Score Something New: repertoire exploration and new programming resources
Boosey & Hawkes offers Making Music members in the UK the opportunity to explore new repertoire with generously discounted hire fees. The Contemporary Gateway collection of works, assembled alongside the Score Something New scheme, is viewable by all on our website.
Making Music member groups in the UK now have access to an exceptional opportunity to expand their repertoire, to diversify their programmes and reach new audiences, thanks to Score Something New, a major partnership programme in collaboration with Boosey & Hawkes.
Through the Boosey & Hawkes Harmony Fund, supported by Concord’s Impact Investment initiative, eligible Making Music groups in the UK can enjoy an extraordinary 75% discount on hire materials from the entire Boosey & Hawkes catalogue. Orders need to be placed by 30 November 2026 but performances can take place later than this date.
> Visit Score Something New on the Making Music website
Why ‘Score Something New’?
Boosey & Hawkes created the Harmony Fund to widen access to orchestral performance, strengthen community-based music making, and encourage more performances across its wide-ranging catalogue. The initial discount scheme is intended to give UK groups the freedom to programme adventurous, diverse and contemporary works, while introducing audiences to new sounds, new stories and new composers.
Extending programming into fresh areas isn’t just artistically exciting, it can attract audiences and additional group members, as well as forging new community connections. This initiative forms the heart of Score Something New, which encourages groups to take artistic risks, diversify their programming and use repertoire to reach new people.
The Boosey & Hawkes catalogue encompasses some of the world's most performed living composers, such as John Adams, Anna Clyne and Karl Jenkins. It spans repertoire with a wide range of inspirations: vibrant, rhythmic music by GRAMMY award-winner Gabriela Ortiz; jazz and gospel-infused works by Courtney Bryan; and cinematic video game themes by Christopher Tin. Prolific 20th-century voices include Bernstein, Britten, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich.
> www.boosey.com/composers
Making Music is the UK association for leisure-time music groups. Its mission is to support, connect, champion and celebrate groups of people making and presenting music in their communities. Making Music believes in the value of leisure-time music groups (to individuals, communities and society).
> www.makingmusic.org.uk
Contemporary Gateway: enter new musical worlds
To support the Score Something New scheme, Boosey & Hawkes has assembled highlights from its catalogue which can be explored by all groups worldwide seeking a gateway to discover unusual or contemporary repertoire. The collection offers a curated range of accessible entry points to the music of a diverse selection of composers.
> View the Contemporary Gateway online brochure
Contemporary Gateway has been added to the Music by Subject area of our website, offering an even wider list of over 125 entry-point works to explore:
> Visit www.boosey.com/contemporary-gateway
If you have a theme planned for your next concert or are searching for the perfect companion piece, then browse close to 4000 works collected under more than 60 subject themes – from Shakespeare to Sci-Fi, from dance to film, from climate to space, and many more:
> English: www.boosey.com/Subject
> Spanish: www.boosey.com/Temas
> German: www.boosey.com/Themen
If you prefer personalised repertoire advice please email [email protected].