HighnotesIssue 17 • September 2011
Like many people my
first experience of music
making came when my
enthusiastic father
insisted that I learn the
piano and violin.
Of
course I started out as a
reluctant pupil but now I
am so grateful to him for
introducing me to the
world of music.
As a broadcaster with a passion for classical...
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HighnotesIssue 17 • September 2011 Like many people my first experience of music making came when my enthusiastic father insisted that I learn the piano and violin. Of course I started out as a reluctant pupil but now I am so grateful to him for introducing me to the world of music. As a broadcaster with a passion for classical music, I was delighted to be invited to join Classic FM last year. I count myself very lucky to be able to bring my favourite music to such a large and appreciative audience. I love to receive messages from listeners who have been touched by the music; there isn t anything as powerful as music for stirring emotions. That s probably why so many of us enjoy making music, whether alone or as part of a group. I am a proud supporter of the work Classic FM does in the community through its charity, The Classic FM Foundation. Recently, I was invited to see the work that the charity has funded through Nordoff Robbins music therapy centre in north London. Here,
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HighnotesIssue 15 • February 2011
We are excited to announce the Making Music
Overture, Making Music s London 2012 inspired
project.
The Making Music Overture is a new work that
we hope will become as well known as Tchaikovsky s
1812 Overture through at least 150 performances by
Making Music member groups in the run-up to the...
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HighnotesIssue 15 • February 2011 We are excited to announce the Making Music Overture, Making Music s London 2012 inspired project. The Making Music Overture is a new work that we hope will become as well known as Tchaikovsky s 1812 Overture through at least 150 performances by Making Music member groups in the run-up to the Olympic Games in 2012. This is your chance to take part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic celebrations, wherever you are in the UK. An opportunity to form new partnerships, reach new audiences, benefit from publicity, and to invite local audiences to celebrate with you. We d love you to get involved, as this is a project created for groups of all abilities and genres. Set a date to perform the Making Music Overture now! Orlando Gough has been commissioned to write the Making Music Overture. Orlando is a groundbreaking composer. His We Turned on the Light for the 2006 Making Music Overture Highlights Proms involved massed voices, both amateur and pro
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HighnotesIssue 14 • September 2010
Making Music is a Big Society.
Our member groups
contribute to the community in a variety of ways.
We
are not just about entertainment and culture, we are
sociable and we engender wellbeing.
We have become
more diverse, taking advantage of new ways of social
networking and revelling in the...
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HighnotesIssue 14 • September 2010 Making Music is a Big Society. Our member groups contribute to the community in a variety of ways. We are not just about entertainment and culture, we are sociable and we engender wellbeing. We have become more diverse, taking advantage of new ways of social networking and revelling in the extraordinarily increasing interest in singing. Our new five year plan – Making Music for Everyone – which you will find abridged in the centre of this issue, reflects the confidence we have in our role and our resources even in these uncertain financial times. Our three main objectives are to continue to help members flourish, further to increase and diversify our membership and the use of our services, and to undertake wider advocacy of what we and our members do, especially at a local level. These objectives arise from the response from 750 members to our survey and close consultation with regional committees, our funders and other key bodies with whom we p
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It is hard to escape the doom and despondency
being generated by large sections of the media
about the economy.
The arts press is no different,
with gloomy forecasts ranging from a huge decline
in sponsorship, to the demise of many arts
organisations due to shrinking audiences.
So what
of amateur music-making?
At Making...
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It is hard to escape the doom and despondency being generated by large sections of the media about the economy. The arts press is no different, with gloomy forecasts ranging from a huge decline in sponsorship, to the demise of many arts organisations due to shrinking audiences. So what of amateur music-making? At Making Music we field, on average, some 300 enquiries per week. At the time of writing not one single enquiry has been as a result, directly or indirectly, of the economic downturn. Our members are getting on with the business of putting on events, providing musical opportunities for young people and adults, and rehearsing their members. And attracting new members too – see page 4. A moment’s thought will discover why. Unlike the professional sector, amateur groups rarely rely extensively on external funding – primarily because they have a regular and guaranteed source of income (membership subscriptions) and much lower costs. Although many
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One of the big issues facing organisations big or small
is how to ‘do digital’.
With the Barbican reporting
online ticket sales of 80% of all ticket sales, and
professional groups using social media to reach out, it
seems that current and potential audiences are keen
to use new media to access their music.
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One of the big issues facing organisations big or small is how to ‘do digital’. With the Barbican reporting online ticket sales of 80% of all ticket sales, and professional groups using social media to reach out, it seems that current and potential audiences are keen to use new media to access their music. Here’s a brief introduction to social media. Social media: Do you blog, Twitter, use Facebook, MySpace or YouTube? A few facts and figures about social media: • Facebook – 1. 2 billion hits per month • MySpace – 820 million hits per month • YouTube – 340 million hits per month • Twitter – 55 million hits per month • 5 of the top 10 websites are ‘social media’ destinations • There are 200 million blogs and 12,000 new blogs every day Growth rates: • Blogs are now used by 24% of internet users • Social networks are now used by 26% • Videocasts are now used by 11% What does this all mean? That internet users seem to prefer places to interact and engage ove
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