We are proud to introduce New Music ExChange – a three-year international collaboration (2025–2027) dedicated to advancing equity in contemporary music for disabled composers and musicians.

Born from connections made at Nordic Music Days 2024, this partnership brings together organisations from the Nordics, Scotland and the Baltics to create new opportunities, share knowledge and challenge barriers in music education, festivals and professional practice.

Who is involved?
Nordics: ShareMusic & Performing Arts, Danish Composers’ Society (on behalf of the Council of Nordic Composers, NKR), and Nordic Music Days – an initiative of NKR and its member societies in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Baltics: The Baltic Contemporary Music Network, representing the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Composers’ Unions.
Scotland: Drake Music Scotland.

What’s happening?
Over the next three years, New Music ExChange will deliver a series of activities including panel discussions, seminars, masterclasses, workshops and knowledge labs, leading up to the presentation of new inclusive repertoire at Nordic Music Days 2027.

Highlights include:
● 2025: Inclusive Contemporary Music Practice Seminar (November 14, Helsingør, Denmark), panel discussion at Baltic Music Days (October 17, Vilnius, Lithuania), and a mapping survey.
● 2026: Accessible composition masterclass in Latvia, workshops in Denmark, and a knowledge lab in Sweden for disabled and non-disabled composers and musicians.
● 2027: Presentation and performance of newly created works at Nordic Music Days.

Why does it matter?
New Music ExChange is about building a more inclusive future for contemporary music. By connecting composers and musicians across borders, the project aims to remove barriers, develop accessible practices and ensure that disabled composers have equal opportunities to thrive on the international stage.

Supported by
This project is made possible with support from Erasmus+, the Nordic Culture Point Culture and Art Programme financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Swedish–Danish Fund, the Swedish–Lithuanian Fund, Kulturværftet, Helsingør and Helsingborgs Konserthus.

Follow the journey:
Council of Nordic Composers
Share Music & Performing Arts
Drake Music Scotland
Baltic Contemporary Music Network