ‘Life in Colour’ article in the Dr Magazine. How creativity is one of the many tools that doctors can use to help heal & treat patients, & how the creative process can help healthcare professionals with burnout podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Creativity & Social Prescribing. Online webinar hosted by our SE Associate for Commissioners, GPs & others interested in Creative Prescribing. Speakers: Dr Simon Opher MP; Monica Boulton,NASP; Kathryn Lambert & Rhian Rees, Hywel Dda University Health Board. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/592844...

Does your community music practice incorporate painting, dance, film or other creative art forms? We'd love to share your stories in the next issue of Sounding Board! If you have a resource or article you'd like to share, please email [email protected] by Monday 3 February.

For our first Gathering of 2025, join us online on Wed 22 January as we explore the topic 'Social Media for Community Music' and how community musicians can best use social media to engage with participants, peers and funders. All welcome! fb.me/e/7YZflwc9c

Hello Bluesky! 👋 Sound Sense is the UK professional association for community musicians. Since 1990, we have been proud to support, promote, and advocate for the many highly-skilled and hardworking practitioners who make up the vibrant community music sector in the UK and abroad www.soundsense.org