Vilma Weaver, Musical Director and Conductor of Coventry’s Ashira Singers, was presented with the Lady Hilary Groves Prize from Making Music.
With the occassion of the 14 June Ashira Singers concert, Making Music Board member Carol Pemberton took this opportunity to present Vilma Weaver with her Lady Hilary Groves Prize, having previously won it in 2020 for her outstanding work in Coventry’s music scene over 50 years.
Liv Feilden, member of The Phoenix Voices, describes how it was to record for BBC Radio 3 as part of Adopt a Music Composer 2020/21.
Liv Feilden, member of The Phoenix Voices, recounts how her music group's premiere of Lucy Callen's compositions went, as part of Adopt a Music Composer 2020/21.
Dominic Matthews, experimental composer from Manchester, discusses the power of community, accessibility and exploring new music with leisure-time music group Singing for Pleasure.
‘...a great opportunity to properly address one of my key interests as a composer, which is to make new music more accessible and understandable to everyone’
Following on from a Making Music promoters event, Barbara Eifler, Making Music Chief Executive, recaps the importance of promoters and artists managers working together and understanding each other.
Around 400 of Making Music’s members don’t play or sing themselves, but present professional musicians, soloists or small ensembles in a concert or in a festival.
Wendy Barnaby, member of Sussex Chorus, takes us through 100 remarkable years of her group.
The Charity Commission are asking for submissions to a consultation on their approach to annual returns, and a new set of questions they propose to ask in the annual return itself.
Registered charities in England and Wales with an annual income over £10,000 must complete an annual return of some form – so proposed changes may affect your group.
Manvinder Rattan introduces the Voices Foundation, and how you can support its work to help children find their voices and become adult choir members of the future.
Ann Westwood, president of the Glasgow Orchestral Society, recounts their first encounters with music creator Joshua Brown as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022 collaboration.
Barbara Eifler, Making Music Chief Executive, explains why removing barriers can be in the interest of your music group.
You will have noticed that Making Music has been providing information and support to member groups on access and inclusion.
But perhaps we have not explained exactly why.
Is it because everyone is doing it and we feel the need to jump on the band wagon and be seen to do something when everyone else is?
Well, no. Actually, there are two distinct reasons for this work.
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