Sounds Now

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, UK

Cooperation Projects

England

2019

Total project grant (euros)

1,935,059

Sub-programme

Culture

Funding scheme

Creative Europe

Call number

EACEA 34/2018

Call publication date

18 Oct 2018

Application deadline

11 Dec 2018

Project date

31 Aug 2022

Number of partners in project

10

Lead organisation

Musica, Neerpelt, Belgium

Partners

Wilde Westen, Belgium

Festival van Vlaanderen Vlaams-Brabant vzw (also known as Transit), Belgium

SPOR festival, Denmark

Viitasaaren Kesäakatemia Ry (also known as Time of Music), Finland

Stichting November Music, Netherlands

Stiftelsen Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival (also known as Ultima), Norway

Ariona Hellas (also known as Onassis Cultural Centre), Greece

Sounds Now is a multi-action programme that focuses on new and emerging curators as a sustainable way to promote inclusion in contemporary classical music, experimental music and sound art.

Sounds Now's network of 10 festivals and cultural centres will implement a programme of learning, mentoring, productions, experimentation and research that explores the social and artistic impact of the curator's role in contemporary music. These actions will generate a much-needed discourse on music curating, provide experience to participants in a variety of social and cultural contexts, and diversify the current pool of curators by providing concrete new pathways into the profession for people “on the outside”.

Actions aimed at participants across Europe include coaching and co-working labs with established international music curators, the testing of innovative curating formats, the creation of new works and networks, a formal learning course and research.

Similar projects

European Union Baroque Orchestra
view

EUBO Mobile Baroque Academy: Pathways & Performances

European Union Baroque Orchestra

Culture

England

2015

view

IN SITU ACT

Freedom Festival

Culture

England

2016

ONE – An Orchestra Network for Europe
view

ONE® – An Orchestra Network for Europe

University for the Creative Arts

Culture

England

2014