
Background
For more than thirty years, Sound Affairs has been staging strikingly innovative concerts and events featuring new music – often juxtoposed with cinema, theatre, dance or video.
Its work has been recognised with a BBC Wales Arts Awards which seek “to encourage and reward progressive, bold and enterprising work” and has been supported financially by numerous arts funding bodies and organisations.
Sound Affairs is a registered charity (No 1074890) and a company limited by guarantee, registered in Wales (No 2956354)
Management
The Artistic Director is Charlie Barber – profile here
The Board of Directors are: Jennifer Hill – Chair of Board, Bob Tarren, Craig Roberts, Gray Hill and Lyndon Jones
Charlie Barber Jennifer Hill Bob Tarren Craig Roberts Gray Hill Lyndon Jones
Aims
The aims of Sound Affairs are:
* to make live music accessible to a wide audience, with particular emphasis on new works
* to develop collaborative ventures between arts practitioners from different media
* to encourage young people in their appreciation of the arts as expressive media
* to ensure that equality of opportunity shall be pursued regardless of colour, creed, disability, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation
Funding
The work of Sound Affairs has been financially supported by:
Arts Council of Wales
Arts Council of England
Ashley Family Foundation
British Council
Britten-Pears Foundation
Cardiff City Council
Colwinston Charitable Trust
Communities First Trust Fund
Elmley Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Foundation for Sport & the arts
Foyle Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
Gibbs Charitable Trust
Hinrichsen Foundation
Holst Foundation
Idlewild Trust
Jazz Services
Leche Trust
London Arts
Margaret Davies Charity
Marina Kleinwort Charitable Trust
Michael Tippett Foundation
Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust
Moondance Foundation
Musicians’ Union
North West Arts
Oakdale Trust
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Performing Right Society
PRS Foundation
Radcliffe Trust
RVW Trust
Sgrin Media
Southern Arts
South-east Wales Arts Association
South Glamorgan County Council
South West Arts
The Steel Charitable Trust
Ty Cerdd
Wales Arts International
Welsh Church Act Fund
Yapp Charitable Trust
Sponsorship for specific events has also been provided by: Abbey National, Barclays Cymru/Wales, HSBC Bank, National Westminster Bank, Really Useful Group
Sound Affairs is Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registration number 1074890
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