Digested news with all you need to know about what’s going on in areas affecting amateur music including forthcoming opportunities, campaigns and advocacy, resources, regulatory changes, events and feature stories.

If your group is a member of Making Music, and you have a story you'd like to share about a project or activity you've been involved in, then let us know.

Displaying 121 - 132 of 733 results
logo of long covid support scotland
Posted on 12 April 2023
Pauline Waugh, Chair and co-founder of singing group Cheyne Gang, talks to us about a new free resource for people suffering from long covid.As a...
Learn to Play Day 7 and 8 October 2023 logo
Posted on 5 April 2023
Learn to Play Day is back for another year! The annual event, organised by the Music for All charity, is a UK-wide day for lapsed or new musicians to...
Brighton Early Music Festival logo
Posted on 3 April 2023
We’re delighted to announce a partnership with Brighton Early Music Festival for the newly expanded Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists...
Posted on 30 March 2023
Charitable organisations are being targeted by scammers. Making Music provides guidance on how you can take protective measures.It’s a sad...
Coins in a glass jar with a seedling growing in it
Posted on 30 March 2023
This month the UK government announced that the Orchestra Tax Relief claim rate will continue to stay at 50% for another two years.Excellent news for...
Yule Songs project logo
Posted on 30 March 2023
Writer Graham Palmer, and composer and Adopt a Music Creator mentor Jenni Pinnock, call on East of England singing groups to take part in...
members of the Choir With No Name singing
Posted on 28 March 2023
This free network, chaired by Making Music, brings together organisations with an interest in singing in the UK. Chief Executive Barbara Eifler...
Posted on 14 March 2023
We sit down with Richard Gonski, music director of Torbay Symphony Orchestra, to discuss their Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Inspiration Award...
Posted on 10 March 2023
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) invites the public to recognise and celebrate the accomplishments of extraordinary...
Posted on 8 March 2023
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Making Music spotlights six iconic female composers of colour, a demographic that very often gets...
Posted on 6 March 2023
Pippa Moore, member of the Reading Youth Orchestra (RYO), reflects on her group's Adopt a Music Creator 2022 collaboration with...
Posted on 1 March 2023
Ellah Kandi, choir leader of Making Music member group Emmanu’-EL Apostolic Gospel Academy (EAGA), takes us through her group's journey to...