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Posted on 14 January 2016
This is Lee Westwood, logging in, after my first couple of months as the adopted composer of the East London Community Band. We've been off to a...
Posted on 12 January 2016
The Government consultation on how to implement the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) closes on Friday 29 January 2016. The EBacc proposal means every...
Posted on 11 January 2016
The New Year’s Honours list, as usual, includes a number of musicians, the most prominent of which – David Joseph, Chair and CEO of...
Posted on 11 January 2016
As Prostate Cancer Awareness Month March approaches this March, Get Men Singing are calling for men and boys to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK...
Posted on 7 January 2016
Do you love the idea of digital scores and rich-media choral apps, or does the thought of losing physical scores make your blood boil? Have you say...
Posted on 6 January 2016
It is with great sadness that we report the recent death of Roy Carr, a longstanding supporter of Making Music and previous chair of the Yorkshire...
Posted on 17 December 2015
National Learn To Play Day is back for its fifth successive year on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March 2016. Organised by Music for All, the...
Posted on 17 December 2015
The Snowman, with live music by a full orchestra – it’s a dream Christmas treat for families, and orchestras all over the country (not to...
Posted on 15 December 2015
The Department for Education have announced plans to make a new English Baccalaureate (EBacc) a headline league table for schools, and give it a...
Posted on 15 December 2015
Are you looking for something to help you with running your group, or a particular task such as paying PRS fees or fundraising? On the new website...
Posted on 15 December 2015
After a year of research, consultations, focus groups and much hard work from the teams in Nottingham and Leicester, the pioneering new Nottingham...
Posted on 14 December 2015
Discover Welsh Music is a new online resource developed by Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales whose mission is to support, develop and promote the...