Thursday Tunes! Livestreamed concert series for North East and Yorkshire special schools
Live Music Now is delighted to launch a new series of online live music concerts live streamed into special schools across the North East and Yorkshire area. Twenty one schools have signed up to the pilot project, curated to add breadth to the new music curriculum and support schools in their cultural capital offer. The […]
Safe return to in-person music sessions in schools during Covid-19
Live Music Now has resumed delivery of bespoke music sessions in SEN schools, informed by government guidance and research. We have taken steps to ensure that
Live Music Now musicians perform for staff of North Bristol NHS Trust
Live Music Now delivered live performances for patients and staff at Southmead and Cossham Hospitals since 2018 as a valued part of North Bristol NHS Trust’s
TINY TECHIES: AN EXCITING NEW PROJECT FOR YOUNG DISABLED CHILDREN
Live Music Now has exciting news! We have partnered with Drake Music, the leading organisation for music, disability and technology, to design and deliver a programme of exploratory music sessions with disabled children aged 3-5. The project combines LMN’s mission to support music provision in special education school settings and Drake Music’s technical innovation in […]
LIVE MUSIC NOW CONCERTS RETURN TO CARE HOMES!
During our #ReturntoLive campaign, 500 older people across England and Wales were touched by their first live music experiences since the pandemic began. Live Music Now and our wonderful musicians facilitated 28 sessions in over 20 care homes, two of which included the guitarist and singer, Zoë Wren at Priscilla Wakefield House and the return […]
We Are All Musical Conference / Rydyn Ni I Gyd yn Gerddorol
We Are All Musical: Supporting music education in Wales’ special educational school provision 22 – 24 November, 3-5pm, Online Hosted by Live Music Now, Disability Arts Cymru and Anthem Music Fund Live captioning and Welsh translation available. Download the full programme in English here or Welsh here. Access the conference resource page here. Conference press […]
‘Including Me’ shortlisted for RPS Impact Award
We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for an RPS Impact Award for our Including Me programme, launched during the pandemic. The 1:1 online music programme is geared toward families with children experiencing a challenging time due to lack of social interaction, family circumstances or their additional needs not being met. The aims of Including Me […]
Livestreaming Music in Care & Digital Inclusion in Leeds
Live Music Now North East has been working over the summer in partnership with the Leeds Care Delivery team to reach isolated older people across the City with a series of livestreamed and interactive concerts over zoom. The Operational Development Manager for Leeds Care, Catherine Smethurst, has been truly delighted with the way the musicians […]
Live Music Now partners with Theatre of Sound on Judith’s Castle
New opera company Theatre of Sound, together with Live Music Now and the London Sinfonietta, will present two special events in London alongside their exciting new production of Béla Bartok’s opera Bluebeard’s Castle this November. Usually presented as a Gothic horror story centred around an abusive relationship, Theatre of Sound’s new, fully staged presentation of […]
Songwriting retreat for Live Music Now Wales musicians
Live Music Now musicians in Wales have been on their first creative retreat, in the glorious surrounds of sunny Somerset. Between 20th-22nd September 2021, five musicians took a wellness break with a focus on developing songwriting skills thanks to funding from Arts Council Wales‘ second round of the Cultural Recovery Fund. As well as creative […]
Live Music Now & Alder Hey round off 18-month Music as Medicine project
Music as Medicine, the latest project between Live Music Now and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, has recently come to an end. Over the past year-and-a-half, Live Music Now musicians worked with 55 long-term patients to improve their quality of life and musical skills during their stay in hospital. The programme comprised six musicians, three of […]
Arts in Care Homes Day – Live Music Now Broadcast
Live Music Now is working in collaboration with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) to celebrate the National Day of Arts in Care Homes (AICH) with a broadcast of music from around the UK for an afternoon of Western classical, folk and traditional music. This year, the national celebration takes place on Friday 24 September. […]
