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Group of people doing Brazilian drumming
Posted on 7 November 2022
Making Music is delighted to be one of the organisations to receive funding from Arts Council England's £43.5 million investment from April...
Row of red empty seats at a venue
Posted on 28 October 2022
Arts Council England (ACE) has launched an Access Scheme survey, asking for feedback from the creative and cultural sectorArts Council England are...
Posted on 27 October 2022
A team from HMRC’s digital service design department is looking into ways to simplify the process of claiming Gift Aid online and improve the...
People in a choir standing and holding music scores
Posted on 26 October 2022
Music creator Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones talks about the premiere night of her collaboration with the Voices of Exmoor as part of Adopt a Music...
Posted on 12 October 2022
The Creative Lives Awards, formerly known as the Epic Awards, is back again!This year, Creative Lives is looking to recognise and celebrate the...
logo of Naxos Music
Posted on 12 October 2022
New corporate member Naxos Music talks about their online streaming and programming resources.Often known (somewhat frustratingly!) only as 'the...
Posted on 10 October 2022
The latest research by Donne, Women in Music shows the disparity between male and female composers and global majority composers within the global...
Music creator Caitlin Harrison leading the RYO workshop
Posted on 4 October 2022
Melanie Le Breuilly, the Music Director of Reading Youth Orchestra (RYO), tells us about the start of her group's work with Caitlin Harrison...
Posted on 29 September 2022
NewSPAL, the charity taking on Surrey County Council’s performing arts collection, is now open for business. With the support of its community...
Posted on 22 September 2022
Annual celebration recognises music creators and arrangers, projects, music directors and group heroes.The winners of the 2022 Making Music Awards...
Posted on 21 September 2022
Paul Whittaker OBE discusses the value of having sign language interpreters at performance venues, how music can be seen as well as heard, and ways...
Posted on 21 September 2022
Carmel Smickersgill describes preparing for the premiere with the Junior Leeds Conservatoire Ensemble Creative as part of their Adopt a Composer...