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Digested news with all you need to know about what’s going on in areas affecting amateur music including forthcoming opportunities, campaigns and advocacy, resources, regulatory changes, events and feature stories.

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Members of Voices of Exmoor standing and singing in front of an audience
Posted on 30 November 2022
Hayley Hodges, member of Voices of Exmoor, talks about her group's premiere night as the finale of their collaboration with music creator...
Posted on 25 November 2022
We are delighted to be receiving ACE funding from 2023, which will enable us to step up the work we do on behalf of our members.ACE stands for Arts...
Posted on 22 November 2022
Dan Goren, founding director of Composers Edition, on how to overcome the barriers to programming contemporary music.Who’s afraid of...
People in a choir standing and holding music scores
Posted on 26 October 2022
Music creator Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones talks about the premiere night of her collaboration with the Voices of Exmoor as part of Adopt a Music...
Posted on 21 September 2022
Carmel Smickersgill describes preparing for the premiere with the Junior Leeds Conservatoire Ensemble Creative as part of their Adopt a Composer...
Vilma Weaver speaking in a microphone
Posted on 2 August 2022
Vilma Weaver, Musical Director and Conductor of Coventry’s Ashira Singers, was presented with the Lady Hilary Groves Prize from Making...
Open fountain pen and lid on piece of paper with writing
Posted on 28 April 2022
If your group is a charity and wishes to continue holding electronic or hybrid meetings, you might need to update your governing documents.Throughout...
The cover of the groups' Adopt a Music Creator premiere programme
Posted on 6 April 2022
Ben Lunn looks back at the last 16 months of socially-distanced rehearsals, Zoom videos, bell caps, face masks, and a storm that nearly stranded the...
Posted on 16 March 2022
In this joint blog, Sheila Biegala of Ugie Voices and Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra (ASO) describe their tumultuous recording...
members of the flute ensemble during rehearsal
Posted on 23 February 2022
Rebecca Demott of the Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble (BWAFE) relates her group's first workshop with music creator Edgar Divver, as...
A collage of 2022 Adopt a Music Creator pairings
Posted on 17 January 2022
Making Music is delighted to announce the participants for Adopt a Music Creator 2022, an expanded version of the hugely popular Adopt a Composer...
Members of Westerly Winds performance
Posted on 4 January 2022
Catherine Herring, volunteer events co-ordinator of Westerly Winds, tells the story of how their members decided to take their Grade 5 music theory...