Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) Publicity Rep, Sophie, talks to us about SPO’s success over the years with selling tickets to their performances.

Back in June 2016 we did a concert and during my bars rest I counted the audience – it was dismal. There were more people in the orchestra than ...

Our Manager in Scotland, Alison Reeves talks about why Making Music are backing the call for a Culture Act for Scotland in the next Scottish Parliament.  

In the campaigning period running up to this May’s Scottish Parliament election, Scotland’s culture sector will be talking about this a lot – is it time for a Cultur...

Sarah Alexander OBE, CEO & Creative Director of The National Youth Orchestra (NYO), talks to us about the importance of peer-to-peer role modeling for young musicians.

At NYO, peer-to-peer role modelling is fundamental to how change happens. When teenagers see musicians their own age performing at the highest level, orchestr...

When the Labour government came into office in 2024, they immediately moved to reform of the UK Planning framework. The main driver was tackling the housing crisis, but reforms also presented the opportunity to work towards other aims, including boosting local economies, improving public transport and addressing climate change. At Making Music, we be...

We have already been in touch with Making Music members in Hertfordshire who may be affected by this proposal, but we have learnt from the council that there are 70 groups from outside Hertfordshire registered with Hertfordshire Performing Arts Library (HPAL) and that they also lend to 66 other libraries. 

We are therefore guessing that ma...