NEWS

Foyle Foundation Support

We are very grateful to the Foyle Foundation for their generous support for two upcoming Sound World projects: In The Steps of Apollo and The Composing Club Project.

Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Support

A big thank you to the Wingate Foundation for their generous support for the Young Composers’ Academy that we run in partnership with St. George’s, Bristol.

The next YCA event will be at St. George’s on Sunday 22nd September. For more info please click here.

Apollo 11 anniversary project.

Sound World is in talks with the planetarium at We The Curious about creating a new, multimedia show celebrating. More news to follow…

Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation to support our composing project.

We are very grateful to the Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation who have agreed to support the Sound World Composing Project. This project aims to give young people from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to get actively involved in creating new music. Practical opportunities and ongoing mentoring will lead to the young musicians having their music performed and recorded by professional performers.

For further information click here.

Armando Iannucci – our third patron.

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Armando Iannucci has become the third Sound World patron. The writer/director of numerous award winning films and television shows (including The Death of Stalin, In The Loop, The Thick of It and Veep) and co-creator of Alan Partridge, Armando is also known for his passionate love of music (photo by Matt Crockett).

Evelyn Glennie – our second patron.

We are delighted to announce that the Dame Evelyn Glennie will be one of Sound World’s patrons. As well as being the world’s first full-time percussion soloist, Evelyn has also been a consistent and committed advocate of new repertoire, with many major works written especially for her (photo by Philipp Rathmer).

John Pickard – Sound World patron.

We are hugely grateful to Prof John Pickard (composer and professor of composition at Bristol University) for agreeing to become a Sound World patron. John, who is perhaps best known for a series of major orchestral works and string quartets, has been a consistent supporter of this project and of our sister organisation New Music in the South West. It’s great to have him involved in an official capacity (photo by Katie Truman-Williams).

Sound World board of trustees announced.

We are delighted to announce that the Sound World board of trustees will be as follows:

Sadie Harrison (pictured) – Chair
John Stagg – Honorary Treasurer (acting)
Catherine Freda
Alison Cooper-Whire
Rageni Sangha

For more information, please visit out Governance page.