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Adopt a Music Creator blog: A whirlwind month of inspiration
Posted on 1 March 2022
Edgar Divver recounts his first month working with Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble (BWAFE) as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022...
members of the flute ensemble during rehearsal
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Sounding colours
Posted on 23 February 2022
Rebecca Demott of the Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble (BWAFE) relates her group's first workshop with music creator Edgar Divver, as...
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Adopt a Music Creator blog: Coming up with the words
Posted on 1 February 2022
Martin Raymond discusses writing the words to ‘Breathing Place’, the collaboration between Helensburgh Oratorio Choir and Aileen Sweeney...
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Preparing for recording
Posted on 18 January 2022
Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra provides an update on her group’s latest rehearsal with Ugie Voices and music creator Ben Lunn...
A collage of 2022 Adopt a Music Creator pairings
Adopt a Music Creator pairings for 2022 revealed
Posted on 17 January 2022
Making Music is delighted to announce the participants for Adopt a Music Creator 2022, an expanded version of the hugely popular Adopt a Composer...
members of NULCO in rehearsals
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Rehearsals aplenty
Posted on 6 January 2022
Gina Pegg of Newcastle-under-Lyme Community Orchestra (NULCO) provides an update on her group’s collaboration with composer Charlotte Marlow...
Helensburgh Oratorio Choir perform Aileen Sweeney's 'Breathing Place' for the first time
Adopt a Music Creator premiere blog: Helensburgh Oratorio...
Posted on 15 December 2021
Making Music's manager in Scotland, Alison Reeves, reflects on an uplifting Adopt a Music Creator (formerly Adopt a Composer) premiere from...
members of City of Bristol Brass Band sitting in group with their instruments
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A long-awaited premiere
Posted on 15 December 2021
Kate Foley of the City of Bristol Brass Band recounts her group’s feelings on preparing their premiere and recording with Laura Shipsey for...
Music creator Fergus Hall meets Hepton Singers in person for the first time
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Hepton Singers, Heptonstall and...
Posted on 19 November 2021
In a new blog for Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, Hepton Singers MD Richard Bunzl recounts an inspiring visit from Fergus Hall as their collaboration...
Ugie Voices rehearse at Petergead Academy, pre-pandemic
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Back with a bang
Posted on 30 September 2021
Sheila Biegala fills us in on a long-awaited return to in-person activity for Ugie Voices, who can now look forward to more joint rehearsals with...
City of Bristol Brass Band pose in tuxes with their instruments
Adopt a Composer blog: A marathon, not a sprint – a...
Posted on 6 August 2021
In a new diary entry for Adopt a Composer 2019/20, Laura Shipsey recounts how her composition for City of Bristol Brass Band took a different turn in...
A member of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra smiles with his instrument, wrapped up warm for an outdoor rehearsal
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A welcome in-person return
Posted on 10 June 2021
Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra shares her group's delight on returning to in-person activity for Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21...

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