Breadcrumb Home Meet Our NextGen Copy URL https://www.youthmusic.org.uk/community/nextgen-community/meet-our-nextgen Meet Our NextGen From MOBO Award winners to Glastonbury performers, discover the creatives who started their journeys with Youth Music-funded projects.Our NextGen alumni prove that the right support can turn dreams into reality. This is what can happen when we remove barriers to music. Explore their stories. Copy URL https://www.youthmusic.org.uk/community/nextgen-community/meet-our-nextgen Meet Our NextGen From MOBO Award winners to Glastonbury performers, discover the creatives who started their journeys with Youth Music-funded projects.Our NextGen alumni prove that the right support can turn dreams into reality. This is what can happen when we remove barriers to music. Explore their stories. Discipline - Any -ArtistDJEventsJournalistLabel OwnerOtherPhoto and VideographyProducerRadio and Podcast Region - Any -East MidlandsEast of EnglandLondonNorth East EnglandNorth West EnglandNorthern IrelandScotlandSouth East EnglandSouth West EnglandWalesWest MidlandsYorkshire and the Humber Search Keywords Jack Boynton Jack Boynton is a promoter, artist and music educator from Lancaster. His event brand, 'BaccyJ n Folio Productions', brings affordable shows to Lancaster's local live music scene, supporting the city's community centres and charity initiatives. His events aim to be as accessible as possible, and innovate within live music by incorporating different art forms into each gig. Instagram Aphra Aphra is a songwriter, performer and guitarist. They have performed at festivals including Sundown, Latitude and Moseley Folk Festival, and their single 'Candyfloss' was longlisted for Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition. TikTok Instagram afromerm afromerm is a South London-born sound artist, composer, producer and poet. She performs with a motion-reactive electronic instrument which she built and developed herself, and was granted an Oram Award in 2023 for innovation in sound. Her recent performance credits include Tate Lates, Jazz Stroud and Le Guess Who? festival. TikTok Instagram Anman Anman is a fashion designer and musician who sentimentalises discarded everyday materials and collages them into slow-fashion pieces. She approaches her music in the same way, with a process she describes as 'audio-collaging'. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Earth Hackney, and festivals in Germany, Georgia and the UK; and has composed soundtracks for the Georgian National Ballet. TikTok Instagram Pagination First page « First Previous page … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15 Inspired? Join our NextGen Community We offer funding, networking events, and paid roles and training opportunities for those who face barriers. Our goal is to make the future of the music industries more accessible, more diverse, and more creative. Join the NextGen Community On Next Gen NextGen Community Events Our NextGen Community events give attendees aged 18-30 the chance to connect with other creatives in their local city, listen to panel discussions from industry experts and watch performances from emerging artists. Read more funding NextGen Fund Grants of up to £3,000 for 18 to 25 year olds creatives (aged up to 30 for those who identify as d/Deaf, Disabled or neurodivergent) in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. NextGen Round 14: 28 August 2026 - 25 September 2026 Read more Next Gen Next Gen Spotlight: Qazi & Qazi Sisters Naadirah and Rukaiyah, Qazi & Qazi, craft ethereal harmonies and cinematic folk tales of surrender, strength, and spirit. Read more
Jack Boynton Jack Boynton is a promoter, artist and music educator from Lancaster. His event brand, 'BaccyJ n Folio Productions', brings affordable shows to Lancaster's local live music scene, supporting the city's community centres and charity initiatives. His events aim to be as accessible as possible, and innovate within live music by incorporating different art forms into each gig. Instagram Aphra Aphra is a songwriter, performer and guitarist. They have performed at festivals including Sundown, Latitude and Moseley Folk Festival, and their single 'Candyfloss' was longlisted for Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition. TikTok Instagram afromerm afromerm is a South London-born sound artist, composer, producer and poet. She performs with a motion-reactive electronic instrument which she built and developed herself, and was granted an Oram Award in 2023 for innovation in sound. Her recent performance credits include Tate Lates, Jazz Stroud and Le Guess Who? festival. TikTok Instagram Anman Anman is a fashion designer and musician who sentimentalises discarded everyday materials and collages them into slow-fashion pieces. She approaches her music in the same way, with a process she describes as 'audio-collaging'. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Earth Hackney, and festivals in Germany, Georgia and the UK; and has composed soundtracks for the Georgian National Ballet. TikTok Instagram Pagination First page « First Previous page … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15 Inspired? Join our NextGen Community We offer funding, networking events, and paid roles and training opportunities for those who face barriers. Our goal is to make the future of the music industries more accessible, more diverse, and more creative. Join the NextGen Community On Next Gen NextGen Community Events Our NextGen Community events give attendees aged 18-30 the chance to connect with other creatives in their local city, listen to panel discussions from industry experts and watch performances from emerging artists. Read more funding NextGen Fund Grants of up to £3,000 for 18 to 25 year olds creatives (aged up to 30 for those who identify as d/Deaf, Disabled or neurodivergent) in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. NextGen Round 14: 28 August 2026 - 25 September 2026 Read more Next Gen Next Gen Spotlight: Qazi & Qazi Sisters Naadirah and Rukaiyah, Qazi & Qazi, craft ethereal harmonies and cinematic folk tales of surrender, strength, and spirit. Read more
Aphra Aphra is a songwriter, performer and guitarist. They have performed at festivals including Sundown, Latitude and Moseley Folk Festival, and their single 'Candyfloss' was longlisted for Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition. TikTok Instagram afromerm afromerm is a South London-born sound artist, composer, producer and poet. She performs with a motion-reactive electronic instrument which she built and developed herself, and was granted an Oram Award in 2023 for innovation in sound. Her recent performance credits include Tate Lates, Jazz Stroud and Le Guess Who? festival. TikTok Instagram Anman Anman is a fashion designer and musician who sentimentalises discarded everyday materials and collages them into slow-fashion pieces. She approaches her music in the same way, with a process she describes as 'audio-collaging'. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Earth Hackney, and festivals in Germany, Georgia and the UK; and has composed soundtracks for the Georgian National Ballet. TikTok Instagram Pagination First page « First Previous page … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15 Inspired? Join our NextGen Community We offer funding, networking events, and paid roles and training opportunities for those who face barriers. Our goal is to make the future of the music industries more accessible, more diverse, and more creative. Join the NextGen Community On Next Gen NextGen Community Events Our NextGen Community events give attendees aged 18-30 the chance to connect with other creatives in their local city, listen to panel discussions from industry experts and watch performances from emerging artists. Read more funding NextGen Fund Grants of up to £3,000 for 18 to 25 year olds creatives (aged up to 30 for those who identify as d/Deaf, Disabled or neurodivergent) in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. NextGen Round 14: 28 August 2026 - 25 September 2026 Read more Next Gen Next Gen Spotlight: Qazi & Qazi Sisters Naadirah and Rukaiyah, Qazi & Qazi, craft ethereal harmonies and cinematic folk tales of surrender, strength, and spirit. Read more
afromerm afromerm is a South London-born sound artist, composer, producer and poet. She performs with a motion-reactive electronic instrument which she built and developed herself, and was granted an Oram Award in 2023 for innovation in sound. Her recent performance credits include Tate Lates, Jazz Stroud and Le Guess Who? festival. TikTok Instagram Anman Anman is a fashion designer and musician who sentimentalises discarded everyday materials and collages them into slow-fashion pieces. She approaches her music in the same way, with a process she describes as 'audio-collaging'. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Earth Hackney, and festivals in Germany, Georgia and the UK; and has composed soundtracks for the Georgian National Ballet. TikTok Instagram Pagination First page « First Previous page … Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Current page 15
Anman Anman is a fashion designer and musician who sentimentalises discarded everyday materials and collages them into slow-fashion pieces. She approaches her music in the same way, with a process she describes as 'audio-collaging'. She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Earth Hackney, and festivals in Germany, Georgia and the UK; and has composed soundtracks for the Georgian National Ballet. TikTok Instagram
Next Gen NextGen Community Events Our NextGen Community events give attendees aged 18-30 the chance to connect with other creatives in their local city, listen to panel discussions from industry experts and watch performances from emerging artists. Read more
funding NextGen Fund Grants of up to £3,000 for 18 to 25 year olds creatives (aged up to 30 for those who identify as d/Deaf, Disabled or neurodivergent) in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. NextGen Round 14: 28 August 2026 - 25 September 2026 Read more
Next Gen Next Gen Spotlight: Qazi & Qazi Sisters Naadirah and Rukaiyah, Qazi & Qazi, craft ethereal harmonies and cinematic folk tales of surrender, strength, and spirit. Read more
