Making Music delivers a programme of online events, designed for the organisers of music groups that make and present music in their leisure time. All events are online (Zoom) and free to attend, but you need to register in advance on our website:

https://www.makingmusic.org.uk/events

This Autumn’s events include:

• 9 October, 9am: Bigger Better Brains – Using neuroscience to advocate for music
• 18 October, 4pm: Open meeting for leisure-time instrumental ensemble conductors
• 13 November, 6pm: Claiming Gift Aid On Your Subscriptions

We are delighted to be welcoming Dr Anita Collins in October – well known to MEPG members for her music education advocacy work – to talk specifically about adult learner musicians. We’ll hear about the research that proves that learning and playing a musical instrument (and singing) has lifelong benefits for your brain health and why it’s never too late to take up music and reap the many rewards. We’ll also talk about how Anita helps people use research to advocate for the work they do, for many different purposes: from making grant applications to supporting learners to move through challenges by helping them understand what is happening in their brain.