Sound UK

Extraordinary musical encounters for all.

Our mission is to bring artists and people together across the UK to experience extraordinary events that enrich lives.

15/12/2025

It is with a mixture of sadness, pride and huge appreciation for everyone we have worked with, that we make this our last Sound UK post.

Thank you so much for supporting our projects and all the brilliant artists we have worked with over the years - we have loved every minute of it.

There are so many artists, partners, funders, participants, audiences, places, spaces and landscapes which have made this the phenomenal journey it has been. We cannot thank you all individually but know that you all live within us through everything you've shared.

Our adventures are not over, and we will continue to bring people together through extraordinary musical experiences as we each set off down our new pathways.

Our best wishes for a peaceful and music filled festive season,

Polly, Chloe, Jamie and the Sound UK team

Huge thanks to who was a massive part of our team for so long, and for all her support as Chair of our fantastic trustees

Mini photo album 2025:
2. Ice Quartet
3. Rock Charmer
4. Mother of the Sea
5. Dream Setting
6. VIVO
7. Our teeny super team Jamie Harber, Chloe Arnett, Polly Eldridge and Julia Payne

27/11/2025

“Quercus, as ever, were absolutely outstanding.” Audience feedback, Kings Place

Looking forward to their performances at St George's Bristol tonight - 27 November - and then at Turner Sims on 28 November.

The trio brings together multi-award winning UK folk and jazz musicians to create beautiful, lyrical chamber music.

Tickets: https://www.sounduk.net/events/quercus-2025/

24/11/2025

Venue touring and festivals have always been a key part of Sound UK’s programme.

Here we take a look back at a selection of the tours and diverse array of brilliant artists we have had the pleasure to work with over the last 25 years.

Polly Eldridge, Sound UK’s Director, says: “It was during my first job 30 years ago, working for Cheltenham Jazz Festival, that the love of bringing artist and audiences together struck. Since then, we’ve brought together 100s of artists and 1000s of people in clubs, village halls, and major concert halls. We’ve commissioned and created new collaborations and work from the ground-breaking east London Fertilizer Festival to P*e Wee Ellis’s Funk tour.”

Read more: https://www.sounduk.net/news/celebrating-25-years-venue-tours-and-festivals/

Audio - Will Gregory Moog Ensemble

20/11/2025

Yesterday Terje Isungset was interviewed by ITV news at Lighthouse Poole.

Tonight they’re performing in Leeds at Howard Assembly Room

Still time to catch them at:
Fri 21 Nov: St George's Bristol Bristol
Sat 22 Nov: Turner Sims Southampton
Sun 23 Nov: Kings Place London

https://www.sounduk.net/events/terje-isungset-ice-quartet-2025/

14/11/2025

This Sunday Terje Isungset and his ice music quartet open their week long tour at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre in Canterbury.

Featuring ice harp, ice horn, iceophone, ice percussion, ice bass and vocals.

Sun 16 Nov: Gulbenkian Arts Centre Canterbury�
Tue 18 Nov: Anvil Arts Basingstoke�
Wed 19 Nov: Lighthouse Poole �
Thu 20 Nov: Howard Assembly Room Leeds�
Fri 21 Nov: St George's Bristol Bristol�
Sat 22 Nov: Sims Southampton
Sun 23 Nov: Kings Place London

Head to our website for tickets:
https://www.sounduk.net/events/terje-isungset-ice-quartet-2025/

13/11/2025

Outdoor and site specific music, sound and light projects have been an important part of Sound UK’s artistic programme over the last 25 years.�

Polly Eldridge, Sound UK's Director says:
“It started with Canal music. I’d been on a tour bus, trekking up and down motorways and thought, surely there’s a better way to travel and present music. And of course there is, the slow ways of the canal, stopping off to perform to communities along the way. Working outside of standard music spaces, out in nature and the weather is liberating. You are surrounded by life past, present and future, and there’s a sense of teamwork unlike any other project.”�

Read our web story to find out more, watch the project films and explore more from the archive:�https://www.sounduk.net/news/celebrating-25-years-outdoor-and-site-specific/

Audio featured on this video - excerpt from the Soundwalk for The Secret Sounds of Trees by Jez riley French and Lau Nau.

