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Adopt a Music Creator premiere blog: Helensburgh Oratorio Choir & Aileen Sweeney
Post date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 3:21pm

Making Music's manager in Scotland, Alison Reeves, reflects on an uplifting Adopt a Music Creator (formerly Adopt a Composer) premiere from Aileen Sweeney and Helensburgh Oratorio Choir.

Like so many people, I’ve been anxious about going to live music events since restrictions eased. I’ve read the science, I’ve unpicked government guidance, I’ve written risk assessments, but I’ve still felt a little hesitant about putting myself back out there. So I was excited – but also timid – about attending my first live concert experience in almost two years.

Adopt a Music Creator blog: A long-awaited premiere
Post date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 2:02pm

Kate Foley of the City of Bristol Brass Band recounts her group’s feelings on preparing their premiere and recording with Laura Shipsey for Adopt a Music Creator (formerly Adopt a Composer) 2019/20. 

Corporate member blog: The Light Music Society
Post date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021 - 11:13am

David Greenhalgh, trustee of the Light Music Society, talks about his group’s mission and vision, and their return to live performances. 

The Light Music Society is a members’ society dedicated to the preservation, promotion and performance of Light Music. A one-of-a-kind group, it is both a membership organisation and the custodian of the largest library and archive of its type, with a vast printed and manuscript music stock representing over 100 years of music making from the UK and abroad.  

Latest guidance on music group activity in England
Post date: Thursday, 9 December 2021 - 12:19pm

On 8 December, the UK Government announced that England will move to Plan B of the COVID-19 Autumn/Winter Plan. This is in response to increased risks posed by the Omicron variant of the virus.

This is not a lockdown - under Plan B measures, music group activities (rehearsing and performing) can still go ahead.

Obituary: Alex Murchie, leisure-time musician and Making Music volunteer
Post date: Wednesday, 8 December 2021 - 2:04pm

Making Music is sad to hear of the passing of Alex Murchie (1946-2021) who was a true friend to the organisation and an ever supportive volunteer, North Committee and Board member over the decades, as well as a very fine singer. Eric Cross of Newcastle Bach Choir, and Robin Osterley, former Chief Executive of Making Music, pay tribute below.

A tribute from Eric Cross, Newcastle Bach Choir:

Corporate member blog: Composers Edition
Post date: Friday, 3 December 2021 - 8:00am

Dan Goren, founding director of Composers Edition, talks about their fresh approach to contemporary music, publishing and leisure-time music making.

When we first launched our unique publishing service in 2013, it was to provide today’s hard-working composers with the means to reach a wide range of musicians and programmers, in a way that put them more in charge of their music. We did so knowing the amazing array of music composed today and that far more people could be enjoying performing and listening to contemporary repertoire than have traditionally done so.

Latest results from rehearsal infection reporting app
Post date: Thursday, 25 November 2021 - 6:54pm

The most recent data about the spread of Covid infections at leisure-time music group rehearsals shows that 4% of reported infections involved more than two individuals.

The app, created by abcd (Association of British Choral Directors) and Making Music, is intended to help understand ongoing Covid risks, and what guidance to offer.

Where have the audiences gone?
Post date: Thursday, 25 November 2021 - 9:26am

Now that images of bustling streets, packed stadia and night-time revellers have returned to our screens, you’d be forgiven for thinking the pandemic is over. But recently published research from the Audience Agency Cultural Participation Monitor (September 2021) and Insights Alliance (Indigo, Baker Richards, OneFurther, November 2021) show that a large chunk of cultural performance-going audiences are still missing.

Member blog: Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society
Post date: Tuesday, 23 November 2021 - 10:05am

Graeme Wilson, musical director and conductor of Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society (KOS), tells the story of how KOS revived the musical legacy of a forgotten WWI soldier.

Adopt a Music Creator blog: Hepton Singers, Heptonstall and Hebden Bridge
Post date: Friday, 19 November 2021 - 8:00am

In a new blog for Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, Hepton Singers MD Richard Bunzl recounts an inspiring visit from Fergus Hall as their collaboration gathers momentum.

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