When I was trying to justify my existence as a music student I often suffered from crises of confidence. In talking to colleagues years later it is some comfort to learn that I wasn’t alone in thinking that everyone else was far more talented and that sooner or later I would be, ‘found out’.
Apparently we all, (apart from a very few confidence-ridden individuals) have thoughts about not really belonging where we find ourselves.
We're thrilled to announce that two composers from our Adopt a Composer project have been nominated for the 2018 British Composer Awards.
Robert Laidlow, involved in the current year's Adopt a Composer, has been nominated as one of three finalists in the 'Small Chamber' category for his piece 'Lines Between'.
Edmund Hunt on final amendments and writing spacial awareness into a score.
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Making music as a hobby has a long tradition in the UK where there are an estimated 40,000 choirs and at least 20,000 instrumental groups including brass bands, amateur orchestras, sitar societies, folk groups, drumming circles, jazz bands, ukulele groups, and more, with over 3.3 million individuals involved.
Every community has such groups that bring people from all walks of life together to practise and perform music in their leisure-time on a regular basis.
Ex Urbe choirs give us a delightful insight on being paired with composer Chloe Knibbs.
If you Google ‘find the perfect relationship’ it will, in the blink of an eye, show you 635 million results.
Looking for a way to help protect arts education in schools? You can do this by simply writing a letter. Bacc for the Future, the Cultural Learning Alliance and What Next? have produced a toolkit to help you get started.
Making Music is delighted to announce that Dr Mark Lawrence has been awarded the national Lady Hilary Groves Prize for his outstanding contribution to music in the community.
Do you know a young person harbouring a passion for singing?
An audition with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britian (NYCGB) could be just the beginning of their musical journey.
NYCGB is made up of five choirs of 700 young people aged 9-25. It offers in depth residential courses and training programmes, performance opportunities and workshops, as well as outreach events all year round.
Any young singer, whatever their musical background.
Composer James Banner offers some initial thoughts following the announcement of his collaborative pairing with member group, Two Rivers Concert Band for Adopt a Composer.
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