Live music now yearbook 2014
livemusicnow.org.uk LMN 2014 yearbook
Inspiring Musicians Transforming Lives
Live Music Now was founded by Yehudi We believe live music should play a Menuhin and Ian Stoutzker CBE in 1977. significant role in society, bringing joy and Every year, we train over 330 talented measurable impacts to the health and musicians to deliver music to people in a wellbeing of individuals and communities. wide range of challenging situations; these This yearbook tells the stories of some of include older people in care homes living the people our musicians met in 2014, and with dementia, children in special schools, the progress we are making in each of our isolated rural communities, hospitals areas of work. and more. In 38 years, more than two million people have benefited from LMN workshops and interactive performances.
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Chairman’s Message Music and the Mind
When Yehudi and I started Live Music Now in 1977 we were pioneering an idea which is now becoming mainstream science. The responses we witnessed at our workshops and performances were so consistent as to leave us in no doubt that we could make a difference. Now there is a wide recognition of this amongst the medical and educational sectors, and researched evidence has demonstrated that the brain responds to music in a unique and powerful way. Live Music Now has been involved in much of this research.
The applications are wide for children with learning difficulties or disabilities and for people living with dementia, autism and other mental health issues. We have even found that our work with those recovering from brain surgery is showing very encouraging results.
With this greater recognition, we have formed Retaining our vision that music can help people in new partnerships with academics, doctors and challenging circumstances, we continue to gather organisations such as the Mental Health Foundation, momentum, friends and enthusiasm as we go. Evan the Royal Society for Public Health and the Music Dawson was appointed as Executive Director, Education Council. We are continuing to play a and he has worked tirelessly to lead our team and leading role raising awareness of the contribution develop our work further. I am hugely grateful for that live music can make to the lives of children, the support of my dedicated Governor colleagues adults and communities. and their advisory committee members around the UK. As always, the imagination, expertise and Education, social care and health budgets are efforts of our staff, musicians and volunteers have threatened; the number of people living lonely, isolated played a great part in our success. We are indebted lives has increased. In special schools, there are to the many trusts, foundations, public bodies and diminishing resources for music provision. Care home generous individuals that support our work. It remains budgets are under increasing strain, as more people a challenge to find the necessary funding, but there are living longer. In all these areas, we are active and is great potential and need for live music to play a have introduced targeted projects, such as our ‘Songs greater role in our society. and Scones’ and Neuro-Rehabilitation programmes.
Ian Stoutzker CBE, Founder Chairman
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Evan Dawson LMN Executive Director
One example that I would like to mention is the work we are doing with Dr Jane Povey in Shropshire. Jane has brought together her NHS CCG, local government, mental health services, volunteers, and arts organisations such as LMN. It has resulted in some innovative collaborations, delivering measurable clinical benefits to patients and other service users. Neil Carr, the Chief Executive of the local NHS Foundation Trust wrote this to me:
What we have experienced is a community I joined Live Music Now just over a year ago. Since coming together, united in music, irrespective that then, I have had the great privilege of meeting its many musicians, supporters, staff and those who some individuals were experiencing a mental illness benefit from its work, all around the country. They have experienced many times the way that live music can or a learning difficulty. This is so fundamental as we ‘reach’ people, and bring them together, in ways that begin to challenge society’s values and attitudes nothing else can. towards mental illness and our service users take LMN has a tremendous team of people, and a wealth the journey of recovery: communities need to be of new supporters too. These include academics in the growing field of ‘Arts and Health’, healthcare inclusive, and that’s what we achieved here.” practitioners, high profile musicians and special Neil Carr OBCE FRCN, Chief Executive of South education experts. Julian Lloyd Webber is leading Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust our work with such ambassadors and advisors, as we gather together the growing evidence that live music matters. As we understand the neurology, there are so many implications for new areas of practice. So, thank you for reading this report, and for your Patients are being prescribed ‘doses’ of LMN music interest in Live Music Now. Any support you can give as they recover from brain surgery; those living with us in hugely welcome. Please do keep in touch, and loneliness are being brought together with LMN music join us on this journey. projects; and autistic children are finding that music gives them a way to communicate and understand the world around them. We are creating new training programmes in these (and more) specialist areas, and new ways to deliver projects. We want to work with Evan Dawson NHS commissioners, music education hubs, care homes, hospitals, special schools, community centres, and more, all around the country. Music can deliver so much, to so many, without the risks or high costs that are associated with prescription medications or similar.
