Here at Sound and Music and particularly on the British Music Collection, we feel it is important to capture this moment in our history and to create a space to reflect on COVID-19 and individual responses in a creative way.

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New Voices 2018

New Voices is an annual composer support scheme raising the profile of some of the most talented and exciting new voices in the UK today.

#BMC50 Things

Introducing a new series of articles mapping the last fifty years of new music in the UK

British Music Collection: 50 Things

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Composers or sound artists based in or born in the UK are invited to join the British Music Collection. Scroll down to find out more...

Photo: Na'ama Zisser, London-based composer featured in the British Music Collection.

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Photo montage of all the female improvisers in the series

Spotlights: Female Improvisers in London

An Interview with Caroline Kraabel

"Improvisation is life at its most alert and heightened."

New Voices

Bobbie-Jane Gardner Talks Community Arts

Bobbie-Jane Gardner on Embedded with Heart 'n' Soul

...and the stars were like pinpricks in the black fabric of night... (2015) - Lee Westwood

Spotlights: How I Compose

'How I Compose' Series - I - Lee Westwood

"It is my hope to contribute, in a small way, towards painting a bigger picture of how people compose"

New Voices

Ryan Latimer on Composing for Orchestras

Ryan Latimer on Embedded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

New Voices

Lawrence Dunn Working with Sounding Motion

Lawrence Dunn on Portfolio with Sounding Motion

Robert Percy on Paul Burnell’s Kiss

"I knew I’d found something that definitely wasn’t what I wasn’t looking for..."

Visiting Hugh Davies

Composer Built Instruments and the British Music Collection

An holistic approach to music making curated by Bill Vine

New Voices

Deborah Pritchard's Pre-Lichfield Premiere Q&A

Deborah Pritchard on Embedded with Lichfield Festival

Image of Ben Gaunt writing on manuscript paper

Composers Who Do Things I Don't/Won't/Can't Do

"I don’t want to write about myself. That’s boring..."

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...and the stars were like pinpricks in the black fabric of night... (2015) - Lee Westwood

Visiting Hugh Davies

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