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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are looking for Sound Sense members to join our Board of Trustees! Join a friendly and energetic team committed to promoting and developing community music practice in the UK and beyond. More info here: www.soundsense.org/DB/jobs-and-...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Join Sound Sense, the UK’s professional association for community musicians, and become part of a community of over 800 practitioners and organisations, sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge and inspiration. Become a Sound Sense member today: www.soundsense.org/member-servi...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Submissions are open for our upcoming issue of Sounding Board journal with the theme 'Knowing community music today' Find more information and details on how to submit here: www.soundsense.org/DB/news-and-...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What does community music sound like today? Our second Sounding Board edition of 2026 explores this question through a collection of articles that reflect the breadth, diversity and vitality of community music practice across the UK. Read it online here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Our June issue of Bulletin Board, the monthly community music newsletter for Sound Sense members, is out now! Sound Sense members will find the latest issue in your inbox, or read it online now: www.soundsense.org/news-and-views

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sound Sense board member Carol Bowden will host our Gathering 'Survival tips for working solo' on Mon 15 June @ 10.30am. Email gathering@soundsense.org for joining details. Anyone interested in community music is welcome to attend this friendly online meet-up. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Are you looking for support, opportunities, and a network that truly understands your work? Join Sound Sense, the UK’s professional association for community musicians, and become part of a vibrant community of over 800 practitioners and organisations! Join today: www.soundsense.org/member-servi...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The latest issue of our Sounding Board online journal has the theme 'Community music in schools', with fantastic articles covering the relationships between community music practices, music education, and therapeutic practices. Members can read this issue here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

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Sound Sense :: Resources & Publications :: supporting community music

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Sing Up Foundation @singupfoundation.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

"Safe danger" — a concept from therapeutic research that explains why group singing can be uniquely powerful for young people who've experienced trauma. Dave Camlin unpacks it in our latest episode-An idea that will really get you thinking. 🎧 Spotify: bit.ly/4sGPpL3 ▶️ YouTube: youtu.be/7ljNBJVJC-Y

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

You are warmly invited to join us this Friday for our February Gathering ‘Community music in uncertain times’. This is an opportunity to get together for a candid conversation about how local, regional, national & international influences can impact your work as a community music practitioner

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We want your submissions for the upcoming issue of Sounding Board! You can share your thinking and practice in words, pictures, audio or video. If you have any questions, please email our Communications Manager claire.francis@soundsense.org & find more info here: www.soundsense.org/DB/resources...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Join us next week for our first Sound Sense Gathering of 2026 hosted by board member Carol Bowden. We'll be idea-sharing around what we can do as community music practitioners to support mental health and wellbeing, for ourselves and for others. All welcome! fb.me/e/5xs1GLMmZ

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Chiltern Music Therapy is hiring a Community Musician in the Buckinghamshire area. Part time (approx 6 hours per week). Deadline to apply is 21 November. More details on this great opportunity here: www.soundsense.org/DB/jobs-and-...

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The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark @musicmarkuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The @openuniversity.bsky.social aimed to identify the specific needs of primary music education in England from key stakeholders’ perspectives, as well as exploring how collaboration among organisations could enhance music ed in primary schools 💡 🔗Read more: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/ex...

The Open University, in partnership with Music Mark and the Orchestra of the
Age of Enlightenment, have conducted research Exploring England’s Primary Music Education Needs, with insights from schools’ senior leadership, music curriculum leaders, generalist teachers, and music hubs. Read the article to learn more! An illustration of a speakerphone is bottom left.

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Community Music Now & Next panel spotlight: Accessible Music for Community Musicians. This panel brings together some of the champions of UK music technology. Hear about available equipment, what works in the community music field, what's coming next, & considerations when designing for the future.

