Free
Celebrate Make Music Day with our CoMA Manchester ensemble by playing some new pieces from CoMA’s newest collection, immediate pieces: scores to pick up and play.
CoMA’s immediate pieces anthology is a collection of music by contemporary composers where every piece is designed to be suitable for any instrument and easy enough that you can just dive straight in and play. Some pieces are written as notes, others as text instructions and some are pictures.
The day will be led by pianist and conductor Adam Swayne. So come along, have fun and discover some new music!
The day is open to players of all abilities and all types of instruments aged 14+.
Please bring your own instrument. A piano will be available. If you require percussion, amplification or anything else in order to take part, please contact Francesca by emailing francesca@coma.org.
An ability to read standard 5-line notation is not a requirement and we will use a mixture of notated, graphic and text-based scores. If you require music/written material to be available in a specific format (e.g. large print, braille, printed on coloured paper etc), please contact Francesca at francesca@coma.org.
Find out more about Make Music Day here: Make Music Day 2026
Read more about CoMA’s immediate pieces collection here: immediate pieces: scores to pick up and play
Key info:
immediate pieces for Make Music Day 2026
Venue: Studio 5, Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD
Date & time: The event runs from 10.45am to 4.45pm, with a timetable below:
10.45am: Arrive and gather in the RNCM reception area. Francesca will meet you and take everyone to Studio 5.
11am – 1pm: Warm up and play music from immediate pieces
1pm – 2pm: Lunch break
2pm – 3.30pm: Play more immediate pieces
3.30pm – 4pm: Break
4pm – 4.40pm: Informal showing of pieces from the day
Access info: For comprehensive information, please visit the RNCM website here: RNCM access
Parking: There are limited blue badge spaces within RNCM’s surface car park that can be pre-booked at carparking@rncm.ac.uk. On Sundays, visitor parking is available in the RNCM secure underground car park. Please contact Francesca at francesca@coma.org to pre-book a parking spot.
More details on parking and access via public transport here: RNCM getting here
The entrance to RNCM is step-free and the studio we will be using is wheelchair accessible.
There are accessible toilets located on every level of the building, including one off the main Reception area (turn left as you enter the building from Booth Street West). All accessible toilets require a RADAR key for entry.
For further questions, please contact the venue at access@rncm.ac.uk and/or the event organiser Francesca at francesca@coma.org.
Cost: Free
Register to take part: here
We strongly recommend that you register by Tuesday 16 June 2026.
If you register later than this date or turn up on the day, we cannot guarantee that we can accommodate you or any equipment requests you may have.