Since HMRC launched the Creative Industries Tax reliefs in 2017, our OTR service has been a great success earning our instrumental groups over £250,000 of additional income.
On average, each group claimed back around 15% of their annual production costs which in some cases, amounted to over £10,000.
WellRehearsed is gathering vital data to help policy makers and music groups understand ongoing Covid risks
Initial data from the WellRehearsed app for leisure-time music groups created by abcd (Association of British Choral Directors) and Making Music show that since its launch in the summer, over 2,571 reports have been submitted from 2,209 rehearsals by choirs, wind or brass groups, and other instrumental groups with or without singers, wind and brass.
Dr Noël James, director & CEO of Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre, outlines an exciting new project to connect music makers across the world.
Our project, 'You Are Not Alone', will be using the Cathal Smyth (formerly of Madness) song, ‘You're Not Alone’, to unite families and friends in the UK with their overseas counterparts. The power of music will bring together many individuals who have been isolated and kept apart by Covid-19.
Open to all music makers, ABRSM's Performance Grades are digitally assessed exams that focus entirely on performance. They provide exciting new flexibility and accessibility in terms of where, when and how you take your exam.
Making Music, the UK’s membership organisation for leisure-time music groups, has announced the winners of the 2021 Making Music Awards. The annual awards celebrate the creativity of Making Music’s 3,600 member groups, as well as the talent and tireless work of individuals who help to make the UK’s leisure-time music sector so vibrant.
Did you take up a new instrument in lockdown? Then the BBC Proms television team have an exciting opportunity for you...
Did you know that during lockdown, around one million people in the UK took up a musical instrument? Music helped us stay creative, connect with friends, and improved our mental wellbeing. For many of us, it was the first time since school we’ve had time to get back in touch with our musical selves, and the Proms want it to keep going!
Jane Whittle, founder and managing director of The film Orchestra, talks us through an eventful return to rehearsing and performing for her group.
Following the resounding success of the Messiah Reimagined performances on 3 December 2020 and 5 April 2021, the London Handel Festival is thrilled to present Handel’s masterpiece once again!
We are thrilled to reveal the shortlist for the 2021 Making Music Awards, which will form part of an online celebratory evening of musical creativity on Wednesday 8 September.
The awards celebrate leisure-time music groups and their activity, and the often unrecognised talent that helps the sector to flourish across the UK.
The winner of the latest President’s Award (for exceptional voluntary service to Making Music) and the Lady Hilary Groves Prize (for an outstanding contribution to music in the community) will also be awarded.
As the COP26 UN Climate Summit draws near, music makers from all walks of life are invited to make a noise for climate justice.
Following the viral success of rousing climate song ‘Enough is Enough’ by Karine Polwart, the Soundhouse Choir and Oi Musica in November 2020, the artists involved are launching a global call-out for anyone and everyone to get involved, sharing a message for world leaders ahead of critical talks due to be held in Glasgow from 1-12 November.
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