sound 2010
From a solo harp recital in Portsoy's Salmon Bothy to a day of electroacoustic music in Aberdeen, sound and its network of partner organisations has planned for 2010 another journey of musical exploration across the North East of Scotland. It will include music by composers such as Steve Reich, Sally Beamish, Peter Maxwell Davies, Graham Fitkin and the best of british eclectroacoustic composers, as well as artists such as Colin Currie, the Smith Quartet, the Hebrides Ensemble, the Red Note Ensemble and Found.
Not only have we programmed a range of different genres of music but also dance through our collaboration with DanceLive, art exhibitions, a 4-day music festival for schools, workshops and talks.
Come to listen to pieces you know and love or join us to discover something new…
sound festival is one of Scotland's true hidden gems… sound is all about music and acts as a umbrella for a range of concerts talks, workshops and performances. It is a festival for everyone and this inclusivity is sure to help it rocket in prominence in the coming years.
The Skinny
It is surprising where contemporary music will flourish as flourish it does in north-east Scotland's sound Festival.
Classical Music Magazine
Central belt trendies must be wondering why nothing of this like takes place in Glasgow or Edinburgh. Perhaps it is the very fact that it's held away from these bigger cities allows it to be just that bit more daring and imaginative in its programming.
Alan Morrison Sunday Herald
I would like to put on record that I am a fan of the Festival… sound has developed in an extraordinary fashion.
Michael Tumelty The Herald
sound, an initiative of Woodend Arts Association in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen, operates largely as a network of local and some national organisations. The 2010 network also includes Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts, Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Aberdeen Sinfonietta, Cantamus Hodie, Citymoves Dance Agency, Clashnettie Arts Centre, DanceLive, Deveron Arts, Duff House, Interesting Music Promotions, Inverurie Music, London's John Armitage Memorial Concert (JAM), Lang Byre Gallery, Left Bank, The Lemon Tree, Love Music Festival, Lunchbreaks at Cowdray Hall, Monymusk Arts Trust, Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Music Centeral, Newton Dee Community, North East of Scotland Music School, NYOS Futures, Peacock Visual Arts, Salmon Bothy, Strathdee Music Club, University of Aberdeen Music Prize and Woodend Music Society.
If you'd like to be kept informed of what's happening by email and receive the festival leaflet please contact us on and give us your name, postal address and email address.
sound, c/o Woodend Barn, Burn O'Bennie, Banchory, AB31 5QA, Scotland.
