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Dunbartonshire Concert Band highlight the impact of leisure...
Posted on 24 August 2023
Scottish member group Dunbartonshire Concert Band (DCB) were delighted to be chosen as guest editors for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, where...
Tailor-made tours with Sound Escapes
Posted on 22 August 2023
Sound Escapes is a specialist tour operator based in Nottingham arranging tailor-made concert and performance tours for adult music ensembles who...
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Changes to the Making Music Board
Posted on 15 August 2023
After the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12 July, we welcome some new faces and familiar faces in new roles to the Making Music Board of...
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Adopt a Music Creator blog: Rhythmless melodies
Posted on 14 August 2023
Music creator Anselm McDonnell talks about the beginnings of his collaboration with the Northern Ireland Concert Band as part of Adopt a...
Bristol Choral Society soars high after winning Making...
Posted on 9 August 2023
Joi Demery and Val Williams of member group Bristol Choral Society talk to us about their choir's trajectory after winning a Making Music...
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) draft bill update
Posted on 27 July 2023
Following a consultation on this proposed legislation, the select committee has released a report, reflecting many of our members' main concerns...
Voices Weaving: celebrating co-creation with choirs
Posted on 27 July 2023
Creative producer Holly Hunter and composer Michael Betteridge present their co-creation project Voices Weaving, and invite members to get involved...
Discover Early Music concerts anywhere in the UK
Posted on 13 July 2023
Continuo Connect is a concert-finder for music lovers looking for the best of Classical, Baroque, Renaissance and other Early Music events happening...
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CoMA celebrates 30 years of participatory music!
Posted on 27 June 2023
Join CoMA for a weekend celebration of community and new music as well as its 30th anniversary on 15 and 16 July at St John's Smith Square in...
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Sir Charles Groves Prize awarded to founder of...
Posted on 22 June 2023
Making Music has presented acclaimed conductor Charles Hazlewood with the Sir Charles Groves Prize for his outstanding contribution to the musical...
A man with a bass violin resting on his shoulder as he annotates sheet music on an iPad.
Four key benefits of digital sheet music
Posted on 12 June 2023
Corporate member Newzik is a digital sheet music app available on iOS products. The app allows musicians to conveniently store all their sheet music...
Credit where credit is due
Posted on 24 May 2023
Quietly, working in the background, there are services of enormous importance to leisure-time music groups: the organisations supplying sheet music....

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