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Making Music to receive Arts Council England funding
Post date: Monday, 7 November 2022 - 12:04pm

Making Music is delighted to be one of the organisations to receive funding from Arts Council England's £43.5 million investment from April 2023

Arts Council England (ACE) is supporting art, culture, and creativity across England, with £43.5 million investment in the government's Levelling up initiative. This investment programme will be ACE's widest ever spread of investment across the country, ensuring that many more people will have access to a wider choice of art, culture and creative opportunities on their doorsteps.

ACE Arts and Cultural Access Scheme survey
Post date: Friday, 28 October 2022 - 12:00pm

Arts Council England (ACE) has launched an Access Scheme survey, asking for feedback from the creative and cultural sector

Arts Council England are developing a UK-wide scheme to improve access for disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent audience members. Their ambition includes a digital membership scheme for audience members and venues, training and best-practice standards for establishments, and more. To ensure the initiative is fit for purpose, they are seeking feedback from audiences, venues and ticketing providers.  

HMRC requests feedback on online Gift Aid service
Post date: Thursday, 27 October 2022 - 3:56pm

A team from HMRC’s digital service design department is looking into ways to simplify the process of claiming Gift Aid online and improve the service’s user experience.

Your experience and opinions matter!

If you have claimed Gift Aid previously, we encourage you to provide your feedback on the process. The team at HMRC is especially interested in learning which aspects of the service work well and which do not.

Adopt a Music Creator blog: Wild and gentle
Post date: Wednesday, 26 October 2022 - 1:00pm

Music creator Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones talks about the premiere night of her collaboration with the Voices of Exmoor as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2022.

Creative Lives Awards 2022 now open for entries!
Post date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 2:54pm

The Creative Lives Awards, formerly known as the Epic Awards, is back again!

This year, Creative Lives is looking to recognise and celebrate the engagement, collaboration, innovation and creative development across voluntary and community-led projects and groups. The awards will shine a spotlight on those ‘unsung’ heroes who inspire and sustain creative cultural activity for the benefit of others.

Corporate member blog: Naxos Music
Post date: Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 10:25am

New corporate member Naxos Music talks about their online streaming and programming resources.

Missing out on great music
Post date: Monday, 10 October 2022 - 4:49pm

The latest research by Donne, Women in Music shows the disparity between male and female composers and global majority composers within the global concert repertoire. It calls attention to the need for diversity across classical music.

Adopt a Music Creator: A musical wash
Post date: Tuesday, 4 October 2022 - 11:49am

Melanie Le Breuilly, the Music Director of Reading Youth Orchestra (RYO), tells us about the start of her group's work with Caitlin Harrison as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022 collaboration. 

It’s the start of the new term and I’m busy preparing for our first rehearsal back after the summer. In particular, I’m delighted to be learning the score for our Adopt a Music Creator composition written by the lovely Caitlin Harrison.

New Surrey Performing Arts Library (NewSPAL) now open
Post date: Thursday, 29 September 2022 - 2:43pm

NewSPAL, the charity taking on Surrey County Council’s performing arts collection, is now open for business. With the support of its community and patrons, it has established a more sustainable future for the SPAL collection.

And the winners of the 2022 Making Music awards are...
Post date: Thursday, 22 September 2022 - 3:59pm

Annual celebration recognises music creators and arrangers, projects, music directors and group heroes.

The winners of the 2022 Making Music Awards were announced by Debbie Wiseman OBE, Making Music President, at an online awards ceremony on Thursday 22 September.

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