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Coronavirus Response

We’re seeking to raise £7000 to employ freelance musicians, whose livelihoods have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

This isn’t about charity hand outs. Rather, it focuses on creating something genuinely positive and valuable out of a terrible situation. It solves an immediate financial crisis through a wonderful, collaborative, artistic endeavour. It will make a real difference to the participants, not just in material terms, but to their wellbeing and mental health.

Leading composers from around the world are supporting this project. To find out more here or, to donate to our crowd funding campaign click here.

March #SoundWorldSounds

Sorry we’ve missed a couple of months but we’re back with a fantastic recommendation from composer and Sound World trustee Sadie Harrison – Birtwistle’s Fields of Sorrow. Click here for more.

Call for Scores 2020

As part of our Beethoven250! celebrations we are inviting young composers (25 and under) to submit works written in response to pieces by Beethoven.

The best will be selected for performance at our annual St. George’s concert in September.

For full details please visit our Opportunities page.

Dec. #SoundWorld Sounds

Brilliant, internationally renowned percussionist and Sound World patron Dame Evelyn Glennie joins Sir James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik, Howard Skempton and Anna Meredith as a contributor to our Sound World Sounds recommendations page. To find out what she picked, please click here.

Nov. #SoundWorld Sounds

Howard Skempton writes about Webern’s Op.27 piano variations in the latest addition to the Sound World Sounds recommendations page. To read more please click here.

First MLK tribute piece now available.

Visit our new Audio/Video page to watch last year’s performance of Sadie Harrison’s beautiful tribute to Coretta King: Coretta. With Andy Keenan, Tomáš Klement and Lionel Handy joined by gospel singer Michelle Ezigbo it’s a great performance and the perfect way to launch our Audio/Video page.

New Features Page

Our new features page launches this week with an interview with composer Geoff Poole. Geoff discusses all things compositional and much more here.

Hannah Kendall’s “Processional”

The second of our commissions celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King is now available on our Audio/Video page. This beautiful performance by Tomáš Klement was at St. George’s, Bristol in September 2018. See it here.

Oct. #SoundWorld Sounds

We are delighted to welcome Anna Meredith to Sound World Sounds, our monthly recommendations page. Anna tells us about Emily Hall’s beautiful Eternity and it’s a real pleasure to pass this recommendation on to those who haven’t heard it. Also look out for Anna’s answer to the question, “If someone didn’t know the music of Anna Meredith, where should they start?”

To hear Anna’s recommendation click here and please feel free to leave a comment.

Young Composers’ Prize: winner announced

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Sound World Young Composers’ Prize is Jasper Eaglesfield. The shortlist of 3 pieces was performed by the Bristol Ensemble under John Pickard at Sunday’s Beyond The Menagerie… concert at St. George’s, Bristol.

John Pickard, Jasper Eaglesfield and Julian Leeks

Julian Leeks, Sound World Director said, “All of the shortlisted pieces were great and the feedback from the audience about them has been absolutely fantastic. But Jasper’s piece was really quite special and he’s a worthy winner of the competition.”

“I’m sure he’ll go on to do great things and we’ll all follow his progress with interest.”