Yoga for Musicians – Yehudi Menuhin & International Yoga Day
“The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it, drawing from it maximum resonance and harmony.” – Yehudi Menuhin In ‘9 Things you didn’t know about Yehudi Menuhin’, Clemency Burton-Hill writes how Yehudi Menuhin helped yoga guru BKS Iyengar […]
Songwriting in Medway with Age UK
We’re excited to present “From the Dockyard to Chatham High Street”, a beautiful song written and composed by Medway residents and Live Music Now musicians in April 2022. From February to April 2022, Live Music Now musicians, Thomas Harvey and Zoë Wren worked with local residents and Age UK Medway service users to write a […]
Care home professionals explore the power of music with residents
Live Music Now shares professional music techniques with care home Activities Coordinators in a project to deliver accessible training to front line care employees Activities Coordinators from 13 care homes run by The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) have taken part in professional CPD training in how to use music as part of […]
How ‘The Lullaby Project’ Supports Perinatal Mental Health and Parent-Child Wellbeing
FREE ONLINE WEBINAR! Wednesday 15th June 1 pm – 2.30 pm Delivered by Live Music Now Wales Watch a recording of the webinar here. Live Music Now’s ‘The Lullaby Project‘ is a fantastic engagement model for health boards looking to address perinatal mental health issues and inequalities in maternity and women’s health services. The Lullaby […]
Your birthday wishes for Live Music Now
We’re so touched to see all your birthday wishes coming through on social media. We see you all – from musicians to care homes and from schools to participants. We’re feeling very celebrated, so thank you to everyone who’s wished us well on our journey of creating social impact through music. We love hearing your […]
Clemency Burton-Hill presents Live Music Now during BBC Radio 4 Appeal
On Sunday 22 May, Clemency Burton-Hill will take to the airwaves to present the work of Live Music Now to the nation during the BBC Radio 4 Appeal, a weekly programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations. Clemency, herself a violinist, broadcaster and journalist, will celebrate the transformative power of live […]
Patés & Puds at Hovingham Hall
On Tuesday 17th May, the Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Advisory Committee hosted a “Paté & Puds” fundraising event, as part of the celebrations for Live Music Now’s 45th birthday. Hosted at the beautiful Hovingham Hall in North Yorkshire, sixty guests and committee members watched a performance by Live Music Now guitarist Sam Rodwell. Live Music Now’s […]
Alan leads care home scatting session to “All of Me”
As we celebrate the 45th birthday of our charity, we’re looking at some of our most uplifting moments through music. Alan moved to this care home a year and a half ago following a large bleed to his brain. He was left with aphasia, which affects his speech and he has difficulties with communication. Alan […]
It’s our Birthday! Celebrating 45 years of Social Impact through Music
“Music, amongst all the great arts, is the language which penetrates most deeply into the human spirit…so that it might comfort, heal and bring delight.” Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Live Music Now Founder This May, Live Music Now celebrates forty-five years of social impact through music. From 12-29 May, and centred around our birthday on 25 […]
We’re Hiring! Senior Project Manager posts with Live Music Now Wales
Live Music Now Wales is recruiting for two Senior Project Manager posts; one to lead on work in Adult Social Care and Healthcare settings and the other to lead on work with Children and Young People with a focus on disabled children and young people and those with additional learning needs. Both are permanent part-time […]
Hospice patients compose and record a song for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Previously published in Kent Online. Live Music Now musicians are working with hospice patients to professionally record a song to perform as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Northfleet-based ellenor received funding from Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund in conjunction with Kent Community Foundation to deliver the tune for Her Majesty. ellenor patients […]
Bin There, Drum That! with Live Music Now Wales
Bin There, Drum That! uses music to encourage young people to engage with their community and consider the impact their day-to-day lives have on nature. With help from our musicians, young learners at Coleg Gwent have been building instruments from recyclable waste and using them to make music, as well as writing songs about their […]
