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Membership and services
MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICES Helping you get the most from your membership
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info@makingmusic.org.uk / 020 7939 6030
Subsidies for promoters Are you making the most of exclusive subsidies to book professional artists?
We know that smaller promoting groups struggle to pay for professional artists. To help with the cost, if you are a promoting group with an income of less than £14,500 and a member of Making Music, you are eligible for two subsidies. Selected Artists Subsidy • You can apply for a £100 subsidy towards the booking fee of any of the Selected Artists in our Selected Artist Guide, which includes all artists performing in any genre in the purple section of the guide. • Subsidies are available on a first come, first served basis. You can request a maximum of one subsidy per group, per edition of the guide. To request a subsidy for artists in the 2019 Selected Artists Guide you need to apply by 30 April 2020.
Artists Expenses Subsidy
Eligible promoting groups can also apply for our Artist Expenses Subsidy for engaging any professional artist – not just our Selected Artists.
• You can apply for subsidies ranging from £50 to £125 where travel and accommodation expenses total at least £80. • You can apply for more than one Artists Expense Subsidy per year. However, to ensure as many groups as possible benefit, we may have to turn down an application if you have been granted an Artists Expense Subsidy in the previous six months. Find out more and apply at makingmusic.org.uk/ subsidies
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Making Music Selected Artists 2019, Alden Patterson and Dashwood
EVENTS
Our events help and support you with running your group. Book your free place or find more dates and locations online:
makingmusic.org.uk/events
Getting to grips with PRS and copyright
Sat 11 Jan, Cardiff
The role of the chair
Sun 12 Jan, Gloucester Sat 18 Jan, Ipswich Sat 22 Feb, Perth
Growing your membership (with a focus on under 35s)
Tues 14 Jan, Oxford Sat 21 Mar, Stirling
Making the most of your online presence
Wed 29 Jan, Hastings Sat 15 Feb, York
Top tips for running a charity
Sat 8 Feb, Redditch Sat 22 Feb, Luton Sat 7 Mar, Plymouth
Did you know?
Thank you to everyone who bought goodies from the Making Music Store! We raised over £600 towards improving our services for members.
Free resources
• *NEW*: Musica, an international choral sheet music database that lists 150,000 pieces with detailed accompanying info and a powerful search tool. • Resources for musical directors: include the Music Bank, info about musical licensing and permissions, tips for arranging, discounts, alternative perfoming ideas, succession planning and more. • Updated guidance on Grand Rights (permission to perform a dramatico-musical work) • How to claim Gift Aid for your group (updated) Visit makingmusic.org.uk/ resource
CONTACT US
info@makingmusic.org.uk / 020 7939 6030 We are here Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm
Making Music staff
Barbara Eifler Chief Executive Ben Saffell Membership & Operations Director Rizwana Bano Interim Finance Manager Sally Palmer Membership Services & Projects Manager Joe Hooper Membership Services Administrator Harriet Laidler Membership Services & Projects Assistant Lily Funnell Membership Services Administrator & Office Manager Sharon Moloney Member Engagement & Events Manager
Alison Reeves Manager – Scotland John Rostron Manager – Wales Stephen McNally Manager – Northern Ireland Xenia Davis Youth Engagement Manager Liz Clark Marketing & Communications Director Natalie Joanes Communications & Marketing Manager Michael Pearce Marketing & Communications Officer
Don’t forget! If you haven’t renewed your membership yet, your insurance will have expired on 31 December 2019. Renew online today at: makingmusic.org.uk/renewals
New members A warm welcome to the 82 new members who joined between 1 August and 30 November!
Cavehill Community Choir Calne Music and Arts Festival Society Streatham Festival Association Wimbledon International Music Festival Croydon Brass Eastern Edge Theatre Company Regent Brass The Burton Singers Big Christmas Wind Orchestra & Choir Revival Brass Listen to the Voice of Fire Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra Cheddar Valley Singers Warton Show Chorus The Weekley Singers Coventry & Warwickshire Youth Orchestra Tameside Concert Society Dunleath Organ Scholarship Trust Chet Valley Voices Portchester Community Choir Ashford Sinfonia Fiddlesticks Youth String Orchestra North Wales Camerata Gogledd Cymru Hand in Hand (Cardiff) Horsham District Battle of the Bands Tethera Taiko Cambridge Harmony Chorus Blue Light Symphony Orchestra Bradford Accordion Band Lanarkshire Cecilian Orchestra Strode Singers North East Operatics SCIO AMOK Platform Sing4You Sarisbury Choral Society Tisbury Community Choir Avenues Singers Holborn Community Orchestra Folks in Harmony Abbeydale Strings The West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival Maltby Miners’ Welfare Band The Amici Della Voce Octet The Vaughan Williams Singers Meraki Pinner Strings Alkborough Choir Wight Sax The Successors of the Mandingue Cotswold Big Band Singing for Everyone Edinburgh Orchestral Ensemble Albert Park Singers The Big Skirts ILAMS (Iberian & Latin American Music Society) Denmead Brass Barnsley Brass St Paul’s Cathedral Chorus Gatehouse Singers Rugby Rococo Players Bedlington Community Brass Band Burnley Municipal Choir Sustainable Angels Good News Music Hospice Harmonies Haywards Heath Concert Band The Baroque Collective machellmusic On That Note Wolverton Light Orchestra Alma Mater Singers Sound Society CIC Glenlough Community Choir City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra St Stythians Band SingHealthy Three Crown Sound Chester Festival Chorus Bricket Wood Community Choir Northallerton Silver Band Absolute Classics Nayland Choir
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