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Post date: Thursday, 4 July 2019 - 1:28pm

Making Music is delighted to announce that volunteer Holly McEleny has been awarded the 2018 President’s Award for her exceptional service to the organisation.

Post date: Monday, 1 July 2019 - 12:12pm

Making Music member group the Irish Video Game Orchestra (IVGO) is being recognised for its innovative work in the community

Post date: Monday, 1 July 2019 - 10:00am

Composer James Banner details the ins and outs of collaborative process as part of the Adopt a Composer project with the Two Rivers Concert Band.

Post date: Friday, 28 June 2019 - 5:00pm

Composer Chloe Knibbs shines a spotlight on the multifaceted collaboration that's come from the Adopt a Composer project with choir, Ex Urbe. 

After a workshop looking at a sketch for the choral piece Clara, I collected some feedback from the choir to see their responses to the work and the process of our collaboration. On one post-it note were the words, “modesty and self-deprecation like a cloud – split apart by direct rays of sunshine”, which was a beautiful response and came from Di, who in addition to singing with Ex Urbe is also a poet.

Post date: Thursday, 27 June 2019 - 4:45pm

Premium Corporate Member, nkoda discuss how digital is reinventing access to sheet music, and offer an exclusive discount to Making Music members. 

Post date: Wednesday, 26 June 2019 - 10:58am

Composer Robert Laidlow looks back at the Adopt a Composer project, and the depth of learning he's taking away with him.

The final stage of creating a film is post-production. Given the cinematic tint to my Adopt a Composer collaboration with Southampton Concert Wind Band (SCWB) that we have both written about previously, it seems right to refer to the period following the concert as such.

Post date: Wednesday, 19 June 2019 - 2:17pm

Making Music Chief Executive, Barbara Eifler travelled to Novi Sad in Serbia to attend the Amateo awards ceremony and brought back more than just pretty pictures.

Post date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 - 5:09pm

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Post date: Tuesday, 11 June 2019 - 4:59pm

Chris James, Chairman of Southampton Concert Wind Band (SCWB), offers a delightful post-performance reflection on the group's involvement on the Adopt a Composer project with composer Robert Laidlow.

Post date: Thursday, 30 May 2019 - 11:52am

Corporate member and online music school, Your Space Music Lessons has launched a new mode of piano lessons, here they are to tell us all about it along with an exclusive member offer

In this digital age the opportunity to learn the piano has become more accessible, and the search for a piano teacher doesn’t always lead where you would expect.

Adult piano student, Jean: