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Meet Julian Lloyd Webber OBE
our President



FRMS - WHO ARE WE?

The Federation of Recorded Music Societies (FRMS) can claim to have played its part in developing greater enthusiasm and understanding of recorded classical music over a substantial portion of the past century.

The Federation was formed in 1936 as the National Federation of Gramophone Societies. Although the title has changed to reflect more recent developments, the aims of the movement have remained basically unaltered and the attraction is still present in the 21st century as over 100 societies continue to meet on a regular basis.

ADVANTAGES OF AFFILIATION TO THE FRMS

The Federation was formed in 1936 as a voluntary association of societies in the British Isles for the purpose of protecting their interests and furthering their aims. Twenty-three Societies originally affiliated - now the number is well over 100. Our main function is to manage licensing arrangements with Performing Right Society Ltd (PRS) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) for the licences necessary for performing recorded music in public, on terms favourable to our members. The fees are greatly reduced from those normally applied by these organisations for individual licences. A particular benefit of this arrangement is that it is the society itself that is licensed and not the premises. This means that the society is covered for PRS and PPL wherever it chooses to meet.

FEATURED LINK

Each month we highlight below one of the links on our Links Page for your special attention:

Pristine Classical logo

Launched in 2005, PristineClassical.com specialises in bringing classic historic recordings back to life using cutting edge digital technology and making them available by streaming, as high quality downloads or on compact disc.

The catalogue ranges from 1899 to the early years of stereo. You can purchase the entire catalogue on a USB drive for €1,500!

09/09/2024

LATEST NEWS

Philip Ashton

Phil Ashton, who served as the Federation’s Technical Officer for many years, passed away suddenly after a long illness in January of this year.

David Wherrell has provided this tribute for our In Memoriam section.

29/08/2024

FRMS AGM

The AGM of the Federation is on Saturday 2nd November. It will be held over Zoom. See our events page for papers and how to take part.

Plea For Help!

The FRMS committee has recently lost another member to resignation. It is becoming increasingly difficult for a reduced committee to carry on the work of running the Federation. We need your help! The commitment is not onerous: half a dozen Zoom meetings per annum and collaboration by email.

See the nomination form on the events page for how to volunteer at the AGM.

28/08/2024

Torbay Music Weekend

Give yourself an early winter treat and toddle down to the south coast for the Torbay Music Weekend. This year’s event will run from the 15th to 18th November.

The event has been running since 1970. But this year’s may be the last, as the Friends of Torbay committee, who organise it, are stepping down. So make the most of this opportunity!

See our events page for details and booking forms.

26/08/2024

AGM 2023

The AGM was held over Zoom on 04/11/2023. Allan Child stepped down as Chairman after over a decade in the post. He is now a vice-president. Our new Chairman is Tony Sanderson. See our events page for a picture of the partcipants and other details.

30/08/2023

Latest Newsletter

The September 2023 edition is available here.

The Committee is immensely grateful to Simon Rawlings for editing nine excellent issues of the newsletter over the past four years. They are looking for a new editor: please contact the FRMS Secretary if you would be interested in taking it on.

05/09/2023

Naxos Music Library

Julian at Naxos kindly responded to my query and supplied a link which does grant free access using an Edinburgh City Library borrower number.

The problem seems to be with the links on Naxos’s public libraries page. Here is a workaround. Go to that page, scroll down and select your country (United Kingdom) and then select your library name from the following dropdown. This will display a web address link below it. E.g.

buckscc.naxosmusiclibrary.com

for Buckinghamshire Libraries. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. Instead, highlight and copy the TEXT of the link, then paste it into the address bar of your browser.

03/08/2023

RESOURCES

There is a wide range of resources which societies might find of value.

Starting your own society
Presenting a programme
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Presenters Panel
Useful database program for keeping track of programmes/presenters/pieces played
Music courses on DVD/CD
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