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Yorkshire Sound Women Network
@yswn.bsky.social
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Working for gender equity in audio, inspiring and enabling women and people of minority genders to explore sound and music technology. https://linktr.ee/yorkshiresoundwomennetwork
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🚂Plus there’s highlights of last month’s amazing Changing Gear concert at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social and a look at how our friends at @deliaderbyshireday.bsky.social celebrated turning 10 recently.
⏩If you’re not already subscribed, read it here: mailchi.mp/e83efdae2f6a...
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Relaxed group photo of Changing Gear selected artists Diya Tailor, Rosie Parsons and Rhiannon Kenny McGrath standing laughing in front of a dark blue vintage train at the National Railway Museum.
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Our final newsletter of 2025 is out now, and you won’t want to miss our YSWN Rewired commission opportunities inside, nor how you can support and spread the word about our accompanying crowdfunder! 🧵1/2
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We're also crowdfunding to boost the number of commissions we can offer, and you can see our campaign (and check out the neat rewards) here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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There is no specific brief, as we want to respond to exciting ideas proposed by the YSWN community across a range of genres and practices. However, we would be extra-happy to support some ideas that raise public awareness of the climate emergency. There'll be a showcase event in W Yorks in May.🧵2/4
December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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📣NEW CALLOUT: YSWN Rewired
To celebrate YSWN turning 10 this year, we’re launching Rewired: artistic commissions for women and gender-diverse people working with electronic music and sound art in Yorks & the Humber.
We're offering:
• 3 micro-commissions of £750
• 1 main commission of £1,500
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December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🎉NEW CROWDFUNDER: We’re launching Rewired, a callout for Yorkshire-based women and gender-diverse musicians and sound artists to create and share new electronic work in early 2026.
And we’re asking for your support to make it bigger and better.
Find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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NEW FREE WORKSHOP!
To accompany 19 Nov's Changing Gear: Railway 200 concert at @york.ac.uk, learn how to create your own track in Ableton from vintage railway sound effects!
Open to women & marginalised genders, no experience needed!
🎟️ Limited places: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-tra...
Graphic with images of crisscrossing waveforms (that look a little like railway line) plus logos for the University of York and YSWN and text saying: Free music production workshop / On the Tracks / Be inspired by the sounds of rail / 19 Nov 1-3pm.
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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If you missed it, why not come to the Changing Gear @ Railway200 concert at @york.ac.uk on Wed 19 Nov? No real-life trains this time, but the added powers of immersive sound will certainly take you on a sonic journey...
🎟️https://yorkconcerts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873674373 🧵2/2
Rosie playing a sampler during her set. Photo by Arya Kokate Photo of Rhiannon playing the flute during her performance. Photo by Arya Kokate Diya playing the drums and reaching to the side to look at her sample pad. Photo by Arya Kokate
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Here’s a taste of Sounds in Station Hall at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social last Saturday: three unique new railway-inspired sets by Diya Tailor, Rosie Parsons and Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath in the ultimate themed setting!
Thanks to the NRM team and @york.ac.uk for supporting the event... 🧵1/2
Photo of Diya Tailor playing a drum kit and sampler in a large brick hall, in front of a vintage train called Royal Scot. Photo by Arya Kokate Photo of Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath singing and playing a sampler in the same setting. Photo by Arya Kokate Photo of Rosie Parsons playing a laptop in the same setting. Photo by Arya Kokate Photo of all three artists standing smiling in front of the train. Photo by Arya Kokate
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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TOMORROW AT 2PM!
Join us at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social for Sounds in Station Hall, and watch Diya Tailor, Rosie Parsons and Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath perform new music in front of the beautiful Royal Scot train.
Book free tickets for this unique event here: www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
Photo of the Royal Scot, a navy blue vintage train with red detailing, on a platform in the National Railway Museum. Overlaid text says: Changing Gear / New electronic music inspired by 200 years of rail / Sounds in Station Hall, plus logos for PRS Foundation and YSWN.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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📢The next arrival at platform 6 is… the first performance of our new Changing Gear pieces!
🚆Join us in @railwaymuseum.bsky.social’s newly reopened Station Hall at 2pm next Sat (1 Nov) for Sounds in Station Hall, a very special performance in front of the beautifully gleaming Royal Scot train. 🧵1/2
Photo of the Royal Scot, a navy blue vintage train with red detailing, on a platform in the National Railway Museum. Overlaid text says: Changing Gear / New electronic music inspired by 200 years of rail / Sounds in Station Hall, plus logos for PRS Foundation and YSWN.
October 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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...and to everyone who watched, listened, took part, made and performed poems, built radios, wound pompoms, improvised with organ pipes and bells, DJ-ed for the first time, shattered records and all the rest! 🧵2/2
@bswn.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk
Two people building radios with leads and wires. A group trying out the DIY radios outside. A tangle of wires attached to a wooden board is visible. People DJ-ing at an open decks session. A person reaches down towards a pile of shattered records on a dark floor.
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Thank you so much to everyone involved with making @bswn.bsky.social's Plug It Up festival such a fantastic success: to all the artists and workshop facilitators, Theatre In The Mill for hosting, @bradford2025.co.uk for supporting the festival... 🧵1/2
Two people blow on wooden organ pipes at a workshop. A person with flame-coloured hair sitting writing, creating concrete poetry. Two people try out Ann Rosen's sonic drawing set-up. Maria Chavez performs with several turntables.
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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🎉Giveaway time!

🎧We're pleased to support the @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADC25, which takes place in Bristol and online from 10-12 November.
