Sound and Music

The BMIC, Contemporary Music Network, Sonic Arts Network and spnm are Sound and Music's founder organisations. They are no longer active, so you can't find them at their old addresses and their websites are no longer updated, but many of their programmes and services will be continued and developed by us. You can contact us for any information regarding the founder organisations from now on.

Ah, good question! We support music and sonic art from a broad range of genres and backgrounds – whilst we’re open to all types of music, we generally favour work with an experimental approach at its core. This could be in the ideas it represents, the context it is shown in or the way it sounds. We like to ask ourselves “Would this be able to happen if we weren’t involved?”, “What kind of impact will it make?” and “Does it match up with our mission and vision?”

All members of our founder organisations at the time of the creation of Sound and Music were given free membership with us whilst our payment details were being finalised. As of 31st October 2009, membership has been due for renewal, but don't worry because if you renew before 31st December 2009 you won't stop receiving your membership benefits. Annual membership is a minimum donation of £30, or £15 for full-time students.
One other thing to bear in mind: if you used to pay by Standing Order you will need to cancel it and renew by cheque, BACS or online. If you think your Standing Order has already gone through in 2009, please cancel it and let us know so we can look into it.

You're welcome to visit us to view scores. However, now that we have a new home and our office isn't open to the public, you need to tell us in advance by contacting our Information and Resources Co-Ordinator, Richard Thomas, who manages The Collection. All materials are now stored off site, too, so there is a £5 fee for the first item and £2 for each additional item you want to view (an 'item' can be up to a whole box of scores).

Yes! We can no longer accept physical submissions, but we do accept scores and audio electronically. For more information on submitting a piece, you can contact Richard.

We can provide you with scores from our Contemporary Voices and New Voices composers, where the rights to a work are not owned by a publisher. You can contact Richard to find out which are available and the cost for production and postage. We're unable to supply copies of scores from The Collection, so we advise getting in touch with the relevant publisher.

The application process is currently closed whilst our professional development programme is undergoing evaluation, and will be relaunched early 2010.

The Shortlist for 2009 has now been selected, and you can find out more about the composers here. We're making a few changes for next year, so our call for applications will go out a little later than usual. Don't worry, though, the scheme is still running and it will be even easier for emerging composers to apply next time. Keep checking back for more information on 2010 applications...

Sound and Music is not a grant-giving organisation. We have charitable status and need funding to support our own events and projects. However, we are always keen to explore partnership opportunities and may be able to collaborate with you on interesting projects that fit with our own creative and artistic vision. More information on how to tell us about your idea will be added to our website shortly.

To set up your profile with us, you need to register first at this page. Once you have done that and are logged in, go to the Network landing page and you can start adding information to your profile. If you want to edit your information later, just click on 'My profile' at the top of the Network page and then 'Edit.' 

If you haven't received a confirmation email, it's a good idea to check your junk or spam mail folder first. If you find it in there, the best thing to do to ensure that mail from us doesn't land there again is to add info@soundandmusic.org to your address book. If it isn't there, do contact us and we can help you get registered. Oh, and please allow up to 12 hours for the confirmation to arrive!

When you are logged in you can change your password through the 'My account' link at the top right of your screen. Alternatively, you can go to the Network landing page and click on 'My account' there.

Our UK Listings for new music and sound can be found here, and they will also appear on your Network landing page when you sign in. If you've registered with us (it's free, don't forget!), you're also welcome to add an event to the listings page yourself, and you can do that here. If you sign up for our Listings Plus service, you'll be able to add extra features to your listing and have it appear in our fortnightly e-newsletter, The Sampler. See our advertising rates for more information 

Any positions that become available at Sound and Music will appear on our vacancies page, so do keep checking back. Details on internships and placements will be displayed there as well. It's best to apply to our advertised roles, rather than simply sending us your CV: we receive a lot of them and they can't always be considered when we're looking for someone to join the team, sorry!