Federation of Recorded Music Societies
(President - Julian Lloyd Webber)

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Meet Julian Lloyd Webber
our President

Daventry update Next FRMS Music Weekend 21st - 23rd April 2017 We are delighted to announce that Judith Weir CBE, Master of the Queen's Music, will be one of our guest presenters. Other guests will include Simon Perry (Hyperion Records) and, making a return visit, Nigel Simeone. Once again we will be offering a free coach transfer from a convenient mainline railway station on the Friday afternoon, returning at the conclusion of the weekend.

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.

As the "National Federation of Gramophone Societies", the Federation was launched in 1936. Although the title has been 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 200 societies continue to ply their trade.
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ADVANTAGES OF AFFILIATION TO THE FRMS

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.
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