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New classical music performance tariff from PRS includes...
Posted on 15 February 2023
Following extensive consultation, PRS for Music has announced its revised live classical music tariff, effective from 1 September 2023Making Music,...
OTR service provides £0.5 million in extra income
Posted on 7 February 2023
Making Music helps leisure-time instrumental groups claim £500,000 with the Orchestra Tax Relief service, which they can invest back into...
Members of Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble standing on a stage and performing
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A real collaboration
Posted on 30 January 2023
Edgar Divver reflects on his work with the Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble for Adopt a Music Creator 2022.Looking back on the...
Respond to the Charity Commission’s new social media draft...
Posted on 27 January 2023
The Charity Commission recently released new draft guidance on social media use for charities and invites Charitable organisations, including leisure...
Man, dressed as Handel, conducts 150 singers and brass players in a rendition of the Hallelujah! chorus outside Bristol Cathedral
Sing for the King – Bristol’s choral coronation tribute
Posted on 26 January 2023
St George's Bristol, a renowned music venue at the heart of Bristol, invites members to take part in a mass choir performance of Handel's...
Members of Singing for Pleasure standing up and singing, led by their musical director
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A wide range
Posted on 15 January 2023
Margot, member of Singing for Pleasure, reflects on her group's partnership with Dominic Matthews as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022...
Adopt a Music Creator 2023 pairings revealed
Posted on 8 January 2023
Making Music is thrilled to announce the selected 2023 pairings for Adopt a Music Creator, the long-running new music creation project.The Adopt a...
A Missed Opportunity?
Posted on 20 December 2022
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) parliamentary committee’s Levelling Up report.Making Music made a written...
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Classic FM announces winners of Christmas carols broadcast
Posted on 20 December 2022
Our annual partnership with Classic FM has brought some incredible Christmas carols from our member groups.It's a joy that our members are...
Public vote for RPS Inspiration Award opens
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...
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A retrospective
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...
Making Music expands activity with grant from Esmée...
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...

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