New Sounds Festival 2025

Calling all music creators to pop along at any time for this special composing-improv space as part of New Sounds 2025. Following the festival lecture given by Dr Daniel Elphick, music creators are given the space to create short, sonic responses to the iconic music of Galina Ustvolskaya.

This event will take place in Wettons Terrace Studio 0-04, and is presented as part of the New Sounds Festival 2025.

Get involved

Simply turn up, at any time, and create something. There will be short briefs and stimuli on display in the space which you can respond to in any way you see fit (e.g. a short composition using some of Ustvolskaya's chords, creating a mini-soundscape using some of the same timbral colours, etc.) Set and timer, and create music, either by yourself, or with other co-inhabitants in the space. There is no performance and no pressure. Although we are encouraging music creators to record their experience or final creative responses on their smartphones. 

If you already have an idea on how you might get involved in the session, please feel free to contact nathanjames.dearden@rhul.ac.uk. 

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk