Young Sounds UK

14/10/2026

A great opportunity from National Youth Jazz Collective for young musicians interested in finding out more. Check out the post below to sign up! 🎶

Be inspired. Be empowered. Be creative!   As part of the 2026 Guildhall Jazz Festival (in association with EFG London Jazz Festival), NYJC will be running a free taster workshop and an afternoon performance by 2026’s 5 Summer School combos.     Free Taster Workshop   Want to find out more abou...

13/10/2026

"A friendly face would have meant the world to me and I'm looking forward to hopefully being that for somebody."

Tristan is an Alumnus of our Thrive programme, and one of our new mentors for Prelude - our new mentoring project helping young classical musicians take their next steps into Music Conservatoire.

Now at Conservatoire himself, Tristan hopes to pass on his knowledge and to support Thrive musicians as they navigate the preparation, application and audition process! Musicians on our Prelude project will also receive musical opportunities to help them on their route to Conservatoire, as well as funding to cover the practical and immediate costs related to auditioning, with support from Purposeful Ventures.

We can't wait to help more young musicians with the next steps of their musical journeys 🌟

Find out more about this exciting new project: https://www.youngsounds.org.uk/introducing-prelude/

12/10/2026

06/10/2026

We're hiring 🔊

Young Sounds UK is now looking for our first Development Director. The Development Director will play a pivotal strategic role in driving philanthropic income growth for the organisation. You’ll lead on identifying, cultivating, and securing high-value donors and funders capable of making transformational gifts in support of our work, with a particular focus initially on our 30th anniversary in 2028.

🗓️ Part time or full time (0.6 to 1.0 FTE, based on a 35 hour working week) - candidates to indicate a preference in their application
💷 £70,000 to £75,000 FTE, pro rata according to agreed hours, plus statutory pension contributions as applicable
📄 Initially 24 months, to be extended by mutual agreement
📍 Home working with regular UK-wide travel required
⏱️ Application deadline is 12 noon on Monday 2 November 2026
🗣️ Interviews to take place in person in London, provisionally 19/20 November 2026 (to be confirmed)

For details on how to apply and a full job description, visit https://www.youngsounds.org.uk/work-with-us-development-director/

01/10/2026

Learning about the origins of classical music with Arcangelo!

Last month, young musicians on our Thrive programme came together at Highgate Junior School in London for our first Arcangelo Day. This event was facilitated by the award-winning, internationally acclaimed period performance ensemble Arcangelo, and served as a hands-on introduction to period music and instruments.

We’d like to thank the Arcangelo musicians and staff for taking time out of their busy schedules to facilitate activities, Highgate School, all the parent/carers and most importantly the young musicians taking part 👏

Find out all about this insightful day at youngsounds.org.uk/arcangelo-day

28/09/2026

Thank you London Piano Festival and Young Sounds Patron Kathryn Stott for this incredible opportunity!

We've had the privilege of participating in several masterclasses with Kathy this year and they're always a treat. Would highly recommend attending on the 1st of November. ☺

For more info on the masterclass and the London Piano Festival see the post/page below. 👇

25/09/2026

As Arts Council England celebrates its 80th anniversary of this year, we asked some of our Young Sounds colleagues to reflect on their own experiences of working to make a difference in the arts and culture sector.

Read the full interviews with Hester, Neil, Katie and Beth (and find out who's got a children's book in the works!) at www.youngsounds.org.uk/making-magic

24/09/2026

Congrats to James Penney for running the Torbay Half Marathon for Young Sounds UK!

James’ dad has spent virtually his entire life in music as a keyboard player and musical director, so when James decided to run the Torbay Half Marathon & 10k in his honour, his dad chose Young Sounds UK as the fundraiser.

Through the support of his community, James far surpassed his original £500 goal and raised £1500 for young musicians.

We’re so grateful for James and his dad’s support - well done on your amazing achievement!

If you’d like to support young musicians from low-income backgrounds at your next fundraising event, find out more on our website at youngsounds.org.uk/fundraising

23/09/2026

Learn how to spot the musical spark in your students!

Our facilitators Hugh and Beth visited PGCE students at Manchester Metropolitan University to deliver our Discover teacher training.

This free training is provided by Young Sounds UK with support from Arts Council England, and aims to make music education fairer by training teachers on how to identify signs of musical talent and potential in the classroom 🎶

Bookings for 2027 are well underway, so enquire now for your school or university: youngsounds.org.uk/discover

14/09/2026

Join National Youth Choir this autumn!

If you love singing with others, National Youth Choir is for you. Each autumn, they look for new singers aged 9-18 to join their fantastic choirs.

To join the choir, sign up for a free online audition before 10am on Wednesday 30 September: https://www.nationalyouthchoir.org.uk/how-do-i-join-national-youth-choir