NEWS – Sound World

Sound World Residency

We are very grateful to the Mount Without for generously supporting a Sound World residency at their atmospheric crypt.

The first concert of the residency will take place on Sunday 1st October (7pm) and will see Sound World (the South West’s most exciting new band) zigzag across the boundaries from classical to jazz, to blues and back again in an exciting journey through the wilds of modern music. With new work from Evelyn Glennie & Sally Beamish, virtuoso solos by Jörg Widmann & Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, a vigorous, rarely heard early piece from Iannis Xenakis… and more, this will be a stirring and uplifting evening of great music.

Tickets: £15 or £10 (concessions) plus Eventbrite commission.

For more information and to buy tickets please click or tap here.

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Sound World @ the Fringe

Sunday, 23rd July. St Peter’s, Shaftesbury.

We are very excited to announce the first performance of our new band Sound World will be on the final night of the Shaftesbury Fringe Festival. The band will perform an exciting jazz/blues influence set, including the world premières of two Sound World commissions.

Plain Blue/s : Coleridge-Taylor Parkinson
Perpetual Motion : Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
April (world première) : Sally Beamish
HOLO : Charlotte Harding
The Neglected Child : Judith Bingham
Klezmer DanceDhipli Zyia : Iannis Xenakis
Fantasy : Jorg Widmann
The Grace of Silence (world première) : Evelyn Glennie
Dancing With the Shadow : Eleanor Alberga
2 Coyotes: 1 : Magnus Lindberg
Duo : Jessie Montgomery

Sound World are:
George Blakesley – clarinet
George Owen – cello
Harriet Riley – percussion
Ricardo Brown Roger – violin
Alex Wilson – piano

Please CLICK HERE to order tickets online.

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New Sound World band

Following rehearsals held between December 2022 and last March, we are pleased to announce the formation of our new band. Also called Sound World, the group will be Bristol’s only professional contemporary music specialists and will perform their exciting brand of new music at concerts in Bristol and across the South West and beyond…

Sound World are:
George Blakesley – clarinet
George Owen – cello
Harriet Riley – percussion
Ricardo Brown Roger – violin
Alex Wilson – piano

Please CLICK HERE to order tickets online.

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John Pickard – 30 years of music.

A concert and reception at Bristol University’s Victoria Rooms today celebrated John Pickard’s 30 years in the Music Dept.

Michael Ellison (mostly hidden) gives a few well chosen words in honour of his long standing colleague

A programme of contrasts included the tragic and moving The Gardener of Aleppo, the playful 3 Chicken Studies and the riveting Verlaine Songs – brilliantly realised by soprano Emma Tring and the Bristol Ensemble.

John is one of the UK’s finest composers and we’re delighted to have him as one of Sound World’s patrons.

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Coming soon: the Sound World Music Club

The Sound World Music Club will launch at the the beginning of September, one month ahead of our new band The Sound World Group’s debut concert at Bristol’s The Mount Without.

All memberships will have a free, 2 month trial period. Following the trial standard Club membership will cost £10 per month and will include:

free tickets to Sound World Group concerts and other recommended events
membership of Sound World’s Concert Club
club events
access to premium online features, recordings and video
the opportunity to suggest and vote on future repertoire
the chance to attend rehearsals

Other levels will be available including young composers’ membership (with the option to submit works for consideration), donor’s membership (which support future concerts, educational events and commissions – donor members will have the option to be listed as patrons in concert programmes, marketing and online literature) and newbie membership, for those new to contemporary music who want to know more (including bespoke listening recommendations and background info).

Click below to register your interest and as soon as we’re up and running we’ll be in touch so you can begin your free, two month trial.

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Composing Workshops

The first of this year’s composing workshops will take place at Bristol Grammar School on Sunday 19th March.

Our workshops are an opportunity for the next generation of musicians to have their work performed and recorded by professional musicians with guidance from leading composers. These inspiring events provide provide invaluable, high-level guidance to the region’s brightest young musical talents.

We are delighted to have players from the Bristol Ensemble with us on the day and our own Sadie Harrison leading..

New Sound World Sounds

Sally Beamish: Sound World Sounds

For our latest Sound World Sounds we are delighted to welcome Sally Beamish. Sally has chosen Mark-Anthony Turnage’s 1988 opera Greek, based on the Steven Berkoff play of the same name.

Click here to read more.

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SoundWorld auditions

We are currently auditioning some of the region’s most talented young musicians for our new, contemporary music ensemble. A big thank you goes to all those who played for us and to composer Michael Ellison who joined fellow composers Sadie Harrison (Chair of the Sound World trustees) and Julian Leeks (Sound World Director) for the auditions.

Thanks also to Bristol University Music Dept. for hosting.

A second round of auditions will take place in the spring, with an announcement coming shortly after.

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Hinrichsen Foundation funding

More good funding news comes courtesy of the Hinrichsen Foundation who will be supporting our 2023 programme. Many thanks to the Hinrichsen trustees for their faith and generosity!

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Funding news from VWF

We are delighted to announce that the Vaughan Williams Foundation (formerly RVW Trust) will be supporting our 2023 programme. We are hugely grateful for this and their ongoing funding of Sound World/NMSW over the past decade. Thank you!