Hayley Hodges, member of Voices of Exmoor, talks about her group's premiere night as the finale of their collaboration with music creator Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones.
The big day had finally arrived! Not just our first concert in two and a half years, but the world premiere of our original song written as part of Making Music’s Adopt A Music Creator 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 Council England, and after many years of not being regularly funded by ACE, Making Music decided this year to apply for three-year funding as an Investment Principles Support Organisation (IPSO). Bear with me, the rest of the words in this blog are not all abbreviations, promise!
Dan Goren, founding director of Composers Edition, on how to overcome the barriers to programming contemporary music.
There is a common refrain to be heard about contemporary music - it is difficult to learn and to understand. But let us unpack this.
The Charity Commission for England and Wales are making some changes to the online account charity trustees use to access services. They are launching a new system called My Charity Commission Account.
Currently, each charity has an online account with one main contact and one password only. This means either only one trustee is able to login – or that the login is shared by multiple people – neither of which is ideal.
Making Music member group, The Royal Choral Society, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a concert on Sunday 7 May 2023, and a sing-along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a mass celebration of choral music.
Tell us about your experiences with social prescribing in a leisure-time music group setting by 5 December
There are social prescribing models now in place around the UK, intended to connect people in need with activities that will support their health and wellbeing.
Edgar Divver looks back at his collaboration with the Bedfordshire Woodwind Academy Flute Ensemble (BWAFE) for Adopt a Music Creator 2022 ahead of their premiere.
When I first started this project, I had recently moved house and had started to think about some redecorations, especially repainting some interior walls. While researching paint colours, I noticed that many of them had very interesting names, and I was fascinated by this!
Making Music is delighted to be one of the organisations to receive funding from Arts Council England's £43.5 million investment from April 2023
Arts Council England (ACE) is supporting art, culture, and creativity across England, with £43.5 million investment in the government's Levelling up initiative. This investment programme will be ACE's widest ever spread of investment across the country, ensuring that many more people will have access to a wider choice of art, culture and creative opportunities on their doorsteps.
Arts Council England (ACE) has launched an Access Scheme survey, asking for feedback from the creative and cultural sector
Arts Council England are developing a UK-wide scheme to improve access for disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent audience members. Their ambition includes a digital membership scheme for audience members and venues, training and best-practice standards for establishments, and more. To ensure the initiative is fit for purpose, they are seeking feedback from audiences, venues and ticketing providers.
A team from HMRC’s digital service design department is looking into ways to simplify the process of claiming Gift Aid online and improve the service’s user experience.
Your experience and opinions matter!
If you have claimed Gift Aid previously, we encourage you to provide your feedback on the process. The team at HMRC is especially interested in learning which aspects of the service work well and which do not.
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