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Post date: Tuesday, 12 January 2016 - 3:52pm

What can YOU do to help preserve creative subjects including music in schools?

Post date: Monday, 11 January 2016 - 4:17pm

The New Year’s Honours list, as usual, includes a number of musicians, the most prominent of which – David Joseph, Chair and CEO of Universal Music; pianist Radu Lupu; conductor Steuart Bedford; violinist Alina Ibragimova; composer Damon Albarn – have received much press coverage already. So let us turn to the less well-known.

Post date: Monday, 11 January 2016 - 1:24pm
Get Men Singing are calling for men and boys to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK through singing together this March.
Post date: Thursday, 7 January 2016 - 5:13pm

Do you love the idea of digital scores and rich-media choral apps, or does the thought of losing physical scores make your blood boil?

Post date: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 - 5:29pm

It is with great sadness that we report the recent death of Roy Carr, a longstanding supporter of Making Music and previous chair of the Yorkshire Regional Committee.

Post date: Thursday, 17 December 2015 - 1:02pm

National Learn To Play Day is back for its fifth successive year on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March 2016.

Post date: Thursday, 17 December 2015 - 11:46am

The Snowman, with live music by a full orchestra – it’s a dream Christmas treat for families, and orchestras all over the country (not to mention all over the world) are getting in on the act.

Post date: Tuesday, 15 December 2015 - 6:31pm

A government consultation open at the moment looks at making the Ebacc – which does not include arts subjects – compulsory for schools. Here’s what you can do to help protect arts subjects.

Post date: Tuesday, 15 December 2015 - 4:01pm

Are you looking for something to help you with running your group, or a particular task such as paying PRS fees or fundraising? On the new website you will find all such useful information in one place, under ‘Resources’.

There are various different types including:

Post date: Tuesday, 15 December 2015 - 2:48pm

January 15 sees the official launch of the new Nottingham Performing Arts Library service which will encompass users from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland as well as from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.