British Electroacoustic Competition Call for Works Winners Announced! In May we launched a call for works in order to find a selection of pieces to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming CIME General Assembly Meeting as a part of MUSICACOUSTICA-Hangzhou. With a staggering 49 submissions, the four jurors (Diana Salazar, Adam Stanovic, James Andean, and…
Keep readingA month ago, the British ElectroAcoustic Network collaborated in the production of two days of concerts produced by GARS ELECTRONICA and O.A.D.E.M. – Ode an die Elektroakustische Musik – Austria. The concerts were beautifully curated by Louise Rossiter – a BEAN committee member – who programmed seven mini-concerts featuring works by various British composers, including:…
Keep readingUpdate: Back from the wilderness… Hello to all our lovely BEAN members! It has been a long period of radio silence from us, for which we apologise – but what a long strange few years it has been: nationally, internationally, professionally, and personally. But, that’s all behind us now; time to look towards the future!…
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Free | Birmingham | Deadline: 21 September 2026
Wildness is often understood as that which escapes control. It may be found in untamed landscapes or hidden within urban infrastructure; in systems that exceed their creators’ intentions; in collective action and acts of creative disruption; in unruly behaviours and emergent forms of life. Yet in an increasingly managed and mediated world, what does it mean to remain wild? What happens when sound is allowed to escape established categories, hierarchies, disciplines, technologies, and modes of listening? How can we rewild our music?
BEAST invites artists, composers, performers, technologists, researchers, and creative practitioners to explore wildness in all its sonic ferality. We welcome works that engage with ecological complexity, non-human worlds, undomesticated technologies, improvisation, uncertainty, resistance, transformation, and evolution.
€159.50 with BEAN 50% off | Online | Deadline: 12 Octomber 2026
Developed from Francois’s sold out series’ in 2024/25, this online workshop is a unique opportunity to explore the ideas, history and forward trajectories of musique concrete, led by composer, writer, theoretician and Director of INA GRM, Francois J. Bonnet (aka Kassel Jaeger).
Drawing on the heritage of musique concrete and acousmatic music, this course aims to revise the conceptual foundations that traditionally underpin musical thinking and to take a more experiential approach to composition. Drawing on an original body of theory as well as tangible examples, the aim of the session is to open up new paths of creation, enabling each participant to articulate their relationship to musical creation more clearly, to redefine the issues at stake and to find new creative routes to explore.
BEAN members can apply for a 50% discount by applying for the Open Grant by mentioning that they are a member when applying – there are only a few places remaining!
Join NE Sound Women Network for an online meetup and connect with other women and minority gender people to share your projects, activities and other things that may be of interest.
The group are currently planning some workshops, so come along and share your ideas!
Email northeastsoundwomen@gmail.com to request the joining link.
Auris brings a new listening experience to Manchester as the city’s first dedicated sound art festival. It invites us to tune into our sense of sound, bringing people together through an artistic programme that presents new ideas, uncovers histories and challenges perspectives.
Taking place 9–11 October, the festival profiles some of the most distinctive and exciting voices in contemporary sound art, uncovering the many ways sound can be experienced. Expect three days of installations, performances, spatial audio, talks, workshops and soundwalks.
Performances
Francisco López / Lee Patterson / Lola de la Mata / Nik Colk Void / Ryoko Akama / Robin The Fog / WEȽ∝KER
Installations
Kamila Narysheva / Vicky Clarke / Wajid Yaseen
Spatial Audio
Brona Martin / Text-Sound-Art / Miko Tchórzewski / Markus Decker / Bernard Kelly / Totaleee / Nye Parry / Cameron Naylor / Scald / Horse Lords / Arconic Sound / Jose Macabra / Mick Harris
Talks / Workshops
Emma Margetson / Hannah Kemp-Welch / Mark Wagner / Signkid / Kate Carr / Iain Chambers / Jez riley French / Matt Barnard
Soundwalks
Maya Chowdhry / Markus Hetheier / Hayley Suviste / Ryan Woods
The festival takes place within some of Manchester’s most distinctive and iconic spaces, bringing sound art into buildings that have been shaped by a history of industry, science and innovation. Unfolding across the Anthony Burgess Foundation, a converted 19th-century mill space that once housed the machinery of the industrial revolution; SEESAW, a century-old Grade II listed former textile warehouse; The Renold Building at Sister, a brutalist space of great importance to the city’s scientific and technological past and future; and SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University’s pioneering centre for digital arts.
Early bird tickets have now sold out, but weekend passes are available now, with concessions available for students and people from low-income households. Day tickets will
be on sale soon. For the current programme and booking information, visit aurisfestival.com.
Auris is developed by Modus Arts, an award-winning Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Resonance FM and The Wire, and is part of The Cultural Welcome, a special week of student events around the Oxford Road Corridor, Manchester’s Knowledge Quarter.
BEASTdome feat. Annette Vande Gorne, Saturday 24 October
Head to the link in our bio for Tickets and Full Details.
As part of her 80th Birthday Celebrations, BEAST is delighted to welcome electroacoustic pioneer Annette Vande Gorne for our Autumn BEASTdome evening.
Founder of the Musiques & Recherches centre and the internationally renowned L’Espace du Son festival, she has been instrumental in shaping both the practice and dissemination of acousmatic art. Her work explores the physical and energetic qualities of sound, often drawing inspiration from nature, while placing particular emphasis on spatial composition as a central musical parameter.
18:30 – Sat 24th – BEAST Composers and works selected through the British Electroacoustic Network Call for Works.
20:00 – Sat 24th – Annette Vande Gorne.
11:00 – Sun 25th – Diffusion Workshop with Annette Vande Gorne (Free, Booking Essential)
*UK members include anybody currently living/working/studying in the UK, or British Citizens working abroad.
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