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Yorkshire Sound Women Network

@yswn.bsky.social
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Working for gender equity in audio, inspiring and enabling women and gender-diverse people to explore sound and music technology. linktr.ee/yorkshiresoundwomennetwork

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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We had so much fun exploring sounds from the Daphne Oram archive yesterday evening! Thanks to Sophie Cooper for leading the session and to @huddersfielduni.bsky.social for hosting us (in the coolest space on the hottest day of the year) and supporting with tech. 🧵1/2
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Our amazing WIRED Bradford group had the chance to show off their new audio tech skills at the final session at @bdartscentre.bsky.social centre last week. They wrote the songs... They recorded the songs using a DAW... They performed the songs for their families... A round of applause!👏🏾 1/2
A girl smiles in front of the mic as a workshop leader sings to her.Another girl wearing headphones and holding a notepad, prepares to sing.One girl stands at the mic while another sits at a laptop.Two girls look at a laptop.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Join YSWN Huddersfield Makers on Thu 13 Aug for a special free workshop where you can experiment and create with samples from the archive of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram! No experience/kit needed, book here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sounds-of-...
Photomontage showing Daphne Oram giving a speech while wearing a paisley blouse, superimposed on a photo of her Oramics machine with purple and orange colour effects. Text says: Sounds of future past: explore Daphne Oram's archive recordings. Free hands-on workshop, Thu 13 Aug, 7-9pm, Richard Steinitz Building, University of Huddersfield.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Our Rewired free music technology club has reached the end of its six-week run, and here’s a taste of the final session last Tuesday, where the newly fledged audio creators showed their families coding with the BBC micro:bit and DIY electronic instruments inspired by the work of Daphne Oram.
Photo of a family with two girls and a mum and dad, with the older girl demonstrating something on a laptop, connected to a device which the mum is holding.Photo of two girls showing their dads a laptop on which they've been coding.Photo of a girl and her older female family member looking intently at a laptop.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📣MEET OUR 2026 CHANGING GEAR ARTISTS After sifting through our largest pile of applications to date, our judging panel have selected the three Yorkshire-based artists who will take part in this year’s Changing Gear programme and create new music inspired by the Peak District national park!
Photo collage showing Eleanor Hooper, Gilank (a duo) and Layla Legard
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
📽️Here's a sneak peek at Mary Stark preparing her new performance JACQUARD ready for our Unearthed concert this Thursday! There are only a few tickets left to see Mary, Ryoko Akama, The Silver Field, Naomi Hart & Anna Ross present new work and they're FREE, so book yours now... 🧵1/2
Photo of Mary in a white-walled practice space, hanging up strips of film on a rack.Photo of Mary Stark in the same space, standing at a small table with a sewing machine. In the foreground are two film projectors.Photo of Mary standing at her sewing machine with paper jacquard weaving pattern silhouettes cast across her.Close-up of a music box mechanism with the punched paper strip running through it.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Our Unearthed event takes place in two weeks and more than half the free tickets have gone already – don't miss out! 🎛️Featuring performances from: Mary Stark Ryoko Akama The Silver Field 🎧Installations by: Naomi Hart Anna Ross ⚡Free tix here: unearthedyswn.eventbrite.co.uk 🧵1/2
Slide showing a photo of a small ‘magic’ crystal tree, covered with text saying: Yorkshire Sound Women Network presents Unearthed / New music and sound art from: Mary Stark, Ryoko Akama, Naomi Hart, Anna Ross, The Silver Field / Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield, Thu 4 June, 7-9.30pm, Free entry. Plus logos for the University of Huddersfield, Leverhulme Trust, Arts Council England and YSWN.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
📢We’re super-pleased that Rose Kindred-Boothby aka @oramawards.bsky.social winner The Silver Field will be joining Mary Stark and Ryoko Akama for the live part of our Unearthed event. The Silver Field uses modular synth and self-built instruments to weave a rich and dream-like tapestry of sound...
Slide showing a photo of a small ‘magic’ crystal tree, covered with text saying: Yorkshire Sound Women Network presents Unearthed / New music and sound art from: Mary Stark, Ryoko Akama, Naomi Hart, Anna Ross, The Silver Field / Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield, Thu 4 June, 7-9.30pm, Free entry. Plus logos for the University of Huddersfield, Leverhulme Trust, Arts Council England and YSWN.Photo of The Silver Field performing with microphone and synth, plus text saying: Unearthed / The Silver Field / Thu 4 June / Huddersfield / free entryPhoto of Mary Stark in front of dramatic monochrome projections, plus text saying: Unearthed / Mary Stark / Thu 4 June / Huddersfield / free entryMonochrome photo of Ryoko Akama sitting down with a large synth in view, plus text saying: Unearthed / Ryoko Akama / Thu 4 June / Huddersfield / free entry
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📢NEW EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🌍⚡Unearthed: new electronic music and sound art⚡🌏 🎛️Featuring live performances from: Mary Stark Ryoko Akama plus special guest 🎧Installations by: Naomi Hart Anna Ross ⚡Thu 4 June, 7pm-9.30pm, University of Huddersfield 🌟Free tickets: unearthedyswn.eventbrite.co.uk 🧵1/3
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Unearthed - Presented by Yorkshire Sound Women Network
An evening of new electronic music and sound art curated by Yorkshire Sound Women Network.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🔌Our popular WIRED music technology clubs are back! 🎧Starting Wed 3 June, six FREE after-school sessions at @bdartscentre.bsky.social where girls and gender-diverse young people aged 11-14 can learn audio skills and get creative with sound. No experience necessary! ⏩Register via our Linktree
Flyer for WIRED club in Bradford showing a group of three teenage girls enjoying synthesisers and MIDI controllers, plus text saying: Wired / Bradford music technology club for girls aged 11-14 years old / BE AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INNOVATOR! / Learn how to use a DAW (music software) / Explore effects and synthesis / Try some recording techniques / Make and mix your own track / You don't need any previous music or technology experience to take part / FREE! BOOK ONLINE!
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Tomorrow afternoon!
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
📣Changing Gear is back! Apply now to create new electronic music inspired by the landscapes, people and stories of the Peak District. Three emerging women or gender-diverse musicians/producers in #Yorkshire and the #Humber will create and perform work inspired by the Peak District National Park. 1/3
Slide showing a photo of orange stalactites in Treak Cavern, overlaid with text saying: Changing Gear / Create new electronic music inspired by the landscapes, people and stories of the Peak District. Apply Now. Plus logos for YSWN and PRS Foundation.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Join YSWN Huddersfield Makers this Sat (25 Apr) between 2-4pm for a relaxed afternoon social in HIVE Cooperative Café☕🍵🍰and meet other women and non-binary people interested in music and audio tech. The group is currently planning summer activities including workshops and a synth jam!
Slide showing an illustration of a MIDI controller and colourful wavy lines suggesting sound, with text saying: YSWN Huddersfield Makers / Next social / Sat 25 April 2-4pm HIVE Cooperative Café / Come say hello and help us make plans. Slide showing an illustration of a modular synthesiser and colourful wavy lines suggesting sound, with text saying: YSWN Huddersfield Makers / Is a friendly social and skill-sharing group for women (cis or trans) and non-binary people who share an interest in making music and sound using audio technology. We’re part of Yorkshire Sound Women Network but organise our own meetings and activities.Slide showing an illustration of a cassette tape coming unspooled, and colourful wavy lines suggesting sound, with text saying: YSWN Huddersfield Makers / Come and tell us what you’re into. Whether you’re interested in music-making, DJ-ing, sound art or DIY electronics, we’d like to meet you. All knowledge levels from beginner to expert are welcome – there are no stupid questions here.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Bradford Sound Women just keep on bringing us awesome stuff and the latest is SoundBleed, an evening of experimental improvisation, avant-garde performance and contemporary arts practice on Friday 17 April. 🧵1/2 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/soundbleed...
Poster featuring a grainy monochrome image of Cat Scott and text saying 'Cat'Poster featuring a grainy monochrome image of the duo Gilank playing (electronics etc) and text saying 'Gilank'Poster featuring a grainy monochrome image of Ryoko Akama and text saying 'Ryoko'
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🧄Celery was snapped, garlic bulbs rustled and spaghetti rattled at Shabang in Slaithwaite yesterday... .🍝..but instead of bolognese, we were making soundtracks! 🎬Eddie Dobson led a Foley workshop with a group of young women, who made their own sound effects and created pieces using Garageband.
Photo of Eddie Dobson standing up leading a workshop, in front of monitor showing a DAW and a projection screen.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
📣Our latest newsletter is out now, with details of our chosen Rewired artists, an introduction to our new Industry Lead Emily Jones, some International Women’s Day #IWD2026 highlights, events, opportunities and more. 📌If you’re not already subscribed, read it here: mailchi.mp/efc2b07f0d28...
Photo of Cherry Seraph performing with an Ableton Push controller, synth and microphone.Ryoko Akama adjusting a length of tube running into a green plastic bottle as part of an installation.Photo of Emily Jones smiling while standing in front of a warm yellow wall that matches the colour of her beanie hat.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Meet YSWN's new Industry Lead, Emily Jones! Emily will be super-charging our industry-facing work, including making connections with a range of audio organisations, devising and delivering equity training and advocating for YSWN's mission far and wide. We're so excited to have her on board! 🎧💪🏼🎉
Photo of Emily Jones smiling while standing in front of a warm yellow wall that matches the colour of her beanie hat.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
📣Time to reveal the five Yorkshire artists who have been chosen for our Rewired commissions... 🎉Congratulations to Mary Stark, Ryoko Akama, Naomi Hart, Mayshe-Mayshe and Anna Ross – we can’t wait to see your ideas come to life! yorkshiresoundwomen.com/news/our-rewired-artists-revealed
Mary Stark performing in a darkened room, weaving together strips that are casting shadows on a light projection screen.Mayshe-Mayshe with pink hair and clothing and wearing shades, holding a cute knitted bug toy.Naomi Hart standing holding an SH-101 synth under her arm.Ryoko Akama adjusting a length of tube running into a green plastic bottle as part of an installation.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Illustration created for us by the multitalented @eddiedobsonsound.bsky.social of course!
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
😍Ooooh... look what arrived in the post! We'll be sending out the rewards to our Rewired crowdfunder supporters very soon - big thanks again to everyone who pledged to our campaign. And stay tuned for our Rewired artists reveal, coming in the next few days...
Photo of a mug, print and postcard sitting on a wooden kitchen counter, all with the YSWN logo and an illustration depicting a range of people at YSWN events.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🎉YSWN Huddersfield Makers is back! Join us on Saturday 21 February for a chill afternoon session in HIVE Cooperative Café☕🍵🍰and meet other women and non-binary people interested in making music and sound using audio technology. Come along at any point from 2-4pm! fb.me/e/1TeV0iaEpT
Slide showing an illustration of a MIDI controller and colourful wavy lines suggesting sound, with text saying: YSWN Huddersfield Makers / We’re back! /Next meeting Sat 21 February 2-4pm HIVE Cooperative Café / Come say hello and help us make plans. Slide showing an illustration of a modular synthesiser and colourful wavy lines suggesting sound, with text saying: YSWN Huddersfield Makers / Is a friendly social and skill-sharing group for women (cis or trans) and non-binary people who share an interest in making music and sound using audio technology. We’re part of Yorkshire Sound Women Network but organise our own meetings and activities.Slide showing an illustration of a cassette tape coming unspooled, and colourful wavy lines suggesting sound, with text saying: YSWN Huddersfield Makers / Come and tell us what you’re into. Whether you’re interested in music-making, DJ-ing, sound art or DIY electronics, we’d like to meet you. All knowledge levels from beginner to expert are welcome – there are no stupid questions here.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
⌛LAST CHANCE TO SUPPORT US⏱️ Our Rewired crowdfunder closes at 11.59pm tonight, so if you want to support our commissions for women and gender-diverse Yorkshire artists, head to our campaign page before it’s too late... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
⌛A reminder that #recruitment for our Industry Lead role closes at 5pm this coming Monday (12 Jan)! If you'd like to lead our industry-facing activities, devise and deliver training and advocate for change in the audio sector, head this way to find out more: yorkshiresoundwomen.com/news/were-re...
Photo of a training session with a group of two women and five men sitting around a round table, talking and listening to each other. Text says: Apply to be YSWN's Industry Lead. Closes 5pm 12 Jan
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Excited to finally have made it to @leedsmuseums.bsky.social Leeds City Museum to spot the YSWN appearances in the Music Leeds Us exhibition. Dream of seeing our name on an LP cover fulfilled! 🤩
Photo of a person with long hair holding in front of their face a yellow LP cover, printed with images of discs and text saying: Music Leeds Us / Yorkshire Sound Women NetworkReverse of the LP cover in photo 1, with info about YSWN's founding and work.The same LP from photo 1 sitting in a record rack with other covers.Display case featuring a YSWN sticker and leaflet about the WIRED Online resources, plus items from other local organisations, headphones and a Stylophone
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Our Rewired crowdfunder has hit £750 - that's an extra microcommission for a Yorkshire/Humber based sound creator! 🎉 Can you help us go further in the last 5 days? If we hit £1,500, we can upgrade that to a larger commission to share with you all this spring... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🛍️😀50% more feelgood factor than the Jan sales: We've added an extra week to our Rewired #crowdfunder. We're supporting women and gender-diverse creators to make and share new electronic work this spring, and with your help we can commmission more! 🧵1/2 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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Penelope Trappes @penelopetrappes.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Call out to women & gender expansive experimental musicians: Nite Hive's building communal energy to explore & embolden femme creative power. If you're looking for a home, DM me 🖤 #Witchsky #ExperimentalMusic #Music #Artist #Femme #NonBinary #GenderExpansive nitehive.bandcamp.com?search_item_...
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Nite Hive
Nite Hive is an experimental cassette imprint, designed as a label run by and for women and gender-expansive artists.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🌛THIS EVENING!✨ North East Sound Women Network have an online catch-up for women and gender-diverse people across NE England. Log on to connect, share projects, ask questions and make some plans for 2026! Email northeastsoundwomen@gmail.com to request the joining link.
Graphic showing the letters NESWN in a bold, angular font, with Northeast Sound Women Network written below.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
3 days left to support our Rewired crowdfunder and help us commission more women and gender-diverse audio creators in Yorkshire and the Humber! Rewards/warm glow of doing good deeds this way ⏩ www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
crowdfunder.co.uk
YSWN Rewired: creating new music and sound art
Supporting more women and gender-diverse musicians and sound artists to make bold and inventive new creative work in Yorkshire.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!🎊 Here's one new year's resolution that's super-easy to keep: help YSWN make 2026 extra-special for creatives by supporting our Rewired crowdfunder! With five days left in our campaign, your support will help us reach our target: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
⌛ONE WEEK LEFT to support our Rewired crowdfunder commissioning new electronic sounds from women and gender-diverse artists! Visit our campaign page to learn more and see the exclusive YSWN rewards on offer: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📣WE'RE #RECRUITING! YSWN is seeking an Industry Lead (0.4FTE): an exciting #opportunity for someone to lead our industry-facing activities and be a strong advocate for change in the sector. ⏩Find out more and apply here: yorkshiresoundwomen.com/news/were-re... Closing date: Monday 12 Jan 2026
Photo of a training session with a group of two women and five men sitting around a round table, talking and listening to each other.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
⏳THREE WEEKS TO GO!⌛ Thanks to everyone who has supported and shared our Rewired crowdfunder: we've reached 20% but we need your help to hit our goal! Visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired to support new works by women and gender-diverse artists in Yorkshire and bag some exclusive rewards.
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School of Arts and Creative Technologies @school-of-act.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Recently, the Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social hosted an exciting audio production workshop at the University. Combining heritage with sound, the session was inspired by railway history and ran alongside the Changing Gear: Railway 200 concert. Huge thank you to everyone involved! 🚂
Young woman wearing headphones and typing on a MIDI keyboard.A large screen at the front displays a digital audio workstation timeline, while session leader Sophie Russell stands beside it speaking.A close-up of someone playing a MIDI keyboard controller at a desk, with their hands on the keys and a computer monitor beside the instrument. A young woman wearing headphones, working at a music production station, using a computer running Ableton Live.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
✏️A peek at how @eddiedobsonsound.bsky.social created this amazing illustration for our Rewired crowdfunder, hand-drawing, inking and painting a celebration of the YSWN community's first 10 years. Head here to see how you could own it on some tasty merch! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired 🧵1/2
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Our final newsletter of 2025 is out now, and you won’t want to miss our YSWN Rewired commission opportunities inside, nor how you can support and spread the word about our accompanying crowdfunder! 🧵1/2
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📣NEW CALLOUT: YSWN Rewired To celebrate YSWN turning 10 this year, we’re launching Rewired: artistic commissions for women and gender-diverse people working with electronic music and sound art in Yorks & the Humber. We're offering: • 3 micro-commissions of £750 • 1 main commission of £1,500 🧵1/4
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🎉NEW CROWDFUNDER: We’re launching Rewired, a callout for Yorkshire-based women and gender-diverse musicians and sound artists to create and share new electronic work in early 2026. And we’re asking for your support to make it bigger and better. Find out more: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/yswn-rewired
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
NEW FREE WORKSHOP! To accompany 19 Nov's Changing Gear: Railway 200 concert at @york.ac.uk, learn how to create your own track in Ableton from vintage railway sound effects! Open to women & marginalised genders, no experience needed! 🎟️ Limited places: www.eventbrite.com/e/on-the-tra...
Graphic with images of crisscrossing waveforms (that look a little like railway line) plus logos for the University of York and YSWN and text saying: Free music production workshop / On the Tracks / Be inspired by the sounds of rail / 19 Nov 1-3pm.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Here’s a taste of Sounds in Station Hall at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social last Saturday: three unique new railway-inspired sets by Diya Tailor, Rosie Parsons and Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath in the ultimate themed setting! Thanks to the NRM team and @york.ac.uk for supporting the event... 🧵1/2
Photo of Diya Tailor playing a drum kit and sampler in a large brick hall, in front of a vintage train called Royal Scot.
Photo by Arya KokatePhoto of Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath singing and playing a sampler in the same setting.
Photo by Arya KokatePhoto of Rosie Parsons playing a laptop in the same setting.
Photo by Arya KokatePhoto of all three artists standing smiling in front of the train.
Photo by Arya Kokate
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Delia Derbyshire Day @deliaderbyshireday.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Our 10th Anniversary Manchester Event Poster! 🎟️🤓 ‌ 📷:Thank you to Andrea Pazos for designing the poster and our wonderful 2025 volunteer Tillie for her ‘10th’ tape logo design featured at the top 🙌 ‌ With thanks to support from National Lottery Heritage Fund and our project partners
Manchester Event Poster. Image of girl holding large green lampshade surrounded by clouds. 
Text says: Play, Learn, Make. 22 November 2025 2-4pm Central Library Manchester www.deliaderbyshireday.com
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
TOMORROW AT 2PM! Join us at @railwaymuseum.bsky.social for Sounds in Station Hall, and watch Diya Tailor, Rosie Parsons and Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath perform new music in front of the beautiful Royal Scot train. Book free tickets for this unique event here: www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/sou...
