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2018: Monmouth Male Voice Choir perform at the Rolls of Monmouth Golf Club in tuxedos
Posted on 16 February 2021
In Côr Meibion Mynwy (Monmouth Male Voice Choir)’s first blog of Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, music sub-committee chair Peter Watts outlines...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Community Orchestra members meet for an in-person rehearsal before coronavirus restrictions
Posted on 25 January 2021
Thomas Barlow-Coxon, founder and director of Newcastle-under-Lyme Community Orchestra, provides an insight into the early days of his group's...
Crieff Choral Group members perform Handel's 'Messiah', Christmas 2015
Posted on 14 January 2021
Alison Martin, chair of Crieff Choral Group, recounts how a Victorian poem recently came to be arranged for the choir.During lockdown, I was...
Ugie Voices rehearse on Zoom
Posted on 12 January 2021
In Ugie Voices’ first blog from Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, member Sheila Biegala updates us on her group’s progress and their...
Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra's Zoom rehearsal with music creator Ben Lunn
Posted on 2 December 2020
In our second blog from Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra outlines her group's experience of...
NPO take a bow during their COVID-secure performance
Posted on 2 December 2020
Jean Kelly, administrator and active member of Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra, talks to us about her group's experience of...
Ayr Choral Union rehearsing
Posted on 30 November 2020
Marion of Ayr Choral Union details the group's rich history with Handel's Messiah, including their most recent digital...
Posted on 30 October 2020
There were many questions the German Choir of London had to confront when planning their Covid-secure rehearsals. Music Director Barbara Höfling...
Alton Concert Orchestra members wear face coverings during a socially-distanced, COVID-secure rehearsal
Posted on 30 October 2020
Itching to meet in person again, the Alton Concert Orchestra set about returning to safe rehearsals as soon as Government guidelines allowed,...
Posted on 26 October 2020
After a green light from the government, the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra resumed in-person rehearsals, but with half its players joining in from...
time logo
Posted on 21 October 2020
The International Music Exchange Ltd (TIME) is based in Wells, Somerset, and organises quality concerts, tours, festivals and musical collaborations...
Posted on 12 October 2020
As lockdown restrictions began to ease, Cantiones Choir headed outdoors to experience the joys of singing in person again. Sian Tasker...