‘It was Braziliant!’ Musical Mondays Launch in Wales’ Primaries
Live Music Now is expanding its’ reach into schools by bringing the popular “Musical Mondays” programme to pupils in primary schools across Wales. First established in South West England, “Musical Mondays” are a specially curated programme of diverse musical performances from world-class Live Music Now musicians across the UK, streamed direct to school classrooms via […]
I Used to Dance – New release from Louis McTeggart – LMN Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
LMN Northern Ireland singer/songwriter Louis McTeggart recently released a single inspired by his work with Live Music Now and people living with dementia and cognitive impairment. Alice Lewis, Branch Director of LMN’s NI branch, speaks with him about the new release and his experience of working with Live Music Now. Louis, you’ve just released a […]
Thriving Through Music at Combe Pafford School, Torquay
It takes little more than a cursory glance at the papers to know what a difficult time schools have experienced over the past two years. From lockdowns and home learning to the constant disruptions caused by illness and self-isolation, pupils have faced many challenges and teachers have worked harder than ever to minimise the impact […]
Count Me In! Applications invited for fully funded 3-year PhD
Count Me In! is an internationally innovative project that explores how children and young people with severe and profound disabilities experience music, and investigates the strategies that musicians can use to make their creative interventions accessible. Applications are invited for a fully funded, three-year PhD to be hosted jointly by the Centre for Learning, Teaching and […]
Lullaby Celebration at The Museum of Liverpool
On Saturday 27 November, families from across Cheshire and Merseyside came together for a performance of eight brand new lullabies written by mothers as part of Live Music Now’s first Lullaby Project in partnership with Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Women’s Health and Maternity Network. The concert was a culmination of a 2 month online music […]
London Sinfonietta release ‘tomorrow’s world…A Window Into Our Lives’ on film
‘Tomorrow’s Wonder…A Window Into Our Lives’ was received by a large, enthusiastic audience at Stone Nest, the Welsh chapel turned theatre, in early November. Devised as a collaboration between the award-winning composer Electra Perivolaris and Paul and Lesley Stretton-Stephens, the opera explores the role of music and memory through the experiences of the couple, who live with a rare form of dementia. The commission took […]
Calling All Musicians in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and more!
Live Music Now is looking to recruit musicians residing in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria. Applications are open now here and close at 9am on the 14th of February for Liverpool and 9am on the 21st of February for Manchester. Live Music Now works across North West region. Our musicians are welcomed into […]
Live Music Now Launches Songs and Scones Festive Campaign!
This festive season, Live Music Now invites supporters to help raise funds to tackle loneliness and isolation with its Songs & Scones programme. Tea, cake and rousing music-making are the main ingredients for Songs and Scones, Live Music Now’s flagship program of musical get-togethers in local community spaces. These uplifting events have been running for over a decade, bringing together older members of […]
Live Music Now transforms and embraces expanded social impact role
At the launch of Live Music Now’s 2020-21 Annual Report, new CEO Janet Fischer and Executive Director Nina Swann outlined the lessons learnt during the pandemic and a radical new way of working for the 44-year-old organisation, which leads the field in creating transformative musical experiences for older people (many living with dementia), children facing […]
LMN International Conference – Amsterdam November 2021
Live Music Now doesn’t exist just in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – there are Live Music Now branches across twenty locations in Germany and five in Austria, as well as Live Music Now France and Live Music Now Netherlands. On 5-7 November, we gathered for an inspirational in-person weekend in Amsterdam, joined by colleagues […]
Live Music Now Granted £165,787 from the government’s #CultureRecoveryFund
We are delighted to share the news that Live Music Now has been granted £165,787 from the DCMS’ #CultureRecoveryFund. This vital investment comes as we launch our new Strategic Intent, a roadmap for change which will serve us until our 50th year and beyond. It has been a particularly challenging time, especially for our communities […]
We Are All Musical Conference highlights the importance of musical lives for all children
Live Music Now, Anthem Music Fund Wales and Disability Arts Cymru joined together to organise a free online conference, 22-24 November, 3-5pm. The ‘We Are All Musical’ conference aims to support music education in Wales’ special school provision and is aimed at teachers, parents, governors, music organisations, funders and policy makers in Wales. The impressive […]