10/11/2025

“Quercus, as ever, were absolutely outstanding.” Audience feedback, Kings Place��

Following a sold out performance at Kings Place in October, Quercus continue their autumn tour this month with 3 shows in Cardiff at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru (13 Nov), St George's Bristol (27 Nov) and Sims Southampton (28 Nov).�

The trio brings together multi-award winning UK folk and jazz musicians to create beautiful, lyrical chamber music.

“[June Tabor] totally inhabiting every song, transfixing a packed hall from the first moment…her voice undimmed, as strong and sweeping as ever. Pianist Huw Warren & saxophonist Iain Ballamy have collaborated with her for over two decades now and together they form a perfect unit.” �Audience feedback from Kings Place

06/11/2025

As we approach our 25th year, we are taking a moment to celebrate the breadth of extraordinary musical encounters we have created in collaboration with artists and presented to audiences.

First up, we look back at some of the rural tours we have produced over the last 25 years.

Polly Eldridge, Sound UK's Director says:
"Maija Handover (co-Director) and I grew up in villages, having to travel many miles on buses or cadging a lift to go and hear music in the nearest towns and cities. We loved bringing innovative and memorable events into the heart of village life, building relationships and creating work with villages and rural communities. The sense of community and close connection was incredibly special, and it was an absolute joy to work with many brilliant people and to visit beautiful places from Shropshire down to Cornwall."

Find out more, watch the project films and explore more from the archive:https://www.sounduk.net/news/celebrating-25-years-rural-touring/

03/11/2025

Ahead of our tour later this month with the Terje Isungset Ice Quartet, we caught up with Terje to learn more about the process of making, storing and playing these amazing ice instruments.

Read the interview: https://www.sounduk.net/news/Ice-Music-Frequently-Asked-Questions/

23/10/2025

The Paper Cinema continue their autumn tour with two shows in Canterbury at Gulbenkian Arts Centre on Friday 24 & Saturday 25 October as part of the Canterbury Festival.

Then more performances next week in Oxford, Bristol, Swansea and Bradford-On-Avon, followed by Taunton on 4th November.

Wed 29 Oct Oxford The North Wall, Oxford
Thu 30 Oct Bristol St George's Bristol
Fri 31 Oct Swansea Taliesin Arts Centre
Sat 1 Nov Bradford-On-Avon Wiltshire Music Centre
Tue 4 Nov Taunton Brewhouse

https://www.sounduk.net/events/paper-cinema-autumn-2025/

19/10/2025

In one month Terje Isungset and his ice music quartet return to the UK and open their week long tour at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre in Canterbury.

Featuring ice harp, ice horn, iceophone, ice percussion, ice bass and vocals. Expect extraordinary, beautiful and ethereal sounds.

To book tickets visit:
https://www.sounduk.net/events/terje-isungset-ice-quartet-2025/

Sun 16 Nov: Gulbenkian Arts Centre Canterbury
Tue 18 Nov: Anvil Arts Basingstoke
Wed 19 Nov: Lighthouse Poole
Thu 20 Nov: Howard Assembly Room Leeds
Fri 21 Nov: St George's Bristol
Sat 22 Nov: Turner Sims Southampton
Sun 23 Nov: Kings Place London

16/10/2025

Sound UK recommends - from our friends:
OCM and Tandem Collective present a one day festival from Oxford’s global folk community orchestra, Starling Sessions, and special guests.

Saturday 1 November
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Tandem are taking over the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford to mark four years of Starling Sessions, a global folk community orchestra born of Tandem’s festival days and grown to be one of Oxford’s most treasured and joyous live acts. Joining them is an eclectic line-up of performers from around the world.

Find out more: https://ocmevents.org/whats-on/tandem-takeover-starling-sessions-at-the-sheldonian/

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