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Biggest Ever Big Christmas Wind Orchestra and Choir
Post date: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 - 4:39pm

Another day, another Making Music member event – one you can be part of.

Well, I could, as I play the cornet! Though anyone can join as a singer in the choir part of the Big Wind Christmas Orchestra & Choir.

So what happens? 

On a Sunday before Christmas, following a call-out on social media and via the group’s mailing list, hundreds of wind instrument players, singers and percussionists come together in an outdoor location in London to play Christmas music for three hours to passers-bys whilst raising money for charity. 

Making Music members up for RPS Inspiration Award
Post date: Wednesday, 18 December 2024 - 11:53am

Making Music is delighted that two of our members, and a conductor of a member group, have been nominated for the 2025 Royal Philarmonic Society (RPS)’s Inspiration Award.

Joyous energy – and meticulous organisation
Post date: Tuesday, 17 December 2024 - 3:02pm

Barbara Eifler experiences the London Gay Men’s Chorus 'Christmas Bop' winter show at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Making Music member groups come in all shapes and sizes, and this is one of the largest and best-resourced ones. I already knew they had over 200 in the chorus (and 400+ on the waiting list!), but nonetheless experiencing those massed voices live is something else. 

INCLUDE: Encouraging diversity in music-making
Post date: Tuesday, 17 December 2024 - 10:16am

Sue Benson, Managing Trustee of the Great Bowden Recital Trust, gives us an update on their group's involvement with Making Music's INCLUDE programme.

INCLUDE: Bringing music groups together
Post date: Tuesday, 17 December 2024 - 9:01am

Marian Pearson, Chair of Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society (SNLCS), tells us how her group acted as a catalyst for bringing music groups in North Lincolnshire together to share their learning.

National Concert Band Festival launch young composers initiative
Post date: Monday, 16 December 2024 - 3:57pm

Jayne Rollason, Partnership Coordinator for the National Concert Band Festival, talked to us about their exciting new initiative geared towards young composers for the 2024-25 academic year.

Social prescribing – what is it and what can it do for my group?
Post date: Thursday, 5 December 2024 - 2:42pm

How social prescribing and tools like the Joy app can help your music group reach new members and support community wellbeing.

2025 International Conductors Guild Conference
Post date: Thursday, 28 November 2024 - 3:00pm

The 50th International Conductors Guild Conference is set to take place in London from 2-5 January 2025. Connect with leading conductors from around the world for four days of networking, presentations, discussions and more.

INCLUDE: Taking steps towards change
Post date: Thursday, 28 November 2024 - 1:56pm

Mike Cocke, Secretary of the Luton Choral Society, provides us with an update on his group's involvement with Making Music's INCLUDE programme.

Luton Choral Society were delighted to be selected by Making Music in their INCLUDE programme in September 2023 to work with them on access and inclusion in leisure-time music-making, and to find ways for our group to be more diverse and more inclusive and hence to grow our membership. 

INCLUDE: The transformative potential of inclusion
Post date: Thursday, 28 November 2024 - 12:03pm

Jan Sheward, founder of Cancer United and OutSingCancer choir, gives us an update on her group's involvement with Making Music's INCLUDE programme.

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