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Sign up for the Contemporary Music for All Festival
Posted on 18 January 2018
The 2018 Contemporary Music for All Festival is coming near you on 2-4 March. Sign up to take part. Some Making Music member groups participated in...
A sheet music discount from new Corporate members Hawes...
Posted on 18 January 2018
Hawes Music is the publishing house founded by composer Patrick Hawes. Born in Grimsby, Patrick is an English composer who has made his mark as a...
Corporate member blog: An Italian treat for your choir
Posted on 17 January 2018
After working with choirs for many years, one thing stands out to us at Club Europe Music Tours - choir members love spending that extra time...
Don't miss the Adopt a Composer broadcasts on BBC...
Posted on 17 January 2018
We're delighted to announce that the 2016/17 Adopt a Composer premières will be broadcast each night this week on BBC Radio 3. What time are...
Could your expertise help musicians?
Posted on 16 January 2018
Professional musicians deal with tough physical, emotional and psychological challenges. As well as being vulnerable to accident or injury, they...
Can everyone sing?
Posted on 15 January 2018
In the face of a growing public narrative that ‘everyone can sing’, there's still a section of the population who are convinced that...
Ringing in the New Year
Posted on 12 January 2018
The moment of truth arrives as composer Peter Yarde Martin tests out his new composition with the Bellfolk Handbell Ringers for the Adopt a Composer...
Music makers celebrated in New Year Honours
Posted on 12 January 2018
A number of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to music have been recognised in the 2018 New Year Honours List and we're...
What's the score?
Posted on 4 January 2018
Thursday 4 January 2018 at 7:45pm, Bellfolk Handbell Ringers met at Honingham Village Hall in Norfolk. Peter Yarde Martin (composer) and Jenni...
First look at a new companion piece to Fauré’s Requiem
Posted on 1 January 2018
Commissioned from Danyal Dhondy, with funding from the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust, the new piece will be available free to Making Music members...
Play under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle
Posted on 18 December 2017
The Berlin Philharmonic is looking for 100 leisure-time musicians to perform Johannes Brahms’s First Symphony on 21 May 2018 as part of their...
Google Ad Grants changes - if you have an Adwords account,...
Posted on 14 December 2017
This morning, Google sent out a notification email to 35,000 Google Ad Grant holders warning of forthcoming changes to eligibility criteria. They...

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