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The year in numbers
123,000 340 5,341
We reached a total audience of There were 340 musicians We provided 5,341 123,000 people through 2,580 on the scheme in 2014. Over performance opportunities and interactive music sessions, the year LMN held 6 series delivered more than 70 training including: of auditions around the UK. and mentoring sessions for • 51% for children and young Of 71 groups auditioning, 31 emerging professional musicians people, 71% of whom have were selected, comprising 82 on the scheme. These focused special educational needs or are musicians. on a range of skills required to in challenging circumstances. deliver stimulating, engaging • 37% in the area of health and and creative interactive music wellbeing of which 77% were activities for LMN’s core for older people. beneficiary groups.
Audience breakdown for 2,580 sessions
Mainstream schools and community centres For every £1 in rural & socioeconomic areas of deprivation of investment Older people in £1 in 2013-2014 the community
Direct to musicians (inc travel) 59.4p Older people in care homes Research 5.4p Training and pastoral support for musicians 10.4p Mental Health Hospices Communications and advocacy 8.2p Hospitals Project co-ordinators 7.4p Adults with Physical Disabilities Refugees Governance, volunteers Homeless and administration 9.2p Public Concerts Adults with Learning Difficulties Total £1.00 Adult Offenders Early Years Special Schools & families with disabled children
Our complete 2013-2014 audited accounts can be found on our website’s About Us page.
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The Key to Recovery Neuro-rehabilitation project wins NHS Award
Congratulations to the LMN musicians, nurses, Significantly, patients taking part in the innovation doctors and patients who participated in the study showed immediate and spontaneous innovation study designed and led by East Kent improvements in standardised measures of Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and happiness and wellbeing. The majority of the University of Kent’s School of Psychology. Patients data collected illustrated positive trends, with recovering from brain injuries were prescribed ‘doses’ improvements in wellbeing, pain, cognition of live music as part of their treatment. The project functioning, independent functioning and mobility. won a runner up award for Outstanding Innovation in Other benefits included improvements in the the prestigious 2014 Trust Innovation Awards. perception by patients of the value of self-care, their engagement with other therapies and support for The work took place on the Harvey Neuro- settling new patients into the ward. Rehabilitation Ward in East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trusts’ Kent & Canterbury Hospital, We intuitively believe in the ability of music to with twice-weekly interactive live music concerts over a six-week period, delivered by professional harness the recovery of injured brain and mind. However, musicians on the Live Music Now scheme. Family hard data doesn’t exist to justify resource allocation.” members and friends of patients were also encouraged to attend. Dr Mohamed Sakel, Director/Consultant Neuro-Rehabilitation, East Kent Hospitals
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The project confirmed that it is possible to bring live music to a busy and resource-intensive neuro-rehabilitation ward without significant disruption. Given the positive reactions of patients and staff, the next step is to conduct a research study that both applies more sensitive measures of wellbeing and determines how often and what type of music should be played.” Dr David Wilkinson, School of Psychology, University of Kent
The study is the result of a long-standing research partnership of Dr Mohamed Sakel (Director/ Consultant Neuro-Rehabilitation, EKHUFT) and Dr David Wilkinson (School of Psychology, University of Kent) who have completed several studies together on improving care of neuro-rehab patients. Two student researchers (Anna Biller and Katie Richards) designed and administered the measurement system of the programme. LMN would like to thank Dr Stuart Field, who served on the LMN Advisory Committee in London for many years, for inspiring and supporting this project.
