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 […]
Shushhh! Live Music Now gets in tune with the NHS to launch the Lullaby Project
Live Music Now is working in perfect harmony with the NHS to launch the Lullaby Project, a ground-breaking initiative which aims to improve peri-natal healthcare and reduce health inequalities caused by economic, cultural and education disadvantage through the medium of music. Created by New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Lullaby Project pairs pregnant women and new […]
We’re hiring! Projects and Marketing Apprentice, Live Music Now (North)
Earn your degree whilst working in a rewarding job. Every day will be different. Every day will have an impact. Want to develop a career in the arts and charity sector? Join our team and earn a qualification with no tuition fees to pay and gain paid work experience at the same time! We’re looking […]
Musical Mondays in Merseyside
“This was an outstanding session which enhanced our music provision in school.” “We are delighted to have access to live professional standard musicians to inspire our pupils.” Musical Mondays is a series of live online concerts delivered via Zoom Webinar for schools in Merseyside. The series allows us to bring musicians directly into classrooms across […]
Calling all musicians in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and more!
Live Music Now is looking to recruit musicians residing in Derbyshire, Durham & Tees Valley, Hull, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, East, West, South and North Yorkshire. Applications are open now here and close on the 28th of February, 2022 at 9am for the York workshop and 7th of March, 2022 at 9am for the Newcastle workshop. Live […]
Live Music Now launches new Strategic Intent
The impact of COVID-19 and the rapidly changing landscape in the UK calls for a new approach at Live Music Now. Combined with the development in strategy and outlook by major sector partners, and the Arts Councils of England, Northern Ireland and Wales, a dynamic and responsive new Strategic Intent is necessary: one that enables […]
We are recruiting musicians in Northern Ireland!
Live Music Now Northern Ireland is excited to announce our brand new recruitment process to find new musicians to join us! Applications are open now here and close 22 November 2021. Live Music Now has been active in Northern Ireland for almost thirty years, working in a range of settings including schools, hospitals, care homes […]
