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Post date: Thursday, 7 February 2019 - 12:35pm
Composer Chloe Knibbs delves into the fascinating world of Clara Schumann with chamber choir Ex Urbe as part of the Adopt a Composer project.
Post date: Thursday, 7 February 2019 - 12:05pm
Making Music is dismayed at the news in the past week of local authorities in Scotland hiking up fees for instrumental tuition in schools and announcing plans to cut provision altogether.
Post date: Wednesday, 6 February 2019 - 10:46am
What are professional orchestras up to these days – what do they see as their future and mission, how do they relate to the places they find themselves in, including their communities’ leisure-time groups? Could we – Making Music and its member groups – be working more closely with them?
These are some of the questions which prompted me to attend the ABO conference on members’ behalf this year, and I emerge the other side of it with mixed feelings.
Post date: Tuesday, 5 February 2019 - 5:54pm
Composer Laura Snowden offers a brief insight into classroom memories and how the music still moves her as an adult, working alongside the Chandos Chamber Choir on the Adopt a Composer project.
Post date: Thursday, 31 January 2019 - 3:47pm
Composer Nathan James Dearden gives us a unique diary-like insight into his Adopt a Composer project pairing with Swansea Philharmonic Choir.
Being part of a community is special. Whether that is a community of composers, a community of singers, we are a community of individuals with one goal; to create music. And what a community to be welcomed into.
Post date: Thursday, 31 January 2019 - 2:43pm
Swansea Philharmonic Choir Music Secretary, Jemma, describes getting stuck into the Adopt a Composer project with Nathan James Dearden from day one of 2019.
It was our first rehearsal back after the Christmas break following our hugely challenging yet rewarding performance of Britten's 'War Requiem' in December, and what a way to start than with our first workshop with Nathan for the Adopt a Composer collaboration.
Post date: Thursday, 24 January 2019 - 2:50pm
Congratulations to our seven groups and composers whose brand new Adopt a Composer pieces were recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
The culmination of a year of work between groups and composers has produced a fantastic array of pieces that are all very different and unique in character, with sounds ranging from mandolins and voices to handbells and wind turbines.
Post date: Tuesday, 22 January 2019 - 4:30pm
Nominate someone working in music libraries or information services for the 2019 Excellence Awards: Personal Achievement Award.
Post date: Tuesday, 22 January 2019 - 3:53pm
Applications are now open for the Amateo Award, which is given for an outstanding participatory arts project that adds value for the community.