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Book now for Community Music Now & Next to get our early bird ticket price! Offer valid until EOD tomorrow, 30 Sept. Ticket price includes a day of talks, workshops & activities, and lunch + refreshments, plus a platform to share your own community music practice: cmnn_gloucester.eventbrite.co.uk

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The UK Association for Music Education: Music Mark @musicmarkuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

This @openuniversity.bsky.social course offers practical advice covering how to curate diverse programmes, seeking funding, building audience engagement, and getting performers on board 📣 It covers both historical & contemporary women composers! 🎶 🔗Take a look: www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/wo...

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ISM @ism-music.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Music teachers 📣 The Curriculum and Assessment Review final report is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time for you to have your say on the future of music education. Take part in our 2025 survey today - your voice matters 👇 loom.ly/5V6wtsM

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Join the Arts Play Health Community group on Wed 24th September 4-5pm BST for a session on Personal Music for Health & Wellbeing. Explore the role music can play in living well and challenges in using music as part of living well with health conditions: www.pathsresearchgroup.org/artsplayhealth

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Booking is now open for Community Music Now & Next! This event is a one-day, in person CPD and networking event from Sound Sense, in partnership with The Music Works, on Sat 18 Oct in Gloucester. Early Bird ticket prices are available until the end of September www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Last call for board nominations! We’re looking for four people to join our Board of Directors and help shape our future. The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday 22 September: www.soundsense.org/DB/jobs-and-...

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Carol Bowden @bowders.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Join me and @katiedoherty.bsky.social for some playful music-making, learning, and conversation 🎶

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

September issue of our monthly Bulletin Board newsletter is out now! - Join the Sound Sense Board - Musicians with autism research steering group - Contribute to Sounding Board journal - Community music training, jobs & resources Members can log in to read it here: www.soundsense.org/news-and-views

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

What’s it like to be on the board of Sound Sense? Find out from our current Chair, Rebecca Denniff, in the video below! www.youtube.com/shorts/T7zMh...

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Rebecca Denniff on why you should consider standing for election to the Sound Sense board

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The next issue of Sounding Board will have the theme 'Duty of Care' - do you have a resource you'd like to share, or an idea for an article or interview? Please get in touch with our editor claire.francis@soundsense.org & find further information at: soundsense.org/resources-and-publications.

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Open Up Music 🎵 @openupmusic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

📣 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀. We need you to guide our work opening music to young disabled musicians as a Treasurer or Trustee! 📅 Deadline: 1 September 2025 🔗Apply: www.openupmusic.org/we-re-recrui... Please share 🙏

A photo of young disabled and non-disabled musicians performing to an audience. Text reads "Trustees and Treasurer wanted! Apply by 1 September".

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Did you miss our Community Music Now event back in March? Catch up on moments, learnings and perspectives from the two-day event in our latest Sounding Board journal - members can log in and read it here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Join us online this evening at 7pm for our ‘Community Music Now & Next’ themed Gathering, hosted by Sound Sense board members Lee Holder and Ellie Knott! We'll be discussing plans for our in-person event on 18 October in partnership with The Music Works in Gloucester www.facebook.com/events/17400...

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Sound Sense Gathering

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MUSIC:ED @musiced.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🎵 Funding Alert! 🎵 Apply for up to £2,000 from the Sound Connections Innovate programme to pilot creative music projects for young people across England. Includes mentoring and free training! 🗓 Deadline: 21 July 2025

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Job opportunity! 📣 Learning, Outreach & Engagement Manager (Harrow-based) Prospectus is recruiting on behalf of a talent development organisation for a Learning, Outreach & Engagement Manager to oversee their music education and engagement programmes. Find out more www.soundsense.org/jobs-and-car...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Join us online on Wednesday 18 June at 10.30am (UK time) for our ‘Early Years Music'-themed Gathering, hosted by Sound Sense board member Xenia Horne. All welcome - email gathering@soundsense.org for joining details. We look forward to seeing you there! www.soundsense.org/DB/events-2/...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Last chance to for our Spring Membership Offer! Join the UK’s leading network for community musicians and music practitioners - your first three months of membership will cost just £1. After that you will pay £19.25 every three months (equivalent to £77 a year) www.soundsense.org/member-servi...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Call out for Sounding Board submissions! 📖 The next issue of our Sounding Board online journal will have the theme of 'Community Music Now', continuing the conversation from our Community Music Now event back in March. What does community music look like to you in 2025?

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Our first edition of Sounding Board journal for 2025 is out now! We have wonderful contributions on the theme 'Not Just Music' from Soundcastle & Spun Glass Theatre, Orchestras Live and Arts Active. Members can read it online here: www.soundsense.org/resources-an...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

We'd like to extend a huge thankyou to everyone who joined us at our Community Music Now event in Leeds over the weekend! 😄 We're very grateful to the presenters who shared their research and practice, and to all of the participants who contributed to the conversation around 'community music now'

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Are you joining us this weekend in Leeds at Community Music Now and eager to see what's in store? 🎵 You can now view the Event Programme here: www.soundsense.org/public/3308/... Last minute tickets still available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

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Community Music Now

A collaborative production between Sound Sense, Leeds Beckett University and AMP, exploring innovative practice in community music.

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Leroy Lupton from More Music will be delivering a 'Music Production Simplified' workshop at our Community Music Now event on 1 & 2 March. The workshop will cover ways to simplify music production using free, web-based software. We hope to see you there! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Join us on Tuesday 18 February at 7pm as Sound Sense board members Rebecca Denniff and Dr Jessica Pitt host our monthly online Gathering. Connect with other community musicians + share your thoughts on what community music looks like in 2025. All welcome! Email gathering@soundsense.org to join in.

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We're looking forward to seeing you at our Community Music Now event on 1 & 2 March, in partnership with AMP and @leedsbeckett.bsky.social Join us for two days of networking, connecting & exploring the latest community music innovations and trends. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...

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Community Music Now

A collaborative production between Sound Sense, Leeds Beckett University and AMP, exploring innovative practice in community music.

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Does your community music activity incorporate other creative artforms? Share your practice with us - we're looking for articles for the next issue of Sounding Board journal. If you have a resource or article you'd like to share, please DM or email claire.francis@soundsense.org

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Soundabout @soundabout.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

We're on Bluesky! Looking forward to connecting with our community on this platform.

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Anita Holford @anitaholford.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Have you listened to the Music for Education & Wellbeing podcast lately? It's full of inspiration & advice from & for anyone working in music education, community music, music therapy, youth music ... There's a handy index on the podcast page on my website - see comments.

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National Centre for Creative Health @ncch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Great @the-bma.bsky.social podcast episode building on ‘Life in Colour’ article in the Dr Magazine. How creativity is one of the many tools that doctors can use to help heal & treat patients, & how the creative process can help healthcare professionals with burnout podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Life in colour | Episode 2

Podcast Episode · The Doctor · 01/14/2025 · 38m

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National Centre for Creative Health @ncch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Creativity & Social Prescribing. Online webinar hosted by our SE Associate for Commissioners, GPs & others interested in Creative Prescribing. Speakers: Dr Simon Opher MP; Monica Boulton,NASP; Kathryn Lambert & Rhian Rees, Hywel Dda University Health Board. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/592844...

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Does your community music practice incorporate painting, dance, film or other creative art forms? We'd love to share your stories in the next issue of Sounding Board! If you have a resource or article you'd like to share, please email claire.francis@soundsense.org by Monday 3 February.

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

For our first Gathering of 2025, join us online on Wed 22 January as we explore the topic 'Social Media for Community Music' and how community musicians can best use social media to engage with participants, peers and funders. All welcome! fb.me/e/7YZflwc9c

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Sound Sense @soundsenseuk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Hello Bluesky! 👋 Sound Sense is the UK professional association for community musicians. Since 1990, we have been proud to support, promote, and advocate for the many highly-skilled and hardworking practitioners who make up the vibrant community music sector in the UK and abroad www.soundsense.org

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