Music Technology Hackathon: Build a Creative App in 2 Days
Date: 29/30 November 2025
Location: Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London
Get ready for an epic 2 day challenge at our music technology hackathon!
Open to anyone: coders, product managers, musicians, designers, sound engineers, musicologists, and more. Join the Discord channel to speak with us and find a team.
Join us at the Centre for Digital Music and collaborate with fellow attendees in groups of 3-4 to build a creative hack from scratch. You can select a challenge from our sponsor or build a hack of your own. Each team gets to decide what they want to build.
You will get access to cutting edge technologies allowing you to build tools faster. Experts will be on hand to help you with the technical parts.
Overview Video
Weekly Preparation Calls
Join the weekly calls every Friday at 3pm UK
We are hosting online calls every Friday in preparation for this hackathon.
Here's what to expect in the call:
- Overview of the hackathon
- Short presentations by the sponsors
- Round table of introductions of all participants
- Q&A
Whether you already have a project and looking for teammates, or don't have a project yet and want to meet other participants, this event is for you! Mark your calendar and join us!
Challenges
MuseHub Challenge
Build an app or plug-in for music creators: from utilities to sound effects or libraries. The app can build on the company's open source products MuseScore or Audacity, or be dedicated to guitar players (Ultimate Guitar) or piano players (musescore.com).
Audiotool Challenge
Expand the capabilities of Audiotool's new free online DAW by building on top of it.
Develop apps to create audio or MIDI, automate workflows, or connect third‑party services. Use the Nexus API to read and write Audiotool project data. You can use any framework or third‑party service for your app.
Join the Audiotool Beta to gain access to our new online DAW, along with proto files and documentation to get up to speed before the Hackathon.
Prizes
MuseHub Prize
The best app or plug-in will be featured on musehub.com as the indie app of the month, guaranteeing traffic of 10k+ to your product page.
Audiotool Prize
The winning app will be featured in Audiotool's Newsletter (1M subscribers), on Audiotool's Homepage, and will be a showcase project in our launch campaign. The winning app will also receive up to $5,000 in Google Cloud credits.
Selection Process
Register to the event, answer the few questions, and we'll be in touch to assign you with a team. IMPORTANT: registering doesn't guarantee that we'll offer you a spot, we will prioritise participants working on one of our official challenges.
A jury will evaluate the best hacks at the end of the hackathon.
Each team will have 3 minutes to present their hack to an international jury at the end of the event. Winners will be announced right away. This is the ideal launchpad for new ideas and future startups.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to showcase your skills and passion for music and technology!
Sponsors
Special thanks to our sponsors for making this hackathon possible.
About the Organisers
This event is organised by Music Hackspace, in partnership with the Centre for Digital Music.