Juice Vocal Ensemble - St. James' Church, Birstwith
11.00am, Wednesday 28th July, 2010
'fluid, fruity and refreshing....vocal techniques that make Stockhausen and Berio sound prehistoric...the 21st century's answer to the Swingles or King's Singers' (4 stars)'
- The Times.
Programme to include works by:
Gabriel Prokofiev
Elizabeth Lutyens
Kerry Andrew
Lennon & McCartney
Juice are an experimental vocal trio who specialise in giving vibrant performances with a theatrical edge. They draw on world music, jazz, folk and pop, have commissioned countless new works and featured on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and Resonance FM.
Juice are at the forefront of... [read more]

Enjoy free music inspired by the tales and travels of the Lewis Chessmen.
Monday 9 - Sunday 29 August
The National Museum of Scotland joins forces once again with Live Music Now Scotland to liven up your lunchtime.
Sit back and enjoy the music of some of Scotland's most talented musicians - for free!
Drawing on the Lewis Chessmen for inspiration, our programme stretches from Norway to the shores of Lewis. From fiddles and flutes to ballads and brass, why not join us everyday during the festival for an uplifting lunchtime?
Each concert takes place at 12:45 and lasts 45... [read more]

If ever proof were needed that rural North Yorkshire is far from being a cultural backwater, the impact of Live Music Now on the line up for this year's Ryedale Festival would provide it.

LMN Yorkshire is one of the busiest branches of Live Music Now, and last year alone gave over 600 performances and workshops for more than 22,000 people. Audience members aged from 0 to over 100 years old participated in performances by folk, jazz, world and classical musicians. Without LMN these groups would not have been able to access such high quality live performance due to... [read more]

Live Music Now in Salzburg
26 - 28 May 2010
Building on links made through Live Music Now's International Development programme, saxophone ensemble Lunar Saxophone Quartet made the first visit of LMN UK musicians to LMN Salzburg in late May. In support of continuing professional development of Live Music Now's pool of musicians, such international opportunities give musicians invaluable experience in performing for typical LMN audiences in different cultural environments. Lunar Saxophone Quartet, who formed while the four players were studying together at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, performed for adults with learning and physical disabilities and... [read more]

Live Music Now musicians have just returned from delivering a second successful programme of workshops for children with special needs, as part of the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival 2010.
Projects took place at the ZHO Abu Dhabi Autism Centre, Mafraq, delivered by Lenny Sayers (clarinet) and the Sollertinsky Piano Trio; and at the Special Care Centre, Abu Dhabi, delivered by Melissa Doecke (flute), Dimitris Dekavallas (guitar) and the Meridian Percussion Duo.
In addition to a full week of workshops in each centre, culminating in a celebratory performance, LMN musicians also delivered training sessions for teachers and presented a... [read more]

Cllr. Nigel Howells of Cardiff County Council formally announced on Tuesday 9th March that the Mavron Quartet was to be the 'Ensemble in Residence' at St David's Hall, the National Concert Hall of Wales.
LMN Wales has enjoyed a long partnership with St David's Hall and scores of our musicians have performed at lunchtime concerts at the Hall over the last 20 years and at the Welsh Proms. The internationally acclaimed pianist Llyr Williams gave his first recital at St David's Hall under the auspices of Live Music Now and continues to play there on a regular basis.
Following the... [read more]

Live Music Now South West has teamed up with Reminiscence Learning and Abbeyfield to deliver a groundbreaking new project to older people in Somerset. The Quality of Life project aims to look at new ways of using music as a way to improve the lives of those with dementia. Live Music Now South West will be providing a series of musical workshops from a wide variety of musicians from around the world including a special guest performance by The Prince of Wales's Royal harp player, Claire Jones and James Sherlock, winner of the 2007 BBC Fame Academy: The Next Generation.... [read more]

The aLuMNi Fund was launched at a sell-out concert on 22 February 2010 at the Forge. The evening was an aLuMNi initiative thanks to Kosmos and Milos Milivojevic as well as The Forge: Adam and Charlotte Caird's exciting new venue in Camden www.forgevenue.org
The purpose of this fund is to enable musicians who have benefited from their time with LMN to support the continuation of our work and extend the benefits to the next generation entering the profession.
In these particularly challenging times we are encouraging our aLuMNi to pledge their support in a variety of ways. If you are... [read more]

Live Music Now is currently recruiting musicians in Northern Ireland. If you are interested, come to our OPEN DAY to find out about the scheme and how to apply.
There will be a performance by the singer/guitarist Guillermo Rozenthuler and support from LMN staff who will be able to answer questions and help with application forms.
Date: Thursday 4 March, 2010
Time: 15:00 - 18:00
Location: Black Box
Address: 18 - 22 Hill Street, Belfast, Ireland. BT1 2LA.
For more information about the recruitment process, please visit:
LOG YOUR INTEREST
www.myspace.com/livemusicnowuk
or alternatively, you can email: ireland@livemusicnow.org
Supported... [read more]

Live Music Now Scotland is launching a project for children at Edinburgh's Dunedin School with a free concert featuring the 'Sherlock Violin' at the National Gallery on Thursday, 17 December 2009. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Holmes' creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as the formation of the National Galleries of Scotland. The 'Sherlock Violin' was made by Steve Burnett from the wood of a diseased sycamore tree in the garden of Liberton Bank House where Conan Doyle grew up, now home to the Dunedin School for secondary school children who don't fit into... [read more]