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Posted on 24 February 2022
Making Music has responded to the Government’s Levelling Up consultation with key contributions from our members. The Levelling Up agenda...
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Posted on 24 February 2022
We have heard from a few member groups recently who have been contacted by HMRC and asked to submit a Company Tax Return (CTR). This is the tax...
members of the flute ensemble during rehearsal
Posted on 23 February 2022
Rebecca Demott of the Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble (BWAFE) relates her group's first workshop with music creator Edgar Divver, as...
Vaughan Williams postage stamp
Posted on 18 February 2022
2022 marks 150 years since the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.Here is a list of...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...