Songs & Scones Concerts in Medway
A social afternoon of music, conversation and cake in Medway Libraries! Chatham LibraryCommunity HubDock RoadChathamKent ME4 4TX Hempstead LibraryHempstead RoadHempsteadGillinghamKentME7 3QG Luton Library2 Nelson TerraceLutonChathamKentME5 7LA Lordswood LibraryKestrel RoadLordswoodChathamKentME5 9LR Twydall Library13-15 Twydall GreenGillinghamKentME8 6JY Songs and Scones Our Songs & Scones programme engages people living in the community who face loneliness and isolation. The […]
We’re Hiring! Rydyn ni’n cyflogi! Project Manager, Cymru/Wales
Live Music Now Cymru is looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team in Wales. Contract type Full time, fixed term contract to 28th July 2024 Pay scale £27,000 – 30,000 per annum (dependent on experience) Location Cardiff Bay (Live Music Now Cymru office) primarily, with option for some home working Deadline to […]
We’re Hiring! Musicians’ Coordinator
Live Music Now is looking for a Musicians’ Coordinator to join our UK team, working out of our London office in Somerset House. Contract type Part Time (3 days per week / 0.6 FTE) Fixed Term until 31 July 2024 (with option to extend, dependent on funding) Pay scale £26,000 pa FTE (£15,600 pro rata) […]
Live Music Now Northern Ireland welcomes new Chair
Live Music Now Northern Ireland is delighted to welcome new Chair Malcolm Emery, who takes up the baton from outgoing Chair Norma Sinte. Malcolm says, ‘The work of Live Music Now is very close to my heart. I love music and understand the positive feelings that it induces, and have first-hand experience of seeing its therapeutic […]
Celebrating NHS 75 with Live Music Now
On 5 July 2023 we celebrate 75 years of the National Health Service. When it was founded in 1948 , the NHS was the first universal health system to be available in the UK, free at the point of delivery. In 2021/22 there were an “estimated 570 million patient interactions with GP, community, hospital, mental […]
FESTIVAL! 2023
Accent Music Hub partnered with Live Music Now to deliver a creative music project to special schools across Warrington and Halton. The FESTIVAL! project aimed to support children and young people in collectively exploring, creating, and performing their own music. Five schools eagerly participated in the fully subsidised project and received eight-weeks of music-making sessions, […]
Trans Joy with Live Music Now musician Alex Garden (They/Them)
Originally featured in Trans Portraits UK “I came out as non-binary/genderqueer last year and have been looking for ways to express myself and embrace my gender non-conformity in the public eye – as a therapeutic process for myself as well as to empower and encourage other gender non-conforming people.” Alex Garden (they/them) is a Live […]
WE WON!!! Thank you for voting for Lullaby Cymru!
Live Music Now Cymru’s LULLABY PROJECT has been awarded £69,975 from the National Lottery’s ‘The People’s Projects’ to deliver further work across Wales with new and expectant parents and their families. Live Music Now has been delivering Lullaby Projects (based on the model developed by Carnegie Hall, New York) since 2021 in South Wales and […]
We’re Hiring! CYP Project Manager (Maternity Cover) Cymru
Live Music Now is looking for a Children and Young People (CYP) Project Manager (Maternity Cover), to join our team in Wales. Live Music Now Cymru works with 73 musicians to deliver over 300 events annually to all 22 counties, bringing live music to those who may not otherwise be able to experience it. Our […]
Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Lullaby
By Angharad Jenkins, Live Music Now Cymru musician Countless songwriters have compared song-writing to therapy. Just head to Google and you will be faced with a myriad of varying quotes on the theme. As a musician and a mother to two little children, I too can ascertain the cathartic effects of song-writing. Without sounding too […]
Yoga for Musicians – Yehudi Menuhin & International Yoga Day 2023
“The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it, drawing from it maximum resonance and harmony.” – Yehudi Menuhin On Wednesday 21 June, Live Music Now celebrates International Yoga Day and Make Music Day with a lunchtime yoga session […]
Vote for Lullaby Cymru for People’s Project 2023!
Live Music Now Cymru’s LULLABY PROJECT has been selected for ‘The People’s Projects’ public vote, with the opportunity to win a £70,000 award to deliver further work across Wales with new and expectant parents and their families. Live Music Now has been delivering Lullaby Projects (based on the model developed by Carnegie Hall, New York) […]
