Sharjah: The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the launch of the ‘Sound and Music Club,’ a community project centered on collaborative learning and the exchange of knowledge and experiences.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the program offers a series of specialized workshops and open sessions, held between September 20 and November 26, 2026, focusing on acquiring knowledge through hands-on practice and direct experimentation. The bi-weekly workshops explore two main avenues of research and experimentation: using tapes and cassettes as media for musical composition and sound production, and exploring ways to combine artificial intelligence with modern musical technologies.

In addition to the workshops, the program includes open sessions that allow participants to work independently, either to develop what they have learned or to work on their own projects within a dedicated space. These sessions also provide a platform for musicians to share the works they are developing based on their individual and collective learning experiences.

The program includes three sessions for all those interested in music and sound arts, beginning with the first session, “Tape Loop Processing,” on September 20, 2026. This session will teach participants how to open, cut, and rejoin a cassette tape to create a continuous sound loop. After learning the fundamentals of tape processing, this tangible analog technique can open new creative horizons in sound design and musical composition.

The second session, titled “Artificial Intelligence and Music Technology,” will be held on October 4 and 18, 2026. It will offer two-part workshops introducing a range of the latest and most user-friendly AI tools currently available to musicians and sound artists. Participants will explore modern software environments that allow them to integrate contemporary technologies in innovative ways into their creative work and musical composition.

The program concludes with the third session, titled “Tape Contexts and Music Technology,” which combines analog and digital technologies, inviting participants to create hybrid musical works through the creative fusion of older media and modern software environments.