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What does community music sound like today? Our new edition of Sounding Board journal explores this question through a collection of articles that reflect the breadth, diversity and vitality of community practice across the UK. From the sounds of family kitchens and community fiddle groups to the resonant tones of the gamelan and the everyday spaces where people come together to make music, these contributions offer a snapshot of the many ways community music continues to evolve, connect people and enrich lives.

 

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News & Views
21 August 2026
  • DBS rule change
  • Call for Trustees
  • share your thoughts on Turn It Up
  • Community music events, jobs and resources
05 August 2026
Submissions are open for our upcoming issue of Sounding Board journal with the theme 'Knowing community music today'
Courses & Events
03 September 2026 - 04 September 2026
Conference
This conference is now fully booked, but there is a waiting list in operation
11 September 2026
Seminar
This Sing Up Foundation event will be a live conversation on repertoire, agency and young people's mental health, with Mark Bick, Chanté Osagiede and Jenny Trattles
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PHOTO CREDITS

Thank you to all our members who have shared their images to help us celebrate community music on this website.

 

Soundcastle 

People's Music programme brings people together through shared music making for wellbeing and mental health recovery.

soundcastle.co.uk

 

Oasis One World Choir

Working with Oasis Cardiff, a centre for asylum seekers and refugees, to deliver the Oasis One World Choir Project.
  
oneworldchoir.co.uk/

 

Moor to Sea Music Collective

A collective that believes that socially engaged music creation provides a space to consider and address the barriers that prevent people from participating in music and community.
 
moortoseamusic.org.uk/



Musical Keys

Making music accessible to everyone, supporting diverse music-making at a grassroots level and to sustain and improve wellbeing.

musicalkeys.co.uk/