Articles by ittsoundingout

We’re looking for trustees with expertise in the music industry & criminal justice system

January 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

About us – the Irene Taylor Trust: Creating Music. Transforming Futures. We believe that creating original music collaboratively can have a powerful impact on people’s [...]

We’re recruiting: Musician in Residence at HMP Gartree, Leicestershire

January 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Irene Taylor Trust is excited to announce a new freelance position of Musician in Residence at HMP Gartree as part of our Music in Prisons programme. In addition to [...]

Young Producers 2019 short film

December 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

In autumn 2019 we began working with three new Young Producers, who had all previously taken part on our Making Tracks programme. Together they devised, developed and [...]

Sounding Out band The Pinnacle go ‘Unplugged’

December 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

We’re proud to present ‘Unplugged’, the second collection from Sounding Out ex-prisoner band ‘The Pinnacle’. The band focussed on creating stripped-back [...]

Young Producers ‘Spirit of Utopia’ performance on 21.11.19

November 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

We’re excited to introduce our three new Young Producers: Lucine, Jahanzeb and Montell. For the last few weeks they have been working together to decide on their induvial [...]

Postcards from Bergen: Music in Prisons visits Norway

October 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

In October 2019 we were delighted to return to Bergen prison, Norway, following a successful practice sharing visit in 2018 funded by Erasmus. Our Creative Programmes [...]

New Sounding Out band ‘The Pinnacle’ to perform at Southbank Centre 11.10.19

September 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

As part of ‘Koestler Curates’, we are very excited that The Pinnacle, the latest band to emerge from our Sounding Out programme for ex-prisoner musicians, will make their [...]

Colourful Radio interview with Artistic Director Sara

September 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Lullaby Project pilot at Praxis Community Projects, photographer; Micha Theiner

Last week our Artistic Director Sara Lee was a guest on Colourful Radio, interviewed by Jacqueline Malcolm on her Jabber Talk show. In a wonderfully wide-ranging interview, [...]

Re: Lease: Music in Prisons & Sounding Out at Snape Maltings 24.08.19

August 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

We are delighted to be part of Re: Lease, a celebration of the arts in criminal justice at Snape Maltings in Suffolk on Saturday 24 August. Snape Maltings is marking 20 years [...]

Making Tracks’ first video: Melodic in the Mist

July 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

We’re very proud to present the first ever official music video created as part of Making Tracks! Young people from The Prince’s Trust in Poplar on our Making [...]