Pop-up Opera would like to invite Making Music members to a performance of Rossini's l'Italiana in Algeria which will be taking place at Capesthorne Hall (Cheshire) on Wednesday 8 July, with an offer of 30% discount.
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The 30th convention for the Association of British Choral Directors will be taking place at the Royal Northern College of Music
Shout it from the rooftops - there are some fantastic and affordable resources out there for amateur music makers, and they’re called: music libraries!
Taking place from 18 to 25 July, the 2015 Welsh Proms will include performances from:
After a spring spent mostly researching, composing and tweaking arrangements, it is now just 6 weeks until the premiere of my song-cycle for the Jubilate Ladies Choir, so last night I ventured once more up to Pinner to visit a rehearsal and see how the ladies were getting on with the songs.
At Rochester Bridge my train slices through the November mist, which hangs heavily over the melancholy Medway beneath. Today, as autumn fades to a blur, I make my second visit to Doncaster and the Quirky Choir.
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod returns for its 68th event this summer and promises to showcase six days of the best in world music and folk dance.
The winners can be engaged by Making Music's 3000+ members - music clubs, amateur choirs and orchestras - at fixed fees and substantial subsidies, thanks to the generous funding by the Philip and Dorothy Green Music Trust. Artists gain valuable performing experience at the beginning of their careers and often forge lifelong relationships with groups all over the country, and voluntary music groups benefit from the substantial subsidy to book the best young soloists at an early stage in their professional careers.
We have a new model constitution and a brand new trustee handbook to go alongside it that you can now use. Both have been developed with the Charity Commission for England and Wales specifically for Making Music members and will be a huge benefit in helping you to run your group.
What is Gamelan, and how can you learn to play it? Laura Shipsey tells us more about this Javanese musical tradition.