Digested news with all you need to know about what’s going on in areas affecting amateur music including forthcoming opportunities, campaigns and advocacy, resources, regulatory changes, events and feature stories.

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May elections 2023: ask your local council to help your...
Posted on 10 April 2023
In May, there are local elections in some parts of England (4 May), and in Northern Ireland (18 May). When your local candidates come knocking, you...
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May elections 2022: ask your local council to help your...
Posted on 12 April 2022
On 5 May, there are local elections in many local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. When your local candidates come knocking, you may want...
Music libraries survey - help shape the future
Posted on 30 June 2020
As a trustee of the Music Libraries Trust, Making Music’s Chief Executive has been working with fellow trustees to commission research into the...
Blog: Not down but out in London and Paris
Posted on 27 January 2020
It’s not as glamorous as it sounds, and often involves investing a lot of time before results become tangible… so what does it look like...
NewSPAL on track to run music collection for all
Posted on 29 November 2019
In February 2019, Surrey County Council Cabinet finally agreed that the charity, NewSPAL (New Surrey Performing Arts Library), would be allowed to...
Surrey Performing Arts Library – last hurdle ready for the...
Posted on 20 December 2018
Surrey County Council (SCC) has now published the consultation on NewSPAL's proposals to take on the running of the Surrey Performing Arts...
Making Music Together exhibition
Posted on 19 December 2018
Immerse yourself in a celebration of leisure-time music at the Barbican Music Library in London, running from 16 January to 23 March 2019.From all...
Success for campaigners as Bristol music collection stays...
Posted on 27 April 2018
Bristol’s collection of over 1,200 music sets and scores will stay in the city after an agreement was reached between Bristol Music Trust and...
Music libraries – Surrey and Bristol: what you can do now
Posted on 22 March 2018
SurreyNew user-led charity NewSPAL is bidding to take on the running of the Surrey Performing Arts Library (SPAL) from Surrey County Council (SCC)....
Surrey Performing Arts Library – update and how to support...
Posted on 23 February 2018
The 8 February Surrey County Council (SCC) Communities Select Committee adopted some recommendations for the future of SPAL which will now be put...
Surrey Performing Arts Library – a national resource under...
Posted on 22 December 2017
Music libraries are by no means used by all Making Music members. But to those groups that rely on them, these resources are a lifeline; enabling...
Surrey Performing Arts Library consultation deadline...
Posted on 14 September 2017
Surrey Performing Arts Library (SPAL), currently based on the Denbigh Estate in Dorking, is one of the two largest collections of music sets in...

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