Holly Radford-James, Chief Executive Officer of Soundabout, talks to us about their Emerging Leaders project and how your music group can get involved.
Soundabout, the UK’s Learning Disability Music Charity, is inviting Making Music groups to be part of an exciting virtual collaboration and premiere of an original composition by Learning Disabled musicians from Soundabout’s Emerging Leaders project.
Make Music Day takes place each year on 21 June – a global celebration of music making that brings communities together for a day of joy, creativity and connection. Each year our members show up and show out! Here’s a look back on some of the events that took place across the UK.
Alison Reeves, Deputy CEO and Manager in Scotland, talks about the 90th anniversary of the National Federation of Music Societies (now known as Making Music), the reason this organisation was needed and how we have championed leisure-time music from the start.
Making Music’s Access and Inclusion lead Alison Reeves, writes about some of the people we met at a Conversations about Music and Autism event, insights on the relationship between autism and music making and how music groups like those in the MM membership can better include autistic people.
As part of Making Music’s 90th anniversary celebrations, we’re speaking to some of our long-standing member groups about their history, their impact, and their hopes for the future.
One such group is Barnet Band; a thriving community wind band with a rich past and a forward-looking spirit. We spoke to Sue Dunn, the band’s Secretary, and Ian Merryweather, its Chair, both of whom have been involved since the early 1990s.
Making Music is the UK membership organisation for leisure-time music and is overseen by a board of nine trustees, who are elected by member groups of Making Music – and up to three more can be co-opted. This year at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 2 July, we announced four board members; three of which are new and one re-elected.
They are:
Atulkumar Patel, MBE, a Trustee of The Sitar Music Society, talks to us for South Asian Heritage Month about his society's rich traditions of celebrating the artistry of the sitar and nurturing education, performance, and community appreciation of Indian music and dance.
Our Chief Executive recently attended the Beyond 2025 annual conference and reflects on what gives her hope.
Barbara Eifler, Chief Executive of Making Music, recently attended Beyond 2025, the annual conference of Culture Action Europe (CAE), a lobbying umbrella body in Europe, in her capacity as a Board member of Amateo, the European Network promoting and advocating for participatory arts and culture – formed of many organisations and networks just like Making Music.
The Spring Review leaves questions over support for the arts and leisure-time music sector.
On 11 June, the Chancellor delivered her Spending Review which sets limits for governmental department spending for the next three years.
Having read all and any information I could on this, the only thing I can say with confidence is that no one seems entirely sure who – if any – the winners are.
As part of Making Music’s 90th anniversary celebrations, we’re speaking to some of our long-standing member groups about their history, their impact, and their hopes for the future.
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