As an ADC Community Partner, we have 10 free online tickets, plus some 20% discount codes for the in-person event in Bristol to give away! 🧵1/2
Graphic featuring the YSWN logo and an illustration of various types of audio cables, plus text saying: We are proud to support ADC25 audio.dev Bristol, Audio Developer Conference, 10-12 November, Bristol UK & online.
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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We've been out in the Hudd spreading the word about next weekend's FREE @bswn.bsky.social Plug It Up festival. Had to stop for an energy boost en route!
Just a few places left on our workshops for women/marginalised gender folk, so book now: www.eventbrite.com/cc/plug-it-u...
@bradford2025.co.uk
Photo of a Plug It Up flyer sitting on a yellow table next to a mug of hot chocolate and a slice of Manchester tart on a plate. Photo of a stack of Plug It Up flyers on a shelf. Photo of the Plug It Up flyer unfolded into a poster, stuck in a cafe window. Photo of a pile of Plug It Up flyers resting on a wide windowsill.
October 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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📣Our latest newsletter is out now with:
🔌 Plug It Up festival: full line-up and free tickets
🚂 Changing Gear artists and concert details
🎧 YSWN at @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADCx Gather tomorrow
And more! If you're not subscribed, read it here: mailchi.mp/5f8099e2bd83...
Poster image for the Plug It Up festival with a photo collage of the artists appearing, superimposed on an image of Theatre in the Mill. Graphic promoting the ADCx Gather event, with details of the event (as listed in the newsletter) and a crowd of 8-bit style sprite people. Photo collage showing the Changing Gear artists Rosie Parsons, Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath and Diya Tailor.
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Congratulations to our selected three! This week they paid their first visit to the archives at the National Railway Museum and next week they’ll be visiting the studios at @york.ac.uk.
YSWN is a @prsfoundation.bsky.social Talent Development Network Partner supported by PPL. 🧵5/5
Curator Rob showing Rhiannon and Diya a 19th-century train carriage in a large hall at the National Railway Museum.
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath is a folk singer, flautist and song writer based in Leeds. In 2024 her folk duo Wychbury was awarded the Alan Surtees Prize, allowing her to purchase an SP-404 sampler and explore fusing traditional music, field recordings and electronic samples in her live performances. 🧵4/5
Portrait photo of Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath pictured outside and wearing a cosy scarf, overlaid with her name and a pattern of sound waves layered to look like railway tracks.
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Rosie Parsons is an audio producer and artist based in Leeds, working in a hybrid space between electronic music and radio documentary. Her work often focuses on unearthing hidden histories, exploring utopian ideas and their legacies and weaving these into a rich sonic tapestry. 🧵3/5
Photo of Rosie Parsons wearing headphones and dangling a hydrophone into a canal, overlaid with her name and a pattern of sound waves layered to look like railway tracks.
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Diya Tailor is a Leeds-based drummer, composer and producer whose work blends electronic textures with organic performance. A recent graduate in music production, her creative practice often explores the intersection of sound, movement, and place. 🧵2/5
Photo of Diya Tailor playing a drum kit, overlaid with her name and a pattern of sound waves layered to look like railway tracks.
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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📣CHANGING GEAR: MEET THE ARTISTS
After sifting through a stack of fantastic applications, our judging panel have selected the three artists who will take part in this year’s Changing Gear programme. 🧵1/5
Graphic featuring audio waveforms criss-crossing in a way suggestive of railway tracks, overlaid with text in a font reminiscent of 1970s British rail, and the logos for YSWN and PRS Foundation. The text says: Changing Gear, new electronic music inspired by 200 years of rail. Meet the artists.
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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💖If you’ve benefitted from YSWN’s work in the past or would like to help support our future, please consider making a one-off or regular donation here: yorkshiresoundwomen.com/support-us/#...
Thanks again to everyone who shared their thoughts!
Slide with a photo of a laptop musician and a cellist performing, the YSWN logo and text saying: “From start to finish, this was the most inspiring series of performances I am lucky enough to have seen.” Audience member Slide with a photo showing hands operating the sliders of a large mixing desk, the YSWN logo and text saying: “I learned very useful tips and advice about breaking into the industry and having confidence within myself… and finally got a glimpse into the studio recording environment.” Event attendee Slide with a photo of two men taking part in a friendly discussion during a training session, the YSWN logo and text saying: “I feel rejuvenated in my passion for equality and inclusion in the music industry, especially within the tech world.” Training participant
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🎂YSWN turned 10 years old this week, so we thought we'd look back at some of the lovely feedback we’ve received over the past decade.
From learning new skills or finding inspiration at our workshops, to leaving our training with greater awareness, we love to hear when we’ve made a difference.🧵1/2
Slide with a photo of two smiling girls at a YSWN event, the YSWN logo and text saying: “Making our own electronic sound makers and performing a massive composition was really exciting and made me think about music in a different way.” Workshop participant Slide with a photo of a group at a YSWN DJ workshop, the YSWN logo and text saying: “Learning a completely new skill has reignited a passion for music for me, and I'm already making plans to develop my skills.” Workshop participant Slide with a photo of a woman delivering training standing in front of a whiteboard, the YSWN logo and text saying: “Today was absolutely brilliant… I am taking away with me a better way of dealing with gender equality within the post-production industry.” Training participant
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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...there’s still so much more to do.
If you’d like to celebrate YSWN’s first decade and support us to flourish into our second and beyond, you can help by donating to us here: yorkshiresoundwomen.com/support-us/#...
🙏And a huge thank-you to all our friends and supporters over the last 10 years.🧵2/2
July 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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🎉Happy birthday to us!
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the first YSWN meeting, organised by @eddiedobsonsound.bsky.social in the basement of a Huddersfield gaming shop.
While we’re proud of what we and the other amazing organisations sharing our aims have achieved...🧵1/2
July 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM