You nailed it, @julesrawlinson.bsky.social
You nailed it, @julesrawlinson.bsky.social
A photo of a DIY synthesiser made of nails, wood, copper wire, a few resistors and capacitors with a microprocessor at the center. It looks a bit like a spider.
My new DIY MORE ROAR! entropic and degenerative synth built as part of a Dirty Electronics workshop at @weekofsound.bsky.social at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social. Designed by Dirty Electronics and Agnes Cameron, more info at moreroar.org/about.html
Our fab final concert is sold out, but if you fancy your chances then stick your name on the waitlist for this Scottish Studies Archives extravaganza featuring Mairead Stewart,
Mary MacMaster, Alasdair Roberts, Padruig Morrison, Fraser Fifield and Gary West
weekofsound.scot/friday/#conc...
Viewed from the back, two people β one wearing headphones and holding a recording device β stare down a graffiti-emblazened pedestrian underpass.
And don't forget our installations! Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop's 'Movements' and Elaine Cheng's 'Sounds of Southside' are running again tomorrow from 11am-3pm
weekofsound.scot/installations/
2. Panel discussion: Authenticity & AI (featuring PortraitXO, Dadabots and Franziska SchrΓΆder); 4:30pm
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Trumpets. Lots of trumpets. Technically some of them are bugles.
Still some tickets left for some events tomorrow, the last day of this year's #WeekOfSound @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
1. Talk: Technologies of brass instruments, 11am in the University Library's Centre for Research Collections
weekofsound.scot/tuesday/#talk
Tonight!!
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There are also a few tickets left for tomorrow morning's talk on the technology of guitars πΈ
weekofsound.scot/wednesday/#t...
Revolution: a fist holds a conch shell against a colourful spherical background with just the hint of printed music on it.
Tomorrow at the 2026 #WeekOfSound: There are still some tickets left for REVOLUTION, a genre-crossing concert featuring Reid School of Music students and our ensemble in residence, Sequoia. weekofsound.scot/wednesday/#c...
And it was AMAZING!
We're back! The 2026 UNESCO Week of Sound in Edinburgh runs from 16-20 February. This year's theme is Music, Technology and Society. The full programme is online here and remember β all events are FREE
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Text on a lime/yellow background with event title, dates, and βA week of free concerts, workshops, tours and talks. book on Eventbrite.β The Week of Sound logo is on the right - a pattern of small black circles arranged to form a larger circle, in a pattern reminiscent of a loudspeaker.
Week of Sound @weekofsound.bsky.social returns to Edinburgh for 2026, with a packed programme of concerts, talks, and workshops on the theme of music, technology, and society.
Events are free and open to all - full details at www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/week-of-s...
There are still some places available for this workshop next Monday! Eventbrite registration has now closed β further registrations possible via email, details on the website. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #GΓ idhlig
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Image: George Washington Wilson (1823 β 1893), βCastlebay, Barraβ. Sepia photograph of the Bay, with an oar-powered fishing boat on the left near the shore. National Galleries of Scotland, the MacKinnon Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund.
"#Gaelic stories and songs of the sea", with renowned folklorist Margaret Bennett
There are still some places available for this workshop next Monday! Eventbrite registration has now closed β further registrations possible via email, details on the website. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social #GΓ idhlig
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Feasgar math! We're delighted to announce that registration for our rescheduled workshop with Margaret Bennett is now open. We expect this event to be fully booked, so nab your space now! #GΓ idhlig #weekofsound2025
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Feasgar math! We're delighted to announce that registration for our rescheduled workshop with Margaret Bennett is now open. We expect this event to be fully booked, so nab your space now! #GΓ idhlig #weekofsound2025
@edincollegeofart.bsky.social
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Our workshop with Margaret Bennett is now rescheduled for Monday 26 May. Ticket-holders for the original event have been informed and have first shout. Any tickets left will be available from next week (the originally planned event was sold out ...) #GΓ idhlig
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We're still planning to reschedule our workshops on Gaelic stories and songs of the sea with Margaret Bennett, probably in late May β watch this space! #GΓ idhlig
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A crowded concert hall - on a screen at the front is a giant projected photograph of a fish
A man playing the saxophone, pictured in profile
A woman playing the double bass
A man operating controls on a desk covered in electronic sound equipment
What a wonderful #WeekOfSound we had!
Last week we were listening, learning and sharing as we enjoyed the concerts and workshops of @weekofsound.bsky.social.
These πimages by @sallyjubb.bsky.social are from the opening concert, Beneath the Waves ππ
Thanks to everyone who took part!
And it's a wrap for 2025! Thank you to all our colleagues @edincollegeofart.bsky.social and beyond who made this event possible, and to everyone who attended! Watch out for documentation and updates on the website over the coming weeks and months ....
An opera singer onstage crushing a sheet of paper with both hands during a performance
An opera singer onstage during a performance
A pianist standing up playing a grand piano whilst a person is underneath it holding a small speaker in their hands
A person onstage speaking into a microphone
Inspiring Opera Experiment concert at Reid Concert Hall on final day of @weekofsound.bsky.social showcasing brilliant work from student composers & writers with support from Gareth Williams, Phil Gault, Jessica Leary + Christopher Baxter π Photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/the-opera-ex...
UNESCO Week of Sound, closing concert 7pm tonight! @weekofsound.bsky.social
Free and open to all - tickets still available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/closing-co...
Just a few hours to the premiere of Martin Parker's piece 'mirror-shift" by Plus-Minus Ensemble β an engagement with, and reflection on, the uses of #AI in music and in life.
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Book here. Sadly we cannot guarantee that there will be any cats at the concert.
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Tonight at the #WeekOfSound in Edinburgh: @aaronwyanski.bsky.social rethinks Schoenberg. Here he is introducing the cat, I mean the concept. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social
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THIS AFTERNOON on this, the final day of the 2025 #WeekOfSound π’:
The Opera Experiment, featuring six new mini-operas created *this week*. Plots include supernatural beings, radio romance, awkward encounters, death, and singing about the sea....
Book here: digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/weekofsound/...
Book here. Sadly we cannot guarantee that there will be any cats at the concert.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/closing-co...