Sound Festival

31/08/2026

We’ll be at Envirolution this Saturday! 🌿🎶

sound will be joining Envirolution with soundwalks featuring James Weeks’ New Nature pieces, offering a chance to explore Seaton Park through sound and listen to the natural environment in a different way.

Envirolution is Aberdeen’s free community environmental festival, dedicated to building understanding, connection and engagement with the natural world.

Across the afternoon, you can also expect inspiring talks, live music, interactive workshops, stalls and plenty more.

Come along and find us on the day!👋

📍 Seaton Park, Aberdeen
📅 Saturday 5 September, Festival runs 1–6pm
🎟️ Free and open to all

View the programme here: https://nescan.org/envirolution-aberdeen-2026/

31/08/2026

27/08/2026

We’re delighted to see soundfestival featured by Creative Scotland as we look ahead to this year’s festival.

Alan Morrison, Head of Music at Creative Scotland, highlights the ambition behind the programme, from bringing bold new music into unexpected spaces across the North-East to creating more opportunities for families, communities and audiences of all ages to get involved.

“​​Audiences are guaranteed to hear something they’ve never heard before, challenging what they believe about music and inspiring new possibilities.”

We’re incredibly grateful for Creative Scotland’s continued support, helping us to create a festival that brings together new music, place, people and ideas.

Read the full article here:

The programme for the 2026 soundfestival, one of Europe’s leading celebrations of new music, has been announced.

25/08/2026

Last week, our Composers’ Coffee Club met in person in Edinburgh! ☕️

It was so lovely to see everyone face-to-face, catch up and spend some time chatting together.

Our Composers’ Coffee Club usually meets fortnightly on Zoom, offering an informal and friendly space for composers and creatives to connect, share experiences, and chat about the challenges and opportunities that come with working creatively.

Grab a cuppa and join us for our next catch up!

📅 31 August 2026
⏰ 12.30-1.30pm
🎟️ FREE to attend

Find out more and register here: https://sound-scotland.co.uk/event/composers-coffee-club

20/08/2026

Call for Young Composers: Go Compose! 2026🎼

Are you aged 13–18 and interested in creating your own music? Or perhaps you know a budding young composer who’d love to get involved!

Applications are now open for Go Compose!, a three-day composition workshop run in partnership with Red Note Ensemble

Work with composers Fergus Hall and Gillian Walker and professional musicians from Red Note Ensemble to create your own piece for flute, trombone and guitar.

📅 12–14 October 2026
📍 Seabury House, Aberdeen
- Costs: £70 for the full three days, meals included.
- Financial assistance available.
- Supervised accommodation available at an additional cost for those travelling further afield.

You don’t need to be an experienced composer, just enthusiastic about creating original music and keen to learn more.

⏰Applications close: Monday 28 September

For more information and to apply: https://sound-scotland.co.uk/news/call-for-young-composers-go-compose-2026

Creative Scotland Aberdeen City Council

20/08/2026

18/08/2026

Get Creative is back from summer break!☀️🎶

Our Get Creative Ensemble (12–18) and Get Creative Orchestra (8–11) FREE monthly workshops return, offering young people the chance to play, create and make music together in Aberdeen.

🎼 Get Creative Ensemble is for secondary school players with some experience reading music and playing in groups.
🎼 Get Creative Orchestra is for primary school players of any level, everyone welcome!

Led by professional composers and musicians, Get Creative is all about building skills, confidence and having fun through music-making. 🎨🎼🥁

For more information on how to get involved: https://sound-scotland.co.uk/participate/young-people/get-creative

14/08/2026

The soundfestival 2026 programme is LIVE!🔊

This October, soundfestival returns for 10 days of new and experimental music across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, with more than 30 concerts, recitals, workshops, installations and events taking place from 22–31 October.

This year, we’re bringing together artists from Scotland, the UK, Europe and further afield, with returning favourites including Red Note Ensemble, Any Enemy and Quatuor Bozzini, alongside artists joining us for the very first time.

Across the programme, you’ll find world premieres, new commissions and collaborations, with music and sound taking over spaces across the North East, from concert halls and museums to gardens, community spaces and even a former nuclear bunker.

Running throughout soundfestival 2026 is a simple but important idea: Listening. This year, we’re inviting audiences to open their ears, encounter something unfamiliar and explore the many different ways we listen to music, sound, each other and the world around us.👂

The full programme is now live, and we can’t wait to share it with you.

🎟️ Browse the full programme and book your tickets here: https://sound-scotland.co.uk

See you in October!

Creative Scotland Aberdeen City Council Aberdeen City Council - City Events PRS Foundation Aberdeen Performing Arts Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums Aberdeen Science Centre The Barn Citymoves Dance Agency Nescan Hub Newton Dee St. Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen University of Aberdeen Music Department ShmuFM Way WORD Festival

10/08/2026