Digested news with all you need to know about what’s going on in areas affecting amateur music including forthcoming opportunities, campaigns and advocacy, resources, regulatory changes, events and feature stories.

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All Together Now! A challenge for your choir this Spring
Posted on 13 March 2017
The Choir with No Name work with people who have experienced homelessness, providing welcoming, safe and creative environments for their members to...
Free choice, vetoed b sharps and Tilikum the whale
Posted on 1 March 2017
The London Medical Orchestra have had the very great pleasure of working with Martin Humphries under the ‘Adopt a Composer’ project, run...
Why you need to make time to discuss the finances of your...
Posted on 24 February 2017
Do you worry about the financial health of your music group? You are not alone if you do - it is the single biggest challenge our groups face. Nearly...
Why standing still is not an option and a project can be a...
Posted on 23 February 2017
All you want to do every Wednesday is turn up and have a good old sing or play through some nice music, and then go home and forget about it for...
An update on the Voices Now survey into choirs
Posted on 22 February 2017
Voices Now’s survey of singing groups in the UK is well under way and has gained a lot of traction, from choir organisations to academic...
Get Creative Weekend - a glorious celebration of creativity...
Posted on 22 February 2017
Get Creative Weekend returns bigger and better for 2017 with even more people across Britain set to take part in three days of good old fashioned...
A surprise gift from a distant relation
Posted on 17 February 2017
Opening the score of a new commission for the first time is rather like opening a surprise gift from a distant relation. You don’t know much...
Congratulations to the Nottingham Performing Arts Library...
Posted on 14 February 2017
We're delighted to announce that Nottingham Performing Arts Library Service (NPALS)'s re-vamped, online sheet music hire service has bagged...
Body Percussion, Vocal Scales and a Hocket or Two…
Posted on 7 February 2017
Having met the GSA Choir at a few rehearsals (and social occasions), it was time to try out some ideas with them in a practical workshop. We set...
Groups wanted for new BBC One music show
Posted on 30 January 2017
Auditions for a new BBC One series will take place this February and the producers are asking for vocal groups of all genres to apply to take part....
Child licensing issues for music groups: where are we at?
Posted on 26 January 2017
The child licensing system – regulating the permissions needed when young people under the age of 16 take part in a performance – was...
Give a Gig to support Youth Music
Posted on 25 January 2017
Give a Gig is the flagship fundraising initiative for Youth Music, the national charity investing in music-making projects for children and young...

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