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Music education – Building skills for professional life
Posted on 25 September 2025
The results from our August 2025 survey of leisure-time musicians show that the transferable skills they learned from studying music at school have...
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Winners of the 2025 Making Music Awards announced
Posted on 25 September 2025
Making Music is proud to announce announce the winners of the 2025 Making Music Awards.The Making Music annual awards ceremony celebrates the...
An appreciation of The Duchess of Kent
Posted on 23 September 2025
An appreciation of HRH The Duchess of Kent,  by former Making Music Chief Executive Russell Jones.It seems hard to believe now, but in the...
William Byrd Singers launch Bach oratorio crowdfunder
Posted on 23 September 2025
Leslie Robinson, Publicity Officer for the William Bryd Singers, talks to us about the group's crowdfunding campaign to bring Bach back to the...
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Vote for the President's Award 2025
Posted on 15 September 2025
Public voting for the Making Music President's Award is now open - help us celebrate the amazing volunteers of Making Music member groups.The...
The Making Music Awards 2025 shortlist announced
Posted on 15 September 2025
We are thrilled to announce the shortlisted nominees for the 2025 Making Music Awards, followed by a celebratory evening on Wednesday 24 September...
In tribute: The Duchess of Kent (1933–2025)
Posted on 10 September 2025
Making Music is deeply saddened to learn of the death of our Patron for over thirty years, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and we extend our heartfelt...
East Lancashire Concert Band: A 19th-century band for the...
Posted on 8 September 2025
As part of Making Music's 90th anniversary celebrations, we're speaking to member groups across the UK about their stories, their communities...
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Bradford Accordion Band: changing perceptions, one squeeze...
Posted on 4 September 2025
As part of Making Music's 90th anniversary celebrations, we're speaking to member groups across the UK about their stories, their communities...
Do music groups build community cohesion?
Posted on 25 August 2025
Music groups are places where people across a community meet and connect – sometimes despite their differences. The first report for the...
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Community is alive!
Posted on 20 August 2025
In June, our CEO Barbara Eifler, spoke at a conference in the Czech Republic about 'associations as a significant phenomenon of cultural life in...
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Stainer & Bell secure worldwide distribution for all...
Posted on 12 August 2025
Independent music publishing house Stainer & Bell have secured worldwide distrubtion of Elgar Works titles as of June 2025.Dedicated to...

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