Posted on 9 March 2021
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 22 February and subsequent announcements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Making Music...
Posted on 2 March 2021
Bury St Edmunds Concert Band’s Gary Hawkes pens his thoughts on the group’s fledgling collaboration with Litha Efthymiou for Adopt a...
Posted on 1 March 2021
Chair Foss Foster pens another diary entry on Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra’s Adopt a Music Creator journey, with a special look at the...
Posted on 24 February 2021
PRS is currently calling for views on how paid-for online live concerts should be licensed. This consultation will be of interest to those who have...
Posted on 23 February 2021
A round-up of the changes you might need to make if your group is a charity that meets online, and Gift Aid rules around non-refunded cancelled...
Posted on 23 February 2021
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, one of Britain’s most important composers and one of the great...
Posted on 22 February 2021
Many Making Music members recently took part in a nationwide survey of music library service users, carried out by Dr Michael Bonshor (University of...
Posted on 16 February 2021
In Côr Meibion Mynwy (Monmouth Male Voice Choir)’s first blog of Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, music sub-committee chair Peter Watts outlines...
Posted on 15 February 2021
New corporate member ABRSM introduce their Performance Grades, which bring the essential skills of communication, interpretation and storytelling to...
Posted on 28 January 2021
Believe in Music Week (18-22 Jan 21) was the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) online version of their usual full on, in-person trade...
Posted on 25 January 2021
Thomas Barlow-Coxon, founder and director of Newcastle-under-Lyme Community Orchestra, provides an insight into the early days of his group's...
Posted on 22 January 2021
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt… or that’s what you think.Since March 2020, if you’re in a music group, like me you have...