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Posted on 19 December 2022
Royal Philharmonic Society invites the public to vote for a winner of its 2023 Inspiration Award from a shortlist that includes Making Music members...
Posted on 12 December 2022
Emily Peasgood reflects on her journey collaborating with the Oxted Band for their Adopt a Music Creator 2022 project.The first rehearsal is always a...
Posted on 5 December 2022
Funding will enable thousands of UK lesiure-time music groups to benefit from increased support and advocacy.Making Music is thrilled to have been...
Pictures of Making Music member groups
Posted on 1 December 2022
Making Music is delighted to announce that it now represents 4,000 members, an all-time high.Despite unprecedented disruption in recent years,...
Members of Voices of Exmoor standing and singing in front of an audience
Posted on 30 November 2022
Hayley Hodges, member of Voices of Exmoor, talks about her group's premiere night as the finale of their collaboration with music creator...
Posted on 25 November 2022
We are delighted to be receiving ACE funding from 2023, which will enable us to step up the work we do on behalf of our members.ACE stands for Arts...
Posted on 22 November 2022
Dan Goren, founding director of Composers Edition, on how to overcome the barriers to programming contemporary music.Who’s afraid of...
Posted on 14 November 2022
Making Music member group, The Royal Choral Society, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a concert on Sunday 7 May 2023, and a sing-along with...
Posted on 14 November 2022
Tell us about your experiences with social prescribing in a leisure-time music group setting by 5 DecemberThere are social prescribing models now in...
A decorative photo of a brush stroke
Posted on 8 November 2022
Edgar Divver looks back at his collaboration with the Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble (BWAFE) for Adopt a Music Creator 2022...
Row of red empty seats at a venue
Posted on 28 October 2022
Arts Council England (ACE) has launched an Access Scheme survey, asking for feedback from the creative and cultural sectorArts Council England are...
Posted on 27 October 2022
A team from HMRC’s digital service design department is looking into ways to simplify the process of claiming Gift Aid online and improve the...