There is a perception among some that, when considering the pressures on school funds these days, a good quality music offering can be relegated to the “nice to have but not essential” camp. Well, a survey carried out in August 2025 by Making Music (a UK membership organisation for amateur music groups of all musical genres) may make them think again! It shows that the transferable skills members learned from studying music at school have been well used in their professional life as well as...

Our Gala Concert at the GlassBox Theatre Gillingham, on Friday 7 March, was the first time that we had directly arranged and organised a...