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Post date: Tuesday, 26 January 2016 - 10:55am
The Voluntary Arts Week Microfund invites self-led cultural groups and projects to apply for £100 to put on an event during Voluntary Arts Week.
Post date: Wednesday, 20 January 2016 - 9:00am

BBC Music today announces a major initiative, Get Playing, aimed at shining a light on amateur music of all kinds across the nation, and launches a search for the UK’s most inspirational amateur orchestras.

Post date: Thursday, 14 January 2016 - 6:05pm
This is Lee Westwood, logging in, after my first couple of months as the adopted composer of the East London Community Band. We've been off to a great start, and whilst there's still plenty to do before our project comes to a head, there's also a little to tell you about, too...
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.