We’re pleased to announce the external panel for In Motion 2026, our transformative 18-month artist development programme for original music creators at pivotal points in their careers.
Each year, we support music creators to design and embark on the next chapter of their creative and professional journey, providing the space, personalised support, funding, networks and skills development to realise their ambitions, culminating in a final creative project for public release.
As part of our ongoing commitment to the Fair Access Principles, we continue to refresh and rotate our external panellists each year to support an open, transparent and varied selection process. The panel brings together artists, composers, producers and cultural leaders working across a wide range of practices, genres and communities within new music and sound.
The panel for In Motion 2026 is Bróna McVittie, Chisara Agor, James Perry, Provhat Rahman, Sarah Lianne Lewis and Suk-Jun Kim.
This announcement comes ahead of the upcoming reveal of the selected creators joining the In Motion 2026 cohort. Following another hugely competitive year, the panel has spent time listening to and discussing applications from hundreds of music creators working across contemporary classical, jazz, experimental music, sound art, electronics, interdisciplinary practice and beyond.
You can read more about the panellists below.
Bróna McVittie
Bróna McVittie (she/her) is an Ulster singer-songwriter and biologist whose work reimagines traditional ballads through folk, electronic and nature-inspired sound worlds. Her critically acclaimed albums include We Are the Wildlife, The Man in the Mountain and The Woman in the Moon. She has performed at WOMAD, Dublin’s National Concert Hall and venues across the UK and Ireland, with broadcasts on BBC Radio 2, 6 Music and RTÉ.
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Chisara Agor
Chisara Agor (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, award-winning composer, producer, writer, dancer and actor based in London. Their work blends music, visual arts and theatre to explore themes of visibility, myth, ecology and the contradictions of contemporary society and future worlds. Chisara has created work for organisations including Tate Britain, Southbank Centre, Brixton House, BBC and ICA, and develops interdisciplinary projects through their studio, We Are The New Hope.
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James Perry
James Perry (he/him) is an award-winning composer for film and television whose work has featured across Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Channel 4, Audible and more. His credits include If Not Now, When?, The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan and the Netflix special There’s Mo To Life. Known for emotionally resonant storytelling through music, James continues to build a distinctive voice within screen composition.
Provhat Rahman
Provhat Rahman (he/him) is the founder of Daytimers Collective and co-founder of Dialled In, two internationally recognised platforms championing South Asian artistry and culture. Through his work, Provhat has supported underrepresented artists, built new cultural platforms and created opportunities for South Asian creatives across diaspora and native communities.
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Sarah Lianne Lewis
Sarah Lianne Lewis (she/her) is a Welsh composer whose work spans concert hall and stage, combining unusual sonorities with striking and immersive sound worlds. Her music has been performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Opera and Ballet, Philharmonia Orchestra and BBC National Orchestra of Wales, where she was Composer Affiliate from 2020–24. She recently received both the Medal y Cyfansoddwr award at the National Eisteddfod and a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
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Suk-Jun Kim
Suk-Jun Kim (he/him) is a South Korean composer, sound artist and Professor of Electronic Music and Sound Art at the University of Aberdeen. His work spans composition, interdisciplinary research and large-scale collaborative projects exploring listening, technology and sound cultures. In recent years, he has led the international project Futures of Listening, developed in collaboration with the National Asian Culture Center in South Korea and supported by the British Academy.
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