Photo of the Royal Scot, a navy blue vintage train with red detailing, on a platform in the National Railway Museum. Overlaid text says: Changing Gear / New electronic music inspired by 200 years of rail / Sounds in Station Hall, plus logos for PRS Foundation and YSWN.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📢The next arrival at platform 6 is… the first performance of our new Changing Gear pieces! 🚆Join us in @railwaymuseum.bsky.social’s newly reopened Station Hall at 2pm next Sat (1 Nov) for Sounds in Station Hall, a very special performance in front of the beautifully gleaming Royal Scot train. 🧵1/2
Photo of the Royal Scot, a navy blue vintage train with red detailing, on a platform in the National Railway Museum. Overlaid text says: Changing Gear / New electronic music inspired by 200 years of rail / Sounds in Station Hall, plus logos for PRS Foundation and YSWN.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Thank you so much to everyone involved with making @bswn.bsky.social's Plug It Up festival such a fantastic success: to all the artists and workshop facilitators, Theatre In The Mill for hosting, @bradford2025.co.uk for supporting the festival... 🧵1/2
Two people blow on wooden organ pipes at a workshop.A person with flame-coloured hair sitting writing, creating concrete poetry.Two people try out Ann Rosen's sonic drawing set-up.Maria Chavez performs with several turntables.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🎉Giveaway time! 🎧We're pleased to support the @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADC25, which takes place in Bristol and online from 10-12 November. As an ADC Community Partner, we have 10 free online tickets, plus some 20% discount codes for the in-person event in Bristol to give away! 🧵1/2
Graphic featuring the YSWN logo and an illustration of various types of audio cables, plus text saying: We are proud to support ADC25 audio.dev Bristol, Audio Developer Conference, 10-12 November, Bristol UK & online.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We've been out in the Hudd spreading the word about next weekend's FREE @bswn.bsky.social Plug It Up festival. Had to stop for an energy boost en route! Just a few places left on our workshops for women/marginalised gender folk, so book now: www.eventbrite.com/cc/plug-it-u... @bradford2025.co.uk
Photo of a Plug It Up flyer sitting on a yellow table next to a mug of hot chocolate and a slice of Manchester tart on a plate.Photo of a stack of Plug It Up flyers on a shelf.Photo of the Plug It Up flyer unfolded into a poster, stuck in a cafe window.Photo of a pile of Plug It Up flyers resting on a wide windowsill.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📣Our latest newsletter is out now with: 🔌 Plug It Up festival: full line-up and free tickets 🚂 Changing Gear artists and concert details 🎧 YSWN at @audiodevcon.bsky.social ADCx Gather tomorrow And more! If you're not subscribed, read it here: mailchi.mp/5f8099e2bd83...
Poster image for the Plug It Up festival with a photo collage of the artists appearing, superimposed on an image of Theatre in the Mill.Graphic promoting the ADCx Gather event, with details of the event (as listed in the newsletter) and a crowd of 8-bit style sprite people.Photo collage showing the Changing Gear artists Rosie Parsons, Rhiannon Kenny-McGrath and Diya Tailor.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
📣CHANGING GEAR: MEET THE ARTISTS After sifting through a stack of fantastic applications, our judging panel have selected the three artists who will take part in this year’s Changing Gear programme. 🧵1/5
Graphic featuring audio waveforms criss-crossing in a way suggestive of railway tracks, overlaid with text in a font reminiscent of 1970s British rail, and the logos for YSWN and PRS Foundation. The text says: Changing Gear, new electronic music inspired by 200 years of rail. Meet the artists.
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Cryptic Glasgow @crypticglasgow.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Sonica Open Call 2026🎉Applications now open! We're looking for UK & Ireland-based artists working in: 🔊 Sonic installations 🎥 AV performance 💻 Real-time visuals 🗓 Deadline: 25 Aug 2025 Apply now: sonic-a.co.uk/sonica-open-...
24 Sept-4 Oct 2026 // Glasgow Sonica Open Call 2026. Deadline: 12 noon, Mon 25 Aug. Sonica logoFor UK & Ireland-based artists working in: Sonic installations Audio-visual performances Real-time visuals for performance. Apply at sonic-a.co.uk/sonica-open-call-2026  Drop-in Q&A sessions: 16 and 25 July at 14:00  RSVP to crypticprojects@gmail.com  Accessibility Support Available: Video/audio/Word doc applications accepted Deadline extensions for access needs.
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network @yswn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🎂YSWN turned 10 years old this week, so we thought we'd look back at some of the lovely feedback we’ve received over the past decade. From learning new skills or finding inspiration at our workshops, to leaving our training with greater awareness, we love to hear when we’ve made a difference.🧵1/2
Slide with a photo of two smiling girls at a YSWN event, the YSWN logo and text saying: “Making our own electronic sound makers and performing a massive composition was really exciting and made me think about music in a different way.” Workshop participantSlide with a photo of a group at a YSWN DJ workshop, the YSWN logo and text saying: “Learning a completely new skill has reignited a passion for music for me, and I'm already making plans to develop my skills.” Workshop participantSlide with a photo of a woman delivering training standing in front of a whiteboard, the YSWN logo and text saying: “Today was absolutely brilliant… I am taking away with me a better way of dealing with gender equality within the post-production industry.” Training participant
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