past festivals
Following a pilot event, "Upbeat" in 2004, the first sound festival was launched in November 2005. It is now an annual event. Details of the current festival are available through our homepage, and information about previous years can be accessed using the links below.
- 2009
- "Only five years ago, the sound Festival was an idea driven by enthusiasm, no more and no less. Today, it is a magnet." - The Herald
- homepage for sound 2009
- artists and composers
- events
- venues
- schools
- press
- links
- 2008
- "a festival dedicated to new music [that] is one of Scotland's true hidden gems in terms of exciting contemporary events." - The Skinny
- sound performances attracted audiences of 5,503 and involved 558 people in talks and workshops as well as 769 schoolchildren. There were 68 performances in 32 venues, 23 open workshops, masterclasses and talks and 15 schools workshops. To find out more, visit:
- homepage and highlights for sound 2008
- artists and composers
- events
- venues
- schools
- press
- links
- 2007
- Providing "Aberdeen's contemporary music- curious audiences [with] their very own musical field of dreams." - Scotland on Sunday
- homepage and highlights for sound 2007
- artists and composers
- events
- venues
- schools
- press
- links
- 2006
- "From acoustic performances to electro- acoustic concerts, live electronics events, film, dance, and every style of modern music." - The Herald
- homepage and highlights for sound 2006
- artists and composers
- events
- schools
- press
- 2005
- "One of the most daring musical initiatives to hit the North-East, if not all of Scotland, in recent years." - The Scotsman
- homepage and highlights for sound 2005
- artists and composers
- events
- press
