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Are you interested in exploring new ways of creating music in an inclusive and collaborative environment? Apply to the New Music Exchange Residency 2026. This unique creative laboratory brings together disabled and non-disabled composers and musicians to experiment, share ideas and develop new approaches to music-making. Whether you are early in your artistic career or professionally active, curiosity and openness to explore inclusive practice are what matter most.

Nordic-Baltic Sound Residency Network invites established composers and sound artists to fulfill their creative ideas, applying for double rėsidency programs. This project connects four residency centres: NOTAM - Norwegian Centre for Technology Art and Music, (Oslo, Norway), DAR - Druskininkai Artists’ Residence (Druskininkai / Vilnius, Lithuania), Inkonst (Malmö, Sweden), Sound Art Lab (Struer, Denmark). The artists selected for the program will visit 2 different residencies and spend 2-3 weeks in each of them, working on their projects with professional technical support.

DAR presents the recordings of the resident artists' concert that took place on May 20 at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Druskininkai. The works are performed by the "Vocal Art Network" ensemble. 

Program: Rupert Huber - "Nana" (2023, premiere); Andrius Šiurys - "ad dadatum" (2023, premiere); Mantvydas Leonas Pranulis - "My Dear Child" (2023, premiere); Robert Moran - "SOLENGA" (2023, premiere); Pauline Oliveros - "Teach Yourself to Fly" (1974); Christian Wolff - "Stones" (1968-71).

"Vocal Art Network", together with Druskininkai Artists' Residency (DAR), invites a professional singer (alto or tenor) to take part in the massterclasses, which take place in Druskininkai Resort on May 13-20. During the program, the participants are provided with accommodation in Druskininkai Composers' Guesthouse and a 250 euro honorarium. Email for appications (with a CV): [email protected]. The deadline for applications is 25th of April.

The photographer: T. Terekas.