My search for inspiration started at Dyffryn House and Gardens which is where the piece will be performed.
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Post date: Monday, 16 January 2017 - 4:07pm
It has been a long and rewarding project with the Lincoln Ukulele Band as part of the 2015-16 Adopt a Composer scheme. I’ve got a lot out of this project, including a Ukulele! I also got far more joy and pride out of the process than I expected. This was because I got to see how members of the band were growing as musicians over an entire year.
Post date: Friday, 13 January 2017 - 4:44pm
Founded in 1998 with the aim of developing the next generation of chamber music lovers and players, the charity CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust exists to bring chamber music to young people, and young people to chamber music.
Post date: Friday, 23 December 2016 - 1:10pm
Save the date! The Contemporary Music for All Festival returns on 3 and 4 March 2018 and will take place in all four nations of the UK and at least four cities in England.
Post date: Friday, 23 December 2016 - 12:15pm
One of the jobs that you as members of Making Music entrust us with is to speak on your behalf to those that shape the environment in which you operate: national and local government(s), regulatory bodies, politicians, funders, and more.
Post date: Tuesday, 20 December 2016 - 6:15pm
10 months later, 10 cities visited and 160 choirs of 5,000 singers competing for 6 places in the Choir of the Year Grand Final – it’s been quite a journey!
Post date: Monday, 19 December 2016 - 12:45pm
PRS for Music Foundation are funding Association of British Orchestras members (professional ensembles) to give works premiered in the last 25 years a second performance.
Post date: Monday, 12 December 2016 - 4:36pm
Manchester Inspirational Voices, members of Making Music, have won the BBC Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2016 competition.
Post date: Friday, 9 December 2016 - 3:27pm
Early in 2017, ten member groups will be featured on BBC Radio 3's Saturday Breakfast show. Performing groups of all kinds (vocal and instrumental) are invited to submit recordings - of any style, genre and instrumentation - to Making Music. We'll then whittle down the entries to the top 20 for the BBC to select the final 10 pieces from.
Post date: Tuesday, 6 December 2016 - 2:56pm
The performance of my piece ‘Ukulele Fantasy’ by The Lincoln Ukulele Band is fast approaching. The band have been practising my piece with great dedication and it has been wonderful to hear it transform over the last few months.
The last rehearsal was one of great positivity, and it was great to see the band really enjoying the challenge of the music. The band has learnt to cope with complex rhythms and unusual notation, and have developed their ensemble skills, being required to align and overlap multiple parts carefully and to follow a conductor!
