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Post date: Thursday, 24 August 2023 - 4:45pm

Scottish member group Dunbartonshire Concert Band (DCB) were delighted to be chosen as guest editors for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, where they spoke about the impact of music on cognitive functions, learning to play music at a later age and the need for quality music education. 

Post date: Tuesday, 22 August 2023 - 4:35pm

Sound Escapes is a specialist tour operator based in Nottingham arranging tailor-made concert and performance tours for adult music ensembles who wish to perform in unique locations across the UK, Ireland and beyond.

Post date: Tuesday, 15 August 2023 - 10:10am

After the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 12 July, we welcome some new faces and familiar faces in new roles to the Making Music Board of Trustees.

Rhiannon Harrison has been re-elected by the membership and now also been elected as the new Chair by the Board; Dorothy Wilson is the new Vice-Chair and Pete Burchill the new Treasurer. We also welcome newcomers Catherine Travers, Andy Devine and Kathy McLeish. 

Read our 60-second interviews with Andy, Catherine, Kathy and Rhiannon below.

Post date: Monday, 14 August 2023 - 2:21pm

Music creator Anselm McDonnell talks about the beginnings of his collaboration with the Northern Ireland Concert Band as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2023.

Post date: Wednesday, 9 August 2023 - 3:47pm

Joi Demery and Val Williams of member group Bristol Choral Society talk to us about their choir's trajectory after winning a Making Music award in 2021.

Post date: Thursday, 27 July 2023 - 3:53pm

Find out about the latest Making Music campaigns and lobbying news

Campaigns and Advocacy

Post date: Thursday, 27 July 2023 - 2:13pm

Creative producer Holly Hunter and composer Michael Betteridge present their co-creation project Voices Weaving, and invite members to get involved in new music making.

Post date: Thursday, 13 July 2023 - 4:37pm

Continuo Connect is a concert-finder for music lovers looking for the best of Classical, Baroque, Renaissance and other Early Music events happening across the UK. 

Corporate member Continuo Foundation, a grant-making charity helping live music to flourish in communities across the UK, recently launched Continuo Connect - a non-profit digital hub for all things Early Music.  

Tina Vadaneaux, Continuo’s Founder and CEO, commented: 

Post date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023 - 11:07am

Join CoMA for a weekend celebration of community and new music as well as its 30th anniversary on 15 and 16 July at St John's Smith Square in London.

Contemporary Music for All (CoMA) since 1993 has supported and provided the opportunities for leisure-time musicians to participate in contemporary music. Their philosophy is that contemporary music should be accessible and open to everyone of all music-making abilities and backgrounds, ‘celebrating participation in new music-making as a meaningful and essential part of our lives.’