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Adopt a Music Creator blog: A glow of satisfaction
Posted on 13 April 2022
Sheila Biegala of Ugie Voices and Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra (ASO) describe the grand finale of their performance of '...
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May elections 2022: ask your local council to help your...
Posted on 12 April 2022
On 5 May, there are local elections in many local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. When your local candidates come knocking, you may want...
The cover of the groups' Adopt a Music Creator premiere programme
Adopt a Music Creator blog: A grand finale
Posted on 6 April 2022
Ben Lunn looks back at the last 16 months of socially-distanced rehearsals, Zoom videos, bell caps, face masks, and a storm that nearly stranded the...
George Morland's 'The Wreckers'
Member blog: Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra on programming...
Posted on 31 March 2022
Jon Box of Shrewsbury Symphony Orchestra explains how his group has decided to programme and play work by women composers over the past three years....
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Glynne Stackhouse & Stephen Leeder​​​​​​​ awarded...
Posted on 21 March 2022
Volunteers Glynne Stackhouse and Stephen Leeder share their reactions to having been awarded the 2021 President’s Award for their exceptional...
Corporate member blog: Biiah
Posted on 18 March 2022
New corporate member Biiah gives us the lowdown on their portfolio for leisure-time music groups.At Biiah, we're building a global community that...
Adopt a Music Creator blog: Recording between storms
Posted on 16 March 2022
In this joint blog, Sheila Biegala of Ugie Voices and Foss Foster of Aberdeenshire Saxophone Orchestra (ASO) describe their tumultuous recording...
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Adopt a Music Creator blog: Release and joy
Posted on 10 March 2022
Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones describes her first meeting with Voices of Exmoor as part of their Adopt a Music Creator 2022 collaboration.As I travelled to...
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Making Music partners with Classic FM for nationwide search...
Posted on 9 March 2022
Britain’s Big Platinum Performance will showcase the UK’s best leisure-time music groups on a recording that will be gifted this Platinum...
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Guest blog: A deeper look at female classical composers of...
Posted on 7 March 2022
Elizabeth de Brito - musicologist, host of The Daffodil Perspective podcast, and guest speaker at our recent event on programming women composers -...
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A pleasure, not a duty: performing (a few) more works by...
Posted on 7 March 2022
John Andrews, conductor of Trinity Orchestra, provides some welcome reflections on programming women composers for performances with his group.One of...
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Music making and wellbeing through the pandemic
Posted on 1 March 2022
Ongoing research published in the Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing continues to provide strong evidence of the pandemic's huge impact...

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