A year of adaptation & creativity
As we mark a year of lockdown restrictions, it’s astonishing to look back at how much we have achieved. It certainly wasn’t a situation anyone would have wanted, but [...]
Sounding Out
New Sounding Out band ‘The Pinnacle’ to perform at Southbank Centre 11.10.19
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 [...]
Sounding Out showcase at Rich Mix in pictures
We’re incredibly proud of all our Sounding Out musicians, who all gave unforgettable performances at their showcase at Rich Mix on 4th July 2019. It was fantastic to [...]
Sounding Out gets interactive with Musicjelly – join in!
This summer Sounding Out joined forces with Musicjelly, a unique audio visual project from Strange Pill artists, spending three days together filming and recording. After [...]
Sounding Out band appearance on National Prison Radio
Yesterday Lozza and Tobi from Sounding Out band Inside Out recorded a special appearance for National Prison Radio’s ‘Outside In’ programme – which aims to give [...]
Sara’s recent international conferences
Last November, our Artistic Director Sara Lee was busy attending two conferences across Europe (in Vienna and Glasgow) to share her knowledge and experience of arts education [...]
Sounding Out Open Clinks Annual Conference
Last Thursday band members from the second Sounding Out cohort performed on stage to open this year’s Clinks Annual Conference on the theme of ‘Resilience: [...]
Track of the Month – ‘Turn My Life Around’
Our Track of the Month for July is ‘Turn My Life Around (Unplugged)’, recorded by the new Sounding Out cohort last May. The band wanted to record songs which [...]
Beyond Bars: Stories from Former Prisoners
At the end of May, Sara and two Sounding Out alumni Gary and Adrian will be performing at an arts festival showcasing the experiences and the problems of punishment [...]
Track of the Month – ‘My Life’
This stunning, evocative song was recorded live during the intensive week of the 4th cohort of ‘Making Tracks’, back in 2013, featuring Nirobi on lead vocals with backup [...]
The Irene Taylor Trust 