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Three Choirs Festival logo
Posted on 18 February 2022
Celebrating its 307th anniversary in 2022, the Three Choirs Festival is the longest running non-competitive classical music festival in the world....
Musica International logo
Posted on 17 February 2022
Making Music is a member of Musica, an international project to create the world’s largest database of choral music. Through this...
Singing for Health Network logo
Posted on 16 February 2022
The Singing for Health Network (SFHN) has published free downloadable guides for leaders of choirs and singing groups across the UK, and for social...
the choir seated with images of previous conductors superimposed
Posted on 14 February 2022
Vivian Anthony of Leicestershire Chorale talks about the group’s history and legacy in his new book. I suppose there are others who can...
logo of opera anywhere
Posted on 11 February 2022
Mike Woodward, director of Opera Anywhere, talks us through what his company can do for leisure-time music groups.  Opera Anywhere is a...
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Posted on 1 February 2022
Martin Raymond discusses writing the words to ‘Breathing Place’, the collaboration between Helensburgh Oratorio Choir and Aileen Sweeney...
Abbots Langley Orchestra rehearse in a village hall
Posted on 27 January 2022
The government Protect Duty consultation in 2021 was about potential new legislation to oblige those running publicly accessible spaces to implement...
Posted on 18 January 2022
Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra provides an update on her group’s latest rehearsal with Ugie Voices and music creator Ben Lunn...
A collage of 2022 Adopt a Music Creator pairings
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...
members of NULCO in rehearsals
Posted on 6 January 2022
Gina Pegg of Newcastle-under-Lyme Community Orchestra (NULCO) provides an update on her group’s collaboration with composer Charlotte Marlow...
Members of Westerly Winds performance
Posted on 4 January 2022
Catherine Herring, volunteer events co-ordinator of Westerly Winds, tells the story of how their members decided to take their Grade 5 music theory...
logo of classic fm with holly
Posted on 20 December 2021
It’s that time of year again... Making Music has teamed up with Classic FM to showcase a variety of Christmas carols performed by our member...