Clive Downton, member of Ocean Harmony barbershop chorus, shares with us the group’s 20th anniversary celebration.
Ocean Harmony (the short name for the Southampton Barbershop Harmony Club) is a men's barbershop chorus, based near Southampton on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire. It has recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in January, put together by volunteers throughout 2023.
Make Music Day is an annual global celebration that brings communities together. Discover events across the four nations at Making Music and get your music groups involved!
There’s a lot going on this 21 June or Make Music Day as it’s also known.
This internationally celebrated day sees thousands of people across more than 125 countries perform on the longest (or shortest) day of the year.
The results of the Charity Finance banking survey highlight ongoing challenges in the sector and identify top performing banks.
Charity banking has been a hot topic for the last year with banks coming under scrutiny for the quality of the products and services they offer.
Collaborate and learn from music industry professionals with Pro7ect’s songwriting retreats at the iconic Rockfield Studios on 16 – 20 July 2024.
Project7 is the UK’s premier residential songwriting retreat at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales. This iconic studio has hosted music legends like Queen, Oasis, Bowie, and Coldplay, shaping contemporary culture with their timeless recordings.
Composer and Conductor Matthew Elderton-Lewis shares details of his exciting new project, EcoMelodies, centering environmental issues through climate inspired repertoire and invites leisure-time music groups to get involved.
We're thrilled to announce that composer Debbie Wiseman OBE, who has recently been re-appointed as President of Making Music, is gifting one of her pieces for this year’s Make Music Day celebrations on 21 June.
Making Music's Co-Chief Executive, Barbara Eifler, reports on her recent experience at the mass Welsh male voice choirs' concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from such an event, but perhaps to come out being utterly charmed wasn't it.
To some, male voice choirs might have a reputation for being old-fashioned, or just plain old, and their repertoire – and uniforms – maybe don't immediately speak to us not familiar with the genre, or to a younger generation, to suggest a must-see concert.
Chris Leonard, manager of Derwent Brass, discusses winning the 2024 RPS Inspiration Award, programming a 35-show run and the future of brass banding.
Congratulations to Derwent Brass for winning the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Inspiration Award, the first brass band to achieve this in the award's over 200-year history. We had the pleasure of interviewing Band Manager, Chris Leonard about the group’s historic win and what’s in store for the future.
Janice Summers, co-Music Director of Northern Rose Voices, talks through the start of their creative journey with composer Carla Sayer as part of Adopt a Music Creator 2024.
The group, a female vocal ensemble made up of members from East and North Yorkshire, were paired up with Carla at the project launch event in January and embarked on the collaborative process shortly after. To find out more about their journey so far, watch their vlog below:
Continuo Connect offers a comprehensive early music listing service, spotlighting both established and emerging talents supported by the Continuo Foundation. And the website is completely free!
Did you know that many of the UK’s finest classical musicians, playing on period instruments with the likes of the OAE and the Academy of Ancient Music, regularly perform in smaller ensembles in local venues across the country?
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