Putting on events

Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their guidance on how to tour historic destinations with musical military ensembles.

Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their best practice tips on transporting instruments when your member group is on tour.

Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their tips on how to continue promoting your music group after a tour.

Our corporate member Rayburn Tours share their valuable insight on the things a member group needs to do before enquiring for a concert tour.

Whether it be performing in cathedrals or embracing local culture, concert tours present choirs, bands and orchestras with fantastic opportunities to develop and perform to international audiences. Understanding how to plan a tour ensures its smooth running. 

Resources (available for Making Music members)

Guidance (in collaboration with RayburnTours)

In this recording of our webinar (original event 1 May 2025), and the first in a new series of lunchtime webinars presented by our corporate members, we heard from TryBooking.

Lin Larmer, a trustee of North Downs Community Orchestra, tells us how by following a Making Music webinar, the orchestra sold more than double their usual number of tickets.

Background

North Downs Community Orchestra (NDCO) was established in 2016 as an adult non-auditioned community orchestra where no one is ever turned away because of seat quotas or skill level. Our other name is the Fun Orchestra, as that is our main aim!

In this recording of our webinar (original event 11 February 2025), we partnered with our corporate member Rayburn Tours to talk about how to organise a tour with your music group.

In this webinar, four guest speakers shared their experiences of creating impactful projects, including Teesside Music Society, Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra, Vox Holloway, and Michael Betteridge of The Sunday Boys (original event 29/11/2024).