soundFestival 2024
Adventures in new music
Welcome to our 20th festival!
225 commissions later, sound is now an organisation that not only gives audiences from North East Scotland the opportunity to discover a wide range of new music on their doorstep, but also offers year-round support programmes for composers and young people.
There have been ups and downs over the years: promoting and encouraging ‘niche’ music isn’t always easy, and the arts funding environment continues to be challenging. And of course there was the pandemic...
But we love sharing our passion for new music, and are proud of all the partnerships, projects and new works we have created along the way. We are particularly excited to present this 20th festival to you: bringing back some regular performers and composers, as well as introducing some new faces. We hope you’ll come and celebrate with us!
Fiona Robertson, Director and Pete Stollery, Chair