In our first blog from Adopt a Music Creator 2020/21, Litha Efthymiou recounts her experience of meeting and rehearsing with Bury St Edmunds Concert Band
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There were many questions the German Choir of London had to confront when planning their Covid-secure rehearsals. Music Director Barbara Höfling reflects on why it was all worth it
Itching to meet in person again, the Alton Concert Orchestra set about returning to safe rehearsals as soon as Government guidelines allowed, with some surprising results.
Dr Sudeshna Bhattacharya and Dr Wladislaw Rivkin from Aston Business School present a research opportunity to leisure-time choirs during the pandemic
In September, following up on a survey in March at the start of lockdown, we asked our members what the impact of Covid-19 had been on their music group, and how they were managing in this new environment
The March survey, as groups were struggling to cancel events and rehearsals, highlighted two things – significant overall financial losses, but even more concerns about losing the social connection to their fellow group members.
In normal years, Make Music Day may be seeking to turn the countryside and the city centres into one big orange musical celebration, but of course this year, it went online – very successfully indeed.
The tiny project team re-imagined this grassroots celebration for the digital sphere, helped enormously by the international team work with facilitators and event creators from other countries.
Corporate member Travelbound outlines how planning ahead could save your group time and money on tour
Digital specialist Leon Gower tells us all about Super Stuff, our newest corporate member
After a green light from the government, the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra resumed in-person rehearsals, but with half its players joining in from home. Alex Burns, the orchestra's Publicity Officer, tells us more about the journey