Edlin began his term at the ISM's April 15-17 Connections conference at The Sage Gateshead, where people from across the music and wider arts sector gathered to celebrate music's relationship with other art forms including film, media, dance and art.

Edlin succeeds professor Gavin Henderson as ISM president. "The ISM is an organisation which upholds one of life's essential gifts and needs," said Edlin.

"I feel very privileged to be representing the ISM over this coming year and I will ...