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...
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...
Posted on 23 December 2016
One of the jobs that you as members of Making Music entrust us with is to speak on your behalf to those that shape the environment in which you...
Posted on 5 December 2016
When we (and other music advocacy organisations) are making the case for amateur music groups to those in power, being able to demonstrate their...
Posted on 25 November 2016
Over a year ago now, the government’s consultation on making the proposed EBacc a compulsory measure for secondary schools closed, and we are...
Posted on 21 October 2016
Everyone’s heart sank when, for the second time in five years, the great collection of music scores known as the Yorkshire Music Library (...
Posted on 2 August 2016
The BBC has revealed the five orchestras chosen to be part of the new series All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge, which the broadcaster...
Posted on 21 July 2016
After over 100,000 music makers and supporters signed an official Parliamentary petition asking the Department for Education (DfE) to include...
Posted on 6 June 2016
New research by Making Music reveals the varied nature of roles and engagements by amateur music groups of professional musicians.
98% of...
Posted on 26 May 2016
Yorkshire Music Library’s new home; Norfolk Music Sets Service one year reprieve; Nottingham powering on; and what’s happening in West...
Posted on 24 May 2016
BBC Music today launched Get Playing, a project that aims to inspire and bring together amateur musicians across the UK, while helping people...
Posted on 15 April 2016
'A Choir in Every Care Home' is an initiative to explore how music and singing can feature regularly in care homes across the country....