Timothy, aged 20, is recovering at Kent & Canterbury Hospital. His father, Devon, wrote to us after the concert: ‘Timothy certainly enjoyed the concerts, as he loves music. He was not able to sit through the duration of the first concerts he attended, due to his weak condition. However, he clearly wanted to attend. He placed his hands together to applaud the musicians and initially was not able to clap, but by the last weekend he could, in fact, clap, although lightly. It was important for him to be able to bring both hands together to the midline as a kind of therapy and to The concert series was supported in part by recover the ability to clap his hands.’ Golsoncott Foundation, Promenaders’ Musical Charities and an anonymous donor. Additional Bob Baker is recovering from Guillain-Barré support was provided in kind by Kent & Canterbury syndrome, a rare and serious condition of the Hospital and the School of Psychology, University peripheral nervous system: of Kent. If you would like to further the aims of ‘The music sessions have given me something to music in recovery please visit our website or look forward to. I have been to four sessions during contact 020 7014 2829. the time I have been here - the musicians have been very empathetic and enthusiastic. I am recovering fast and have been fairly upbeat, and the music has made me feel good.’
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SUPPORTING MUSIC-MAKING in special schools across the UK
In 2014, six special schools across the UK hosted Such an observation is well documented in published LMN Musicians in Residence supported by Classic research and demonstrates just how vital it is for FM. The pupils heard a range of LMN performances, children with additional needs to have access to and also took part in weekly music-making sessions regular music-making. LMN advocates this strongly, with their resident LMN musicians. providing concerts and projects in special schools throughout the UK. One striking outcome reported by staff was how children, that normally find it hard to engage in group Sam Jackson, Classic FM’s Managing Editor, said: activities, were able to develop their communication “We’re delighted that funding raised from Classic and social skills through the musical activities. FM’s listeners has enabled hundreds of children in special schools to enjoy inspirational performances and specialist workshops by talented professional musicians from Live Music Now.”
LMN percussionist Rhys Matthews and students from St Christopher’s School, Wrexham, Wales.
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Live Music Now is doing the most incredible work which should be much better known. It was an inspirational idea from my dear friend and colleague Yehudi Menuhin, and I will be doing all I can to help further Live Music Now’s wonderful and invaluable work.” Julian Lloyd Webber
Case Study: Using percussion to support the musical and personal development of LMN percussionist Rhys Matthews describes a visually impaired pupil how one pupil in particular was drawn into the sound world of percussion. St Christopher’s is a large special school in Wrexham, North Wales with 285 pupils aged 6 to “Ben, a pupil with visual impairment, was part of 19 years. Pupils have a range of special educational my Thursday morning group and instantly stood needs. Most pupils have additional learning needs out from the crowd. A teacher had mentioned to which include physical, sensory and medical needs me that he responds to music more than any other as well as speech, language and communication subject or activity in school. It was clear that not difficulties. Seven per cent of the pupils have only was he was fascinated by the music I played, ‘looked-after child’ status and approximately 49% of but also had a strong physical reaction to it. pupils are entitled to free school meals. The school rarely has the opportunity to work with professional I brought a range of percussion instruments into musicians and was delighted to be part of the school to use in the workshops. During the initial Musicians in Residence project. sessions, we explored the instruments through musical games. This was ideal for Ben as he As part of the project, the school enjoyed used his heightened senses of sound and touch performances by The Absentees (folk duo) and to participate fully in the group. Project Jam Sandwich (world music trio). In addition, around 70 pupils took part in a series of small group Having successfully taken part in the initial workshops with LMN percussionist Rhys Matthews. group activities, Ben was filled with confidence and he became more skilful and verbal as the sessions progressed. He began to experiment with the instruments to express his ideas during composition activities: