Delivering a residency in a pandemic
‘East Riding Folk’ was a project collaboration between Riverside Community Special School and Live Music Now musicians The Dovetail Trio. The aim was to increase
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LMN works with a very diverse range of people that rarely, if ever, have the opportunity to experience live music. It takes very special skills to be able to use music to engage people who face difficulties in communicating, cut off from the joy and pleasures of participating and sharing with others.
Our musicians are trained to put participants’ needs and responses at the heart of everything they do. Working with LMN gives our musicians the ability to perform with a deeper level of engagement throughout their careers.
‘East Riding Folk’ was a project collaboration between Riverside Community Special School and Live Music Now musicians The Dovetail Trio. The aim was to increase
Four pupils in Poole, aged 13-19, took part in an online ‘Beatboxing for Lung Health’ project in the summer of 2020 with Live Music Now
“When I first met Ethan he wasn’t enthusiastic about music, was quite closed and I was told that his mood had been low.” Music as
Everyone is a musician, and has musical identity; taking the time to explore this, having fun, and being playful, will help music to grow in
Combe Pafford is a special school in Torquay catering for pupils aged 8-19 with moderate learning difficulties and autism spectrum conditions. They hosted LMN’s
In non-pandemic times, Live Music Now South West organises regular concert tours to a group of special schools in Devon and Torbay, working with the
Throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, many families with disabled children said they felt isolated and overlooked, with reduced access to vital services and opportunities for social
Four pupils in Poole, aged 13-19, took part in an online ‘Beatboxing for Lung Health’ project this summer with Live Music Now musician Dean Yhnell.
Live Music Now musicians work with special schools across the UK delivering concerts and classroom music sessions. With restricted access to schools, we have started to
Live Music Now’s Ensemble Hesperi was delivering a 12-week music residency at Park Avenue care home in Bromley, when the Covid19 lockdown was declared. This
Live Music Now musicians have led a song writing project at Seamer and Irton primary in Scarborough, working with 120 children to record and perform
Live Music Now case study on the impact of live music in social care and care homes Health & wellbeing benefits for residents, staff, and
