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Making Music partners with Classic FM for nationwide search...
Posted on 9 March 2022
Britain’s Big Platinum Performance will showcase the UK’s best leisure-time music groups on a recording that will be gifted this Platinum...
A collage of 2022 Adopt a Music Creator pairings
Adopt a Music Creator pairings for 2022 revealed
Posted on 17 January 2022
Making Music is delighted to announce the participants for Adopt a Music Creator 2022, an expanded version of the hugely popular Adopt a Composer...
Helensburgh Oratorio Choir perform Aileen Sweeney's 'Breathing Place' for the first time
Adopt a Music Creator premiere blog: Helensburgh Oratorio...
Posted on 15 December 2021
Making Music's manager in Scotland, Alison Reeves, reflects on an uplifting Adopt a Music Creator (formerly Adopt a Composer) premiere from...
Ugie Voices rehearse at Petergead Academy, pre-pandemic
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Back with a bang
Posted on 30 September 2021
Sheila Biegala fills us in on a long-awaited return to in-person activity for Ugie Voices, who can now look forward to more joint rehearsals with...
City of Bristol Brass Band pose in tuxes with their instruments
Adopt a Composer blog: A marathon, not a sprint – a...
Posted on 6 August 2021
In a new diary entry for Adopt a Composer 2019/20, Laura Shipsey recounts how her composition for City of Bristol Brass Band took a different turn in...
Thank You Day 4 July logo of arms embracing heart, with social hashtag #ThankYouDay
Get involved in the UK’s biggest ever Thank You Party!
Posted on 14 June 2021
Making Music believes many members will be interested in this great initiative on Sunday 4 July – and it’s very light touch if your...
Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra rehearse with Phoenix Saxophone Orchestra on Zoom
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A month of ups and downs, but...
Posted on 9 June 2021
Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra's Foss Foster ponders the pros and cons of life on Zoom, and how the platform has framed her group's Adopt...
2015: Female flautists perform outdoors during summer Proms in the Park
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Zooming towards an in-person...
Posted on 25 May 2021
Bury St Edmunds Concert Band trombonist Gary Hawkes pens a diary entry for Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, again pondering how Litha Efthymiou...
Bury St Edmunds Concert Band play an outdoor summer concert, pre-pandemic
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Sounds, bars and memories
Posted on 23 May 2021
Bury St Edmunds Concert Band trombonist Gary Hawkes fills us in on another thought-provoking Zoom workshop with Litha Efthymiou for Adopt a Music...
Bury St Edmunds Concert Band play Proms in the Park, Ickworth House
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Questions for the band
Posted on 11 May 2021
Bury St Edmunds Concert Band trombonist Gary Hawkes reflects on introductory sessions with Litha Efthymiou, and how she has got to know the group...
a boy and an older woman holding a tambourine smile during an intergenerational musical meeting
Guest blog: Bringing generations together through music
Posted on 23 April 2021
Emily Abbott, programme director for Intergenerational Music Making and Together with Music, outlines the aims of an exciting new project....
MD Dr Richard Bunzl leads Hepton Singers through an in-person rehearsal, pre-pandemic
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Hepton Singers
Posted on 16 April 2021
Hepton Singers' MD Richard Bunzl ponders how Fergus Hall has drawn on the history of Hebden Bridge to inspire their Adopt a Music Creator...

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