There is an ever growing body of evidence around the impact of the arts on health and social issues. As a pioneering residential community for women and their children takes…

A few weeks into post, we've sat down with Craig Lockwood, our new Head of Youth, to find out how he's getting on SoCo: Hi Craig – can you introduce…

Our CEO Matt Salvage has been heavily involved in the City of Culture bidding process. Here he reflects on what winning could mean for us. Through my work with SoCo…

As you may have seen in our previous blogs, we have been discussing our Sustainable Early Years Music (SEYM) project over the last few weeks before we present our work about…

School’s out, but we’re still busy, delivering inclusive and exciting music making around the region.  On Monday we are music making in Aldershot at the West End Centre  with PAG -…

Today, Sunday 13th February 2022, is World Radio Day.  While the internet becomes more and more important to many of us, globally, radio remains affordable for most, and therefore is…

Following on from our previous blog where we outlined what our Sustainable Early Years Music (SEYM) project was about, here we explore how it works in practice. For definitions of…

Music matters. We know music matters. It matters to us all - it lifts us, comforts us, evokes memories, connects us to places and people, and helps us to express…

It's Independent Venue Week 2022. It's not news to tell you that venues across the country - across the world - have had quite a time through the pandemic. Furlough schemes, where…

Today in our profiles of the Sounds of Southampton Vol 2 artists, we meet Shani. SoCo: So first of all, can you just start by telling me your name, please? …