Members of the City of Bristol Brass Band reflect on the opening stages of their 2019/20 Adopt a Composer collaboration with Laura Shipsey.
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Post date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019 - 8:00am
Composer Rob Jones and members of The Edge Chamber Choir reflect on their first spacewalk-themed workshop of Adopt a Composer 2019/20.
Post date: Thursday, 14 November 2019 - 12:00pm
Reunited with her flute fourteen years ago thanks to the Cobweb Orchestra, their archivist Christine Macgregor reflects on how this unique organisation succeeds in tempting adults to return to an instrument that has been gathering dust, or to pick one up for the first time.
Post date: Wednesday, 6 November 2019 - 1:17pm
Making Music member groups have the chance to submit their carol recordings to Classic FM in the lead up to Christmas.
Entries will be whittled down to five recordings which are then broadcast over the space of one week in December. It doesn't matter if you're an instrumental or vocal group - if you have a good quality recording of a carol we'd love to hear it!
Here are some of last year's entries to give you inspiration.
Post date: Wednesday, 6 November 2019 - 1:09pm
Nicholas Olsen reflects on the premiere of Three Carriages, signalling the end of his 2018/19 Adopt a Composer collaboration with Da Capo Alba.
Post date: Wednesday, 6 November 2019 - 7:30am
New Corporate Member The British Voice Association introduce their network of support and provision for performers and professional voice users.
Post date: Tuesday, 5 November 2019 - 5:35pm
Da Capo Alba mandolinist Audrey Todd reflects on the premiere Nicholas Olsen's Three Carriages and the group's 2018/19 Adopt a Composer project.
Our Adopt a Composer journey ended in style on 3 October in the fantastic venue, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s New Auditorium, where we premiered Nicholas Olsen’s composition, Three Carriages.
Post date: Tuesday, 5 November 2019 - 1:01pm
The #ChangeTheTune campaign has taken the first step in formally challenging the legality of charging fees for instrumental tuition in schools.
Making Music is supporting lawyer and community musician Ralph Riddough’s campaign, to clarify the lawfulness of fees for musical instrument tuition in Scottish state schools.
Post date: Monday, 4 November 2019 - 12:00pm
The OHMI Trust is a UK based charity that works to remove the barriers to music making faced by people with physical disabilities. Rachel Wolffsohn, General Manager of the Trust, explains how.
Post date: Monday, 4 November 2019 - 10:32am
Nathan James Dearden shares the inspiration behind Three Postcards, composed as part his 2018/19 Adopt a Composer collaboration with Swansea Philharmonic Choir.
