Postcode Local Trust support for Live Music Now South West
The past 18 months have brought numerous challenges, but as Live Music Now has adapted its work and found new ways of engaging audiences – online and outdoors, with individuals and with large groups – we have also been able to see new opportunities. In the South West, we have launched new projects which we […]
Alumni interview with Paul Carey Jones
Live Music Now artist and singer Mimi Doulton interviews Live Music Now alumnus, the bass-baritone Paul Carey Jones about his time on the scheme, returning to work after the pandemic, and his new book ‘Giving it Away’. Mimi: Tell me about your time with Live Music Now. Paul: I joined the scheme towards the end […]
Kirsten Miller: A Musician’s Life in Pandemic
It was Saturday 13th March 2020 and I’d squeezed into a car with one violist, two violinists, and four string instruments, heading from Cardiff to Cornwall for a wedding ceremony. A typical Saturday! We wore red, which was unusual, but a request from the brides. This turned out to be my last gig before lockdown. […]
Mimi Doulton: A Musician’s Life in Pandemic
Classical soprano, Mimi Doulton, joined Live Music Now’s South East branch in late 2019. She writes about her Covid-19 experience in her pandemic diary entry below. Mimi Doulton as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, with Gareth Edmunds, March 2019 (c) Robert Workman & Lapak in The Cunning Little Vixen, with Caroline Taylor, March 2020 Early […]
#ReturnToLive School Highlights
Top Brass Trio at Corneli Primary School, Wales (Photo by Jamie Bowen) Thousands of children and young people across England and Wales experienced their first live music performance in over a year this June. Ninety-six Live Music Now musicians visited 68 different schools as part of the CRF funded #ReturnToLive campaign. “Our students do not […]
Safe return to in-person music sessions in schools during Covid-19
Live Music Now (LMN) has resumed delivery of music sessions in schools. Our musicians comply with school protocol for visitors and follow LMN’s current risk assessment. Further music education and Covid-19 guidance, literature reviews and risk assessments for schools is available here. Guidance for schools hosting LMN sessions as a PDF. Download the Northern Ireland guidance […]
Garden gigs bring joy to adults living with dementia and complex needs
LMN ensemble Bowreed serenades care home residents With live music performances interrupted by the pandemic, Live Music Now musicians pitched up in the gardens of care homes to continue involving residents with live music. As a result of the Musical Care Homes project, funded by Quartet Community Foundation, residents enjoyed singing (within Covid-safe guidelines), moving […]
We’re Hiring! Interim Director, South East Branch
Deadline for applications: Noon, Monday 5 July 2021 Live Music Now is looking to recruit an interim Director for the South East branch (fixed term contract to 31 March 2022). The branch is responsible for organising activities in Greater London and the South East, Home Counties and Eastern England, currently amounting to around 600 performances and […]
#ReturnToLive gyda Live Music Now
Yn y De Ddwyrain, bydd yr unawdydd a’r gitarydd Zoe Wren yn arwain y gerddoriaeth ar gyfer pobl sy’n byw ac yn gweithio mewn cartref gofal yn Haringey (llun a dynnwyd cyn Covid) For English, click here. Bwrlwm drwm os gwelwch yn dda! Yn ystod wythnos 14 Mehefin, bydd Live Music Now yn dychwelyd yn […]
Live Music Now to participate in Make Music Day 2021 – 21 June 2021
Live Music Now will be participating in Make Music Day 2021, a celebration of music across more than 120 countries on June 21 of every year. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, Make Music Day now involves performers in over 1,000 cities worldwide. Live Music Now will take part in […]
Pandemics, Performers and Promise
So much of our socialising and employment has moved online during the past year. For many, it’s been Zoom calls and pre-recorded culture on YouTube and Facebook. However, for those who work in live performance, opportunities have been few and far between. From our contact with musicians, we’ve learned their difficulties in pursuing their work […]
#ReturnToLive with Live Music Now
LMN musician Zoë Wren leading music for people living and working in a Haringey care home (pre-Covid) Am Gymraeg, cliciwch yma Drum roll please! Starting the week of 14th June, Live Music Now will make a resounding return to live, presenting over 60 concerts across England, Northern Ireland and Wales, as its 250 musicians get […]
