BBC Music has announced the return of BBC Music Day with nominations for its Unsung Hero now open.
The initiative, which takes place on Friday 3 June 2016, aims to celebrate music from around the UK and the Channel Islands via broadcasts across BBC TV, Radio and digital services.
As part of BBC Music Day, BBC Music, BBC Local Radio, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio Ulster are launching a search for Unsung Heroes. This is to find music champions who have made, and continue to make, a huge difference to people’s lives through music in their community.
Unsung Heroes is about looking for people who have made a positive and ongoing contribution to bring communities together though music - whatever the genre - from running choirs, orchestras, youth music projects, to initiatives for older people.
BBC Music and BBC Local Radio want to hear from you if you know someone who deserves recognition.
Bob Shennan, BBC Music director, said: ‘BBC Music Day is a unique opportunity for people to celebrate music and musical talent, whether attending one of the many events taking place or tuning in at home. BBC Music Day is for everyone - it’s time for the UK and Channel Islands to bring live music into their lives wherever they are.’
Registration for nominations will be open from Saturday 9 April to Friday 22 April 2016 on the BBC Music Day website, bbc.co.uk/musicday.
The first BBC Music Day last year saw a dawn-to-dusk day of celebration involving musical events in more than 10 UK towns and cities, including ‘Hadrian’s Wall of Sound’, a spectacular musical relay from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend and a concert at Glasgow’s City Halls with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
The initiative, which takes place on Friday 3 June 2016, aims to celebrate music from around the UK and the Channel Islands via broadcasts across BBC TV, Radio and digital services.
As part of BBC Music Day, BBC Music, BBC Local Radio, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio Ulster are launching a search for Unsung Heroes. This is to find music champions who have made, and continue to make, a huge difference to people’s lives through music in their community.
Unsung Heroes is about looking for people who have made a positive and ongoing contribution to bring communities together though music - whatever the genre - from running choirs, orchestras, youth music projects, to initiatives for older people.
BBC Music and BBC Local Radio want to hear from you if you know someone who deserves recognition.
Bob Shennan, BBC Music director, said: ‘BBC Music Day is a unique opportunity for people to celebrate music and musical talent, whether attending one of the many events taking place or tuning in at home. BBC Music Day is for everyone - it’s time for the UK and Channel Islands to bring live music into their lives wherever they are.’
Registration for nominations will be open from Saturday 9 April to Friday 22 April 2016 on the BBC Music Day website, bbc.co.uk/musicday.
The first BBC Music Day last year saw a dawn-to-dusk day of celebration involving musical events in more than 10 UK towns and cities, including ‘Hadrian’s Wall of Sound’, a spectacular musical relay from Bowness on Solway to Wallsend and a concert at Glasgow’s City Halls with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
