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La Nova Singers reflect on their first Adopt a Composer...
Posted on 28 January 2016
The venue for our first Adopt a Composer workshop with Ed Scolding was resplendent in orange and brown patterned wallpaper, of the type popular in...
Making connections: a carefully programmed concert is...
Posted on 27 January 2016
Today we have incredible access to a seemingly infinite amount of music: Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music – not to mention an abundance of online...
Finding adventures abroad
Posted on 26 January 2016
At the Making Music Council meeting in October 2015 a member asked Making Music to facilitate connections abroad. So where can you start? One...
Apply for £100 to put on an event for Voluntary Arts Week
Posted on 26 January 2016
The aim of this microfund is to enable cultural groups to reach out to new participants and volunteers, helping them to grow and be more sustainable...
The Great British Amateur Orchestra - apply for a new BBC...
Posted on 20 January 2016
BBC Music today announces a major initiative, Get Playing, aimed at shining a light on amateur music of all kinds across the nation, and launches a...
3 things you can do this week to save music education in...
Posted on 12 January 2016
The Government consultation on how to implement the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) closes on Friday 29 January 2016. The EBacc proposal means every...
New Year Honours to celebrate
Posted on 11 January 2016
The New Year’s Honours list, as usual, includes a number of musicians, the most prominent of which – David Joseph, Chair and CEO of...
Join Get Men Singing and fight prostate cancer
Posted on 11 January 2016
As Prostate Cancer Awareness Month March approaches this March, Get Men Singing are calling for men and boys to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK...
Help to shape the future of choral music
Posted on 7 January 2016
Do you love the idea of digital scores and rich-media choral apps, or does the thought of losing physical scores make your blood boil? Have you say...
Learn to Play Day 2016 – 12/13 March
Posted on 17 December 2015
National Learn To Play Day is back for its fifth successive year on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March 2016. Organised by Music for All, the...
Snow time
Posted on 17 December 2015
The Snowman, with live music by a full orchestra – it’s a dream Christmas treat for families, and orchestras all over the country (not to...
Check out the new resources!
Posted on 15 December 2015
Are you looking for something to help you with running your group, or a particular task such as paying PRS fees or fundraising? On the new website...

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