Funding for young British composers; how to find inspiration

Creativity Digest: 4th March 2025

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In the Making

Sound & Music, a UK based youth music organisation, recently published details of a year-long artist development programme for talented young music creators and composers aged 14-18.

Finding inspiration #1

My friend, composer Simeon Walker published a fascinating exploration of how he composes to commission.

Compositional Methodologies (1)

Finding inspiration #2

The Sound and Creativity Substack, written by Hermes, published some insightful thoughts about creativity & originality, plus a creative methodology based on the concept of curation. I agree; indeed, I use three of the five methods he proposes.

The Art Of Curation: 5 Essential Sound Libraries To Eliminate Creative Blocks