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Posted on 1 June 2020
As part of Volunteers' Week we're sharing stories of our amazing volunteers who help our member groups to keep making music....
choir members singing together, posing for camera before lockdown
Posted on 27 May 2020
Vice chairman of the The Skipton Choir, Paul Rodgers, tells us about how the group has managed to make music and raise funds for...
a closed red theatre curtain
Posted on 22 May 2020
Making Music are thrilled to have launched our new virtual concert series, broadcasting from Tuesday 26 May on our YouTube channel.Our member groups...
Posted on 18 May 2020
Two Making Music member choirs have used virtual means to carry on with the ambitious commemorative concert they had planned.Newcastle Choral...
Posted on 13 May 2020
From rainbow drawings in windows to clapping and pot bashing on Thursdays, the public support shown towards our NHS and key workers has...
Posted on 6 May 2020
Following the emergence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK, we explore matters to consider for your music group.Updated 15 MayCovid-19/...
Posted on 21 April 2020
Orchestra founder and manager Adrian Bullock tells us how Making Music member group, the Enfield Community Orchestra, got ahead of events caused...
Posted on 17 April 2020
Rachel Holt, a singer in the Stay At Home Choir, reflects on the music industry’s rapid digital response to COVID-19, and the...
Posted on 14 April 2020
Making Music Chair and viola player, Dorothy Wilson, shares research into ways to play together online during coronavirus lockdownIn one of the...
Posted on 27 March 2020
Making Music’s member survey took place just before the lockdown and reveals aggregate losses of £8.8m across our music groups.24% of...
Posted on 24 March 2020
The international celebration of music, Make Music Day, has set up a number of online initiatives to connect everyone through music on 21 June.Unlike...
Posted on 18 March 2020
In light of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, Making Music has been considering how best to support staff and members in these unsettling times....