On 5 May, there are local elections in many local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.
Ben Lunn looks back at the last 16 months of socially-distanced rehearsals, Zoom videos, bell caps, face masks, and a storm that
Jon Box of Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra explains how his group has decided to programme and play work by women composers over th
Volunteers Glynne Stackhouse and Stephen Leeder share their reactions to having been awarded the 2021 President’s Award for their
New corporate member Biiah gives us the lowdown on their portfolio for leisure-time music groups.
In this joint blog, Sheila Biegala of Ugie Voices and Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra (ASO) describe their tumul
Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones describes her first meeting with Voices of Exmoor as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022 collaborati
Britain’s Big Platinum Performance will showcase the UK’s best leisure-time music groups on a recording that will be gif
Elizabeth de Brito - musicologist, host of The Daffodil Perspective podcast, and guest speaker at our recent event on programming
John Andrews, conductor of Trinity Orchestra, provides some welcome reflections on programming women composers for performances w