Making Music is thrilled to announce that one of the UK’s most successful music ambassadors has been appointed as its first female President.
Throughout the last 20 years, there are probably few people in the UK who have not heard a theme from composer and conductor Debbie Wiseman. She has gifted film and television productions with iconic music, from Edie and Wolf Hall to The Andrew Marr Show and Stephen Fry in America, plus many more.
Debbie says:
Making Music is delighted to announce the winners of the Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artists award: Charlotte Bowden (soprano), Manu Brazo (saxophone), Indira Grier (cello), Abel Puustinen (violin), Amy Roberts (oboe) and
Calum Gray, Musical Director of Southampton Concert Wind Band (SCWB), talks practice and polish as their Adopt a Composer project pairing with Robert Laidlow enters its final stages.
Jess Griffin, of the Chandos Chamber Choir, on finding inspiration in poetry for their Adopt a Composer project with Laura Snowden.
Audrey Todd, mandolinist in Da Capo Alba, talks trains and tracks on the Adopt a Composer project with composer Nick Olsen.
Da Capo Alba Guitar and Mandolin orchestra celebrated its 20th anniversary in January this year – certainly a momentous occasion and testament to the vision and energy of our director, Barbara Pommerenke-Steel, ably supported by her husband Ian.
Raise your voices in song to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day on 6 June 2019. The new project for choirs, communities and schools includes two new songs for the nation to sing.
We are thrilled to announce the Sir Charles Groves Prize, awarded by Making Music for outstanding contribution to the musical life of the UK, was presented to Creative United’s ‘Take it away’ scheme, an initiative designed to make it easier and more affordable for people to buy musical instruments of all kinds.
Composer Robert Laidlow looks to puzzles and film editing for inspiration on his collaborative piece with the Southampton Concert Wind Band (SCWB) as part of our Adopt a Composer project.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM), long at the forefront of lobbying for music (and arts) education in schools, has just launched its new report, Music Education: State of the Nation, at the All Parliamentary Party Group for Music Education, for which it provides the secretariat.
In association with the Making Music Together exhibition, take part in a free instrumental workshop at Barbican Music Library, London, on Saturday 9 March. Spaces are limited so please book now to secure your place.
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