The British Electroacoustic Network (BEAN) is the national body for electroacoustic music in Britain.

The network connects electroacoustic composers, performers, and listeners from across Britain. It aims to generate and promote new electroacoustic music, disseminate electroacoustic music through concerts and events, and increase access to electroacoustic music (through the promotion of calls for works, events, and competitions) . As the national body , BEAN aims to promote British electroacoustic music overseas. It is the National Federation Member of the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music, an NGO Partner of UNESCO and Member of International Music Council.

Latest News

British Electroacoustic Competition Call for Works Winners Announced!

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…

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The British-Austrian Friends of Acousmatic Music

A 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:…

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Update: Back from the wilderness…

Update: 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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Featured Opportunity

SOUND/IMAGE 2026 Festival – Call for Works

Free | Greenwich, UK | Deadline: 12 June 2026

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“Artistic Intelligence”

University of Greenwich | Nov 5-8, 2026

We’re inviting composers, filmmakers, artists, performers, architects, researchers and creatives working across sound, image, media and technology to submit work for the 11th edition of the SOUND/IMAGE festival.

We welcome:
Sound & Music
Audiovisual Works
Live Performances
Installations
Talks & Workshops

This year’s theme, Artistic Intelligence, explores creativity, agency, algorithms, AI co-creation, immersive media, practice research and interdisciplinary experimentation.

We especially encourage submissions from students, apprentices, emerging artists, and practitioners from underrepresented backgrounds.

Deadline: Friday 12 June 2026, 23:59 UTC+1

In-person participation required

https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/…/sound-image-2026-call-for-works

Upcoming Events

Unarchived Live – Trueform Projects x BEAST

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In 1970, Mohammed Ayub founded Oriental Star Agencies in Balsall Heath — a record shop that grew into one of the most influential cultural hubs in the South Asian diaspora. When the shop closed Trueform Projects salvaged much of its vinyl collection and ephemera, preserving an extraordinary archive of memory, migration, and music.

This event in collaboration with Trueform Projects brings together a series of immersive musical responses to the archive, rethinking its legacy alongside visuals by Trueform director Faisal Hussain. Creation supported by the University’s ASPIRE, QR, and PR funds.

Free

The Dome, Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT

8 June 2026

8pm

The Experimental Sound Society New Music Norwich : Una Lee + support

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Una Lee is an artist working with sounds, stories and sensations, in perpetual pursuit of alternative storytelling.

She likes to play with the notion of a contemporary marriage between performance and poetry. Una explores human condition, memory, time, and our relationship with art and ecology through narratives, often drawn from autobiographical events as a non-native in her current habitat.

Una has performed and exhibited extensively including at Sonorities Festival (Belfast), Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, International Summer Music Festival Darmstadt, Oslo Internasjonale Poesifestival, Espace Niemeyer (Paris), Osaka Electroacoustic Music Festival, apex art (NYC), Oil Tank Culture Park (Seoul), and Cafe OTO (London). She has received an Oram Award and two Ivor Novello Composers Award nominations.

The Experimental Sound Society New Music Norwich

Step into the sonic unknown with The Experimental Sound Society: New Music Norwich – a bold, immersive series pushing the boundaries of electroacoustic and experimental music.

Funded by Arts Council England, in conjunction with Norwich Puppet Theatre this ongoing series of gigs curates radical soundscapes, avant-garde performances and genre-defying collaborations, inviting audiences to experience music at its most innovative and thought-provoking.

Whether you’re a devotee of the unconventional or a curious newcomer, prepare to be challenged, inspired, and transported by artists redefining what music can be.

Join us as we celebrate the cutting edge of contemporary sound in one of Norwich’s most unique and inspiring venues.

Become a Member

BEAN membership is free to join for UK* and international members. The registration is linked below, and doing so only takes a minute. By signing up you will receive monthly digests of opportunities and events around the country, as well as being able to submit your own events and calls across the network!

*UK members include anybody currently living/working/studying in the UK, or British Citizens working abroad.

Please note that opportunities and events submitted by international members are considered for publication based on their relevance and accessibility to UK members.

Donate to BEAN

While membership remains 100% free, donations are greatly appreciated. The money received goes towards running costs for this website, and the annual CIME membership fees. Any donations received beyond this amount will be put solely toward the upkeep and expansion of the platform.

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