Make Music Day got in touch with Creative Darlington earlier this year and on 21 June 2022 we marked Darlington as a Great Music Place, with a day celebrating all that music brings to our lives. The day began with children from three Darlington schools singing in the Market Square, followed by an early evening concert coordinated by Durham Music Service at Darlington Hippodrome, which attracted hundreds of people and showcased music from ensembles across Darlington and County Durham. A Musical Menagerie evening concert sharing music by some of the artists and bands who’re part of The Forum Music School drew a capacity audience to The Forum Music Studios and brought our Great Music Place 2022 Make Music Day to a close.
A big thank you to all the artists, bands, children and young people, Darlington Town Centre Partnership and Events service, Durham Music Service, Darlington Hippodrome, The Forum Music Studios and all those people who helped events here happen, and to the audiences who celebrated music of many different types.
‘It was a very successful event and the organisers from Make Music Day said it was an excellent event that showcased talent from all ages and genres. The students gained live performance experience, and all felt it had helped gain more confidence in live performance.’ Allison Mckay, Executive Director, The Forum Music Studios
Make Music Day are planning to share a video of some of the activity in Darlington shortly, we’ll update via this website when you can see this, and hope you’ll get in touch if you have any ideas for how Darlington might mark Make Music Day on 21 June 2023, wherein music of any type can be celebrated, as long as it can be seen and heard for free and it takes place on that date.
