Community Music Now & Next panel spotlight: Accessible Music for Community Musicians. This panel brings together some of the champions of UK music technology. Hear about available equipment, what works in the community music field, what's coming next, & considerations when designing for the future.

Book now for Community Music Now & Next to get our early bird ticket price! Offer valid until EOD tomorrow, 30 Sept. Ticket price includes a day of talks, workshops & activities, and lunch + refreshments, plus a platform to share your own community music practice:
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Booking is now open for Community Music Now & Next!

This event is a one-day, in person CPD and networking event from Sound Sense, in partnership with The Music Works, on Sat 18 Oct in Gloucester.

Early Bird ticket prices are available until the end of September www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

The next issue of Sounding Board will have the theme 'Duty of Care' - do you have a resource you'd like to share, or an idea for an article or interview? Please get in touch with our editor claire.francis@soundsense.org & find further information at: soundsense.org/resources-and-publications.

Did you miss our Community Music Now event back in March? Catch up on moments, learnings and perspectives from the two-day event in our latest Sounding Board journal - members can log in and read it here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

Join us online on Wednesday 18 June at 10.30am (UK time) for our ‘Early Years Music'-themed Gathering, hosted by Sound Sense board member Xenia Horne. All welcome - email gathering@soundsense.org for joining details. We look forward to seeing you there! www.soundsense.org/DB/events-2/...

Last chance to for our Spring Membership Offer! Join the UK’s leading network for community musicians and music practitioners - your first three months of membership will cost just £1. After that you will pay £19.25 every three months (equivalent to £77 a year) www.soundsense.org/member-servi...

We'd like to extend a huge thankyou to everyone who joined us at our Community Music Now event in Leeds over the weekend! 😄 We're very grateful to the presenters who shared their research and practice, and to all of the participants who contributed to the conversation around 'community music now'

Leroy Lupton from More Music will be delivering a 'Music Production Simplified' workshop at our Community Music Now event on 1 & 2 March. The workshop will cover ways to simplify music production using free, web-based software.
We hope to see you there! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

Join us on Tuesday 18 February at 7pm as Sound Sense board members Rebecca Denniff and Dr Jessica Pitt host our monthly online Gathering.
Connect with other community musicians + share your thoughts on what community music looks like in 2025. All welcome! Email gathering@soundsense.org to join in.

Does your community music activity incorporate other creative artforms? Share your practice with us - we're looking for articles for the next issue of Sounding Board journal. If you have a resource or article you'd like to share, please DM or email claire.francis@soundsense.org

Does your community music practice incorporate painting, dance, film or other creative art forms? We'd love to share your stories in the next issue of Sounding Board! If you have a resource or article you'd like to share, please email claire.francis@soundsense.org by Monday 3 February.

For our first Gathering of 2025, join us online on Wed 22 January as we explore the topic 'Social Media for Community Music' and how community musicians can best use social media to engage with participants, peers and funders. All welcome! fb.me/e/7YZflwc9c