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West Midlands Verdi's Requiem at Symphony Hall 2008 (c) Lindsay Wilson

Welcome to Making Music West

Making Music West combines our previous North West and West Midlands regions to cover Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, Herefordshire, Shropshire (and Telford & Wrekin), Staffordshire (and Stoke-on Trent), Warwickshire, Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Sandwell and Worcestershire.

What's new?

Cheshire Chord Company welcomes the Olympic Torch

Recognition for voluntary music heroes

A Giant Turnout For a Giant Anthem

New volunteer Team Leaders

Events

May26

Orchestral Workshop - Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss

Orchestral Workshop - Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss

King Edward Musical Society's annual workshop day!

May26

Come Ye Sons of Art

Come Ye Sons of Art

Unlock the Music perform Purcell's anthem for the Archbishop of Canterbury.

May27

Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert

Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert

A concert to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with music for Royal occasions.

Find a music group

West West
Search from nearly 450 amateur and voluntary music groups registered as Making Music members in the North West and West Midlands regions of England.

The Overture

Cultural Olympiad
Apply now to take part in Making Music's own London 2012 inspired project - an original work to be performed by Making Music member groups in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games.

Volunteer for us

Supporting members
Our team of volunteers is being created to provide support for members across the West region. We’d love to hear from you if you can offer a few hours a week to help.

Composer awards

Champion new music
Nominate your composers for the 2012 British Composer Awards now. This is your opportunity to show recognition of outstanding composition for amateur performance.