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Sounding Board 2024 Issue 3

Amplifying Voices How vocal processors and technology are being used to facilitate creative expression among children in SEN school settings Kim Perkins
Tools of the trade Affordable, easy to use synthesisers add an electronic element to community music making David Owen
Electronic Us Building community through the soundwaves Rebecca Denniff
Introducing the WIRED Toolkit Supporting women and minority gender young people in music technology and creating better learning environments Yorkshire Sound Women Network
Bringing the outside in Making music in all weathers with Flash Company Arts Rebecca Denniff
The BrainWave Project Exciting innovations in music technology are facilitating meaningful music making with Musical Keys Oliver Payne and David Ross
Sunlight filtering through the trees A celebration of Graham Dowdall's electronic music Claire Francis

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Sounding Board 2024 Issue 2

SoundLINCS Resource Summary 2024 Lincolnshire-based organisation soundLINCS offers an overview of its key resources for community musicians soundLINCS
Sing Your Heart Out Discover how these singing video resources can help with relaxation and stress management Laura Bradshaw
Communications Training for Community Musicians Find out how to communicate your work with impact Anita Holford
A journey through Inclusive Music Practice Develop your skills and understand how to take your inclusive practice further with Drake Music's Inclusive Music Making map resource Drake Music
Resources for Early Years Musicians Sound Sense board member and community musician Carol Bowden highlights three useful resources for early years practice Carol Bowden

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Sounding Board 2024 Issue 1

Getting started with a CIC Powys-based CIC Music Anywhere is delivering music-making activities focusing on collaboration, creativity and compassion Cat Nunn
The life of a music hacker What is a music hacker and how can this encourage new ways of music-making? Lee Holder
How to run a workshop at a festival From setting up and structuring a workshop, to making it fun and engaging for all, Maddie from Maddie4Music shares her festival workshop tips Maddie Cordes
A juggling act: life as a freelancer Community musician and former Sound Sense Chair Jess Abrams gives us a lighthearted, honest look at the day in a life of a freelancer Jess Abrams
Marketing tips for music practitioners Ten simple ways to help you share and promote your work Claire Francis
Food with everything! How food and music strengthen a sense of community in Yorkshire with Flash Company Arts CIC Rebecca Denniff

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Sounding Board 2023 Issue 4

Creating a space with Magic Acorns A dedicated early years creative study and play centre in Great Yarmouth Dr Jess Pitt and Sophie Fox
Working together with Shared Sounds A Youth Music-funded programme at The Bureau Centre for the Arts in Blackburn Victoria Holmes
This is the Place Improving outcomes for care-experienced children and young people Dr Ryan Humphrey
Into The Kaleidoscope How Devon-based Moor to Sea Music Collective created an immersive, child-led creative space Rachel Thame
All the Right Notes: Raven Tales An interactive story show of exploration, improvisation and sensory play Anni Tracy and Ben McCabe
Makin a Brew Using Scottish traditional rhymes, songs and stories to inspire early years music making Gica Loening and Claire McNicol
Early Years Music Scotland A series of professional development opportunities Dr Yvonne Wyroslawska
Diversity in Early Years Performance Making Findings from the report co-produced by Soundcastle and Spun Glass Theatre Rachael Perrin and Jessica Cheetham
NYMAZ and Noteweavers Early Years Music Conference Inclusion is the focus of this co-delivered event taking place in March Abby Seton

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