Shared Notes: Autism and Music Education Research Podcast with Dr Beth Pickard and Alex Lupo
Discover new insights in inclusive music education with the first two episodes of our new Shared Notes Podcast, now live! Listen below 🎧 Join Dr Beth Pickard and Alex Lupo as they share behind-the-scenes reflections on the AHRC Spoke project so far – from the research process to early findings – and what this could […]
Live Music Now Northern Ireland Secures Key Funding to Expand Music for Wellbeing and Inclusion
Live Music Now NI is thrilled to announce that it has secured funding for a second consecutive year from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Annual Funding Programme (AFP).
Online Survey for AHRC funded research into music education provision in Autism Resource Bases
We all know how much music can offer young people. Access to music education is every child’s right. For autistic young people, research has found music can impact: 💬 communication and language development, 🤝 social interaction, 🧘♂️ anxiety and emotional regulation, 🌟 confidence and self-esteem, 🎯motor coordination & sensory integration. But we also understand that […]
Musician recruitment open for our AHRC Spoke project steering group
Are you an autistic musician aged 18 or over? Would you like to help more autistic children and young people get access to music education? Join the steering group for our one-year, AHRC-funded project: a partnership between Live Music Now and the University of South Wales. Your voice, your experience, and your perspective will make […]
End of year school report: the Live Music Now musician’s learning journey
As the school year ends and children take a well-earned break from formal learning for a few weeks, we’re reflecting on the learning journey that some of our musicians have been on over the past year. Our musicians are at the heart of our mission to increase access to high quality music activities for children […]
Live Music Now Awarded AHRC Grant to Expand Music Education in Autism Resource Bases
Musical Connections: Nurturing Musical Cultures in Autism Resource Bases Across the UK through Participatory Action Research We are delighted to have been selected as one of four projects to receive funding from the AHRC Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research, through the University of Southampton’s Centre for Music Education and Social Justice. This grant […]
Live Music Now Awarded National Lottery Funding to Continue Devon Musical Memory Cafés
August 2024 Charlotte Badham performing at Crediton Memory Cafe. Photographer Sophie Dunn. Live Music Now is delighted to announce funding from The National Lottery Awards for All to support our Musical Memory Café programme in Devon. The £20,000 grant, awarded over two years, will enable us to continue bringing high-quality, interactive music sessions to people […]
New Speakers Announced! Unlocking Futures: Live Music Now’s Lullaby Symposium is coming to Cardiff this July
Is collaborative songwriting a missing link in perinatal mental health care systems in the UK? Live Music Now have been delivering Llullaby projects since 2020, with positive outcomes for parents and children.
Bringing out the Sun – Songwriting project with The Params
Over the course of five months, Live Music Now musicians, Duo Furioso, collaborated with residents at The Params, a family-run residential care home in Purley, London, dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities. Musicians Urška Horvat and Helena Švigelj, both cellists, led regular music workshops with residents aged 56 to 96. Together with support from […]
We’re hiring! Programme Coordinator, Northern Ireland
Join our team! Live Music Now is looking for an experienced Programme Coordinator in Northern Ireland.
We’re Hiring! Project Manager, Wales / Rydyn ni’n cyflogi! Rheolwr Prosiect, Cymru
Join our team! Live Music Now is looking for an experienced project manager and proven fundraiser in Cymru.
Harmony & Healing: Enhancing Mental Health & Wellbeing Through Music at Ashfield Boys’ High School, Belfast
Thanks to funding we received from the National Lottery Young People and Wellbeing Arts Programme, Live Music Now was able to pilot a musical ‘wellbeing club’ with 23 boys aged 11-15 from the Autism Specific Centre at Ashfield Boys’ High School, Belfast.