Commissions
19 - 23 September 2012
September sees the arrival of the BE OPEN Sound Portal in Trafalgar Square as part of the London Design Festival 2012. Sound and Music has commissioned five sound artists and composers to present work in this unique structure.
6 - 22 July 2012
After the success of Floral Derrangement, we're proud to co-commission a new piece by Scanner for this year's Durham Brass Festival: Witness.
2012 - 2015
Sound and Music is pleased to announce a three year strategic partnership with New York’s MATA festival to support the work of emerging British composers through dedicated commissioning and performance support at the festival.
14 April 2012
Sound and Music and Entr’acte present a special concert to celebrate the launch of Helena Gough’s new CD Knot Invariants, created following a Sound and Music supported residency at EMS, Stockholm.
19 - 22 November 2011
Sound and Music is a partner in the world premieres of major works by Richard Barrett and Zbigniew Karkowski at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
10th - 29th October 2011
Sound and Music commissions a sound installation by Iain Armstrong to be staged as part of this epic event celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible.
July - November 2011
SAM is collaborating with the legendary EMS studios in Stockholm in the creation of two new works for cello and electronics.
14 – 17 July 2011
A site-specific public sound installation created by sound artist Scanner, which will be presented on the award-winning ARUP-designed Kingsgate footbridge in Durham, 14 - 17 July
McKenzie is a new work by Paul Rooney inspired by local Liverpool legend William McKenzie; a gambler who is said to have made a pact with the devil to ensure a winning hand in a poker game.
To celebrate the ongoing story of British electronic music over the last 5 decades, SAM, together with British Underground and Vinyl Factory, commissioned a limited edition essay and 7” single
2010
A poetic portrait of Gerald Wells, founder and curator of the British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum. The film reveals the charm of Wells’ world, where radio relics and their attendant stories fill every nook and cranny of his Kingdom.
Saturday 3 September 2011
An epic two-part event featuring an international cast of artists, critics and composers brought together in a celebration of the music and sound design of the horror film.
11 February - 5 March 2011
An exhibition by the late German sound artist Rolf Julius and Japanese artist Miki Yui.
Saturday 29 May – Sunday 5 September 2010
Chris Watson extraordinary sound installation that immerses visitors to Kew Gardens’ Palm House in the dawn and dusk choruses of the Central and South American rainforests.
Thursday 15 April - Monday 31 May 2010
One of the world's leading sound artists presents a major public installation at Somerset House exploring the hidden sound worlds of the River Thames.
Part academic lecture, part science-fiction story, Paul Rooney excavates real and imagined histories trapped inside Leeds Metropolitan University’s H Building as it faces demolition
25 – 28 September 2009
An Electromagnetic Induction site-specific installation for Leeds' main shopping centre, The Light
24-25 March 2011
Two nights presenting two disparate figures from the French experimental music tradition of musique concrète: One featuring musical outsider Ghédalia Tazartès and the theoretician, producer and musician Michel Chion.
January - April 2011
Commissioning project providing grass-roots event organisers with the resource and opportunity to produce bold new programming for London's premier music venue for adventurous music, Cafe Oto
New Music 20x12 is a commissioning programme consisting of 20 new pieces of music, each 12 minutes long, delivered by the PRS for Music Foundation. Sound and Music are presenting two events as part of the New Music 20x12 Weekend at Southbank Centre.