Save the date! The Contemporary Music for All Festival returns on 3 and 4 March 2018 and will take place in all four nations of the UK and at least four cities in England.
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Post date: Friday, 23 December 2016 - 12:15pm
One of the jobs that you as members of Making Music entrust us with is to speak on your behalf to those that shape the environment in which you operate: national and local government(s), regulatory bodies, politicians, funders, and more.
Post date: Tuesday, 20 December 2016 - 6:15pm
10 months later, 10 cities visited and 160 choirs of 5,000 singers competing for 6 places in the Choir of the Year Grand Final – it’s been quite a journey!
Post date: Monday, 19 December 2016 - 12:45pm
PRS for Music Foundation are funding Association of British Orchestras members (professional ensembles) to give works premiered in the last 25 years a second performance.
Post date: Monday, 12 December 2016 - 4:36pm
Manchester Inspirational Voices, members of Making Music, have won the BBC Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year 2016 competition.
Post date: Friday, 9 December 2016 - 3:27pm
Early in 2017, ten member groups will be featured on BBC Radio 3's Saturday Breakfast show. Performing groups of all kinds (vocal and instrumental) are invited to submit recordings - of any style, genre and instrumentation - to Making Music. We'll then whittle down the entries to the top 20 for the BBC to select the final 10 pieces from.
Post date: Tuesday, 6 December 2016 - 2:56pm
The performance of my piece ‘Ukulele Fantasy’ by The Lincoln Ukulele Band is fast approaching. The band have been practising my piece with great dedication and it has been wonderful to hear it transform over the last few months.
The last rehearsal was one of great positivity, and it was great to see the band really enjoying the challenge of the music. The band has learnt to cope with complex rhythms and unusual notation, and have developed their ensemble skills, being required to align and overlap multiple parts carefully and to follow a conductor!
Post date: Tuesday, 6 December 2016 - 2:49pm
The Horsham Symphony Orchestra has had a fairly leisurely start to the Adopt a Composer project. We were fortunate enough that Adriano has been able to attend a few rehearsals over the last term and even to see us performing at our last concert. He is beginning to get to to know the character of the orchestra and get a feel for what we can (and can’t!) do.
Post date: Monday, 5 December 2016 - 12:49pm
When we (and other music advocacy organisations) are making the case for amateur music groups to those in power, being able to demonstrate their value to communities is vital – and we don’t yet have the hard evidence to do so.
This pilot project is looking at how and what data we need to collect to discover more about the difference your groups make to your local communities. Please help us gather this information by filling in the survey below so that we can better help you.
Post date: Friday, 25 November 2016 - 5:32pm
Over a year ago now, the government’s consultation on making the proposed EBacc a compulsory measure for secondary schools closed, and we are still waiting to hear their response.
The EBacc would see a school’s performance rated according the percentage of its pupils successfully achieving the proscribed GCSE subjects - which do not include any of the arts.
