Join the Big Summer Wind Orchestra & Choir this 21 June for an epic Make Music Day performance in central London.
Make Music Day is an annual celebration of music that’s held each year on 21 June in over 2,000 cities across the world. It’s open to anyone that wants to take part – whether professional or hobbyist, young or old and regardless of genre type.
Dr Robin Harrison FRSA, founder of The Maestro Online, talks about how they can help you improve your music in your own time.
Well, that’s one of the key problems that The Maestro Online set to solve. Let’s face it, adults have busy lives trying to fit in work, children, grandchildren, shopping, fixing the house and more, alongside their other interests.
Sebastian Farrall, a treasured figure in Coventry and Warwickshire's music scene, has died at the age of 32 following a tragic cycling accident on his birthday, 30 March 2025.
Seb, who lived in Coventry with his wife Fran and their 21-month-old daughter Maisy, was a dynamic and much-loved conductor, composer, arranger, and musical director. A fierce advocate for community music and inclusion, his loss is being felt deeply by his family, friends and the countless musicians and singers whose lives he touched.
Making Music has been considering the implications for members of a UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of 'sex'.
Music creator Emily Hazrati reflects on her collaboration with Uckfield Concert Brass as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2024.
It is very surreal to be writing this blog in the aftermath of my year-long collaboration with Uckfield Concert Brass. The months have flown by since our first meeting in January, and I am astonished by what we have achieved and created together in that time.
Elizabeth Twining, member of Axminster and District Choral Society, tells us how their group is celebrating 40 years of singing.
In February 1985, an enthusiastic group organised a ,Come and Sing Messiah, in the recently-reordered Minster Church. The event was a great success, and shortly afterwards Axminster and District Choral Society was established.
The financial thresholds for charities in England and Wales are under review — share your insights to ensure the sector's voice is heard.
The UK Government is currently reviewing the financial thresholds that determine the reporting and accounting requirements for charities in England and Wales. There are 21 thresholds in total, the ones most relevant to members relate to:
The Wycombe Sinfonia Orchestra are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year with a series of live concerts performed at High Wycombe Parish Church.
Ahead of Pride Month in June, we are showcasing and celebrating a few of our wonderful LGBTQ+ member groups.
Pride Month, which takes place in June in the UK, is about acceptance, equality and celebrating the work and lives of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the diversity of the human experience when it comes to sexuality, gender identity and gender expression. And what better way to celebrate this than to come together and make music as a community?
Making Music's Marketing Manager and jazz guitarist, Barry Holloway, writes about how jazz is blossoming in communities across the UK, far from its urban roots. Meet the Making Music member groups bringing this rich, expressive genre to new audiences.
From rural Aberdeenshire to suburban St Albans and the leafy lanes of Leicestershire, jazz is thriving in unexpected places. Through a combination of passion, persistence, and community spirit, musicians and organisers are expanding access to this vibrant art form far beyond traditional urban strongholds.
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