sound aims to make contemporary music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds by presenting an eclectic but very broad range of contemporary music - classical, traditional, popular, jazz, experimental - through a wide range of events including concerts, talks, electroacoustic installations, and workshops. [read more]

sound performances attracted audiences of 2,700 and involved over 700 musicians and students in workshops, talks and performances from scratch in 36 performances in 21 venues. There were 9 workshops, masterclasses and talks, and 14 schools workshops.

Highlights

• sound commissioned or co-commissioned premieres: Work for trumpet & electronics by Pete Stollery, premiered in the Institute of Medical Science.
• Community events and workshop days: Score! composers workshop day co-organised with the spnm and the Scottish Ensemble; "A Day with Graham Fitkin" rehearsing and giving the world premiere of Fitkin's The Ring Cycle for massed ensembles; Local amateur and semi-professional musicians joining Rohan de Saram to rehearse and perform Xenakis's Epicycles.

Our archive site for sound 2006 contains the following: