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Making Music, The National Federation of Music Societies  
Making Music represents and supports amateur and semi-professional music groups of all genres throughout the United Kingdom. We provide a comprehensive range of artistic and administrative services and development and training opportunities. Making Music also lobbies on behalf of our members to national and local government and other agencies

With over 2,500 member groups, we represent over 175,000 musicians and music lovers throughout the UK. Collectively, they present around 10,000 concerts each year to an audience of 1.6 million people. They spend £10 million per year on professional artists, £720,000 with music publishers, as well as employing composers, venues, designers, staging suppliers and instrument manufacturers. Making Music's proudest claim is that in many communities a Making Music concert is the only form of live music.

Content Last updated:
5 July 2007
 
Around the UK   Who's who
Making Music Committees, Regional Development Officers and Local Youth Officers work nationwide supporting communities' live music-making potential   Put faces to the voices you speak to in the Making Music office and find out a bit more about what they do and what they've done!

About our members   About this site
The results of our biennial survey of member activity provides one of the most comprehensive views of amateur music-making activity in the UK.   This site was made possible by the commitment of our hard-working team of web builders and funded by Northern Arts with partnership funding from Design Bridge.