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group of musicians sitting down with music sheets looking at music creator with guitar on stage
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Coming together
Posted on 5 November 2024
Music creator Finn McLean talks about their collaboration with the Glasgow Community Concert Band as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2024. ...
musicians and audience sitting down at premiere concert while CEO Barbara Eifler makes a speech on the podium
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Something for everyone
Posted on 17 October 2024
Music creator Fraz Ireland talks about the final preparations for the premiere of their piece with Blackheath Choir as part of Adopt a Music Creator...
members of the choir singing, holding their scores, inside a church
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Experimental sounds
Posted on 15 October 2024
Music creator Fraz Ireland details the workshops they did with Blackheath Choir as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2023. A workshop is a time to...
members of the barbershop group standing up and singing in rehearsal
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Knowing your group
Posted on 11 September 2024
Music creator Charlotte Botterill talks to us about the start of their creative journey with music group Harpenden Barbershop Harmony as part of...
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Legacies can be transforming
Posted on 25 June 2024
Our CEO Barbara Eifler reminds us what legacies have done for Making Music, and what significant impact they can have.Talking about wills can be hard...
members of the northern rose voices performing in a church
Adopt a Music Creator vlog: Collaborative reflection
Posted on 29 April 2024
Janice Summers, co-Music Director of Northern Rose Voices, talks through the start of their creative journey with composer Carla Sayer as part...
members of the choir and orchestra on stage, sitting down, ready to being the concert
60 years of Helensburgh Oratorio
Posted on 3 April 2024
Margaret Hastings, Treasurer for the Helensburgh Oratorio Choir, tells us how their group organised their Diamond Jubilee concert.Susannah Wapshott,...
Brass band performing music called Castle in the Sky in concert hall
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A veritable firework
Posted on 26 February 2024
Music creator Robin Fiedler talks about the premiere of their collaboration piece with Regent Brass Band and Camden Brass Band as part of Adopt a...
members of the band sit down with their instruments during a workshop
Adopt a Music Creator blog: An outstanding year
Posted on 12 February 2024
Michael Withers, Music Director of the Band of the Surrey Yeomanry, looks back on their year of working with Peter Falconer as part of Adopt a...
the two brass bands sitting on stage with their instruments, music director conducting, during the premiere
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Co-creation
Posted on 21 January 2024
Alan Duguid, Music Director of Regent Brass, reflects on his group's collaboration with Robin Fielder and Camden Brass as part of Adopt a...
Four musicians sitting in chairs and smiling at the making music adopt a music creator launch
2024 Adopt A Music Creator pairings
Posted on 15 January 2024
We’re thrilled to announce the pairings in our 2024 Adopt a Music Creator project!The Adopt a Music Creator project is one of our flagship...
close-up of music sheets with students playing, with music director conducting in the background
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A tightrope walk
Posted on 19 December 2023
Music creator Robin Fiedler talks about their first full rehearsal with Regent Brass Band and Camden Brass Band as part of their Adopt a Music...

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