We’re Hiring! Visual Identity Design Consultant
We are looking for a Visual Identity Design Consultant. Live Music Now recently completed a process to redefine and agree a new articulation of our vision, mission and values working with an external brand consultant. This work was developed with the whole team across our different divisions. To support the new direction and help Live […]
Calling all musicians in the South West of England!
Live Music Now is looking to recruit musicians who live in or have strong connections to the South West of England (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Bristol). Applications are open HERE and recruitment workshops will be held in Bristol, Bournemouth and Plymouth in April and May. Live Music Now musicians work in […]
We’re Hiring! Project Manager, Northern Ireland
Project Manager, Northern Ireland Part time, 3 days per week, £25k (pro rata £15k), fixed term 12 months Home-based, with location and working pattern flexible Are you looking for a rewarding and diverse role that makes a difference to the lives of thousands of people in Northern Ireland each year? Do you have a passion […]
‘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 […]