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Adopt a Music Creator blog: A melding pot
Posted on 5 November 2023
Music creator Georgina MacDonell Finlayson talks to us about her double collaboration with the Shenstone Singers and Shenstone Roses...
musicians of NULCO sit with their instruments in a church while their MD addresses the audience
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Harmonising past and present
Posted on 4 September 2023
Music creator Charlotte Marlow reflects back on her work with the Newcastle-Under-Lyme Community Orchestra (NULCO) as they premiere their...
musicians on stage, sitting down and playing their instruments
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...
music creator Peter Falconer is standing and conducting the Band of the Surrey Yeomanry, who are seated and playing their instruments
Adopt a Music Creator: Musical soundscapes
Posted on 2 May 2023
Music creator Peter Falconer describes the beginning of his collaboration with the Band of the Surrey Yeomanry as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2023....
composer leading a workshop by having the brass band players face the walls while playing their instruments
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Amazing and unexpected
Posted on 25 April 2023
Music creator Robin Fiedler talks about preparing for their workshop with Regent Brass as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2023.This was my first...
Yule Songs project logo
Yule Songs project: Create and collaborate on original...
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...
Adopt a Music Creator blog: An ethereal atmosphere
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...
Adopt a Music Creator blog: From dawn to dreams
Posted on 19 February 2023
Caitlin Harrison takes us through her journey working with not one, but two music groups as part of the Adopt a Music Creator 2022 project...
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...
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...
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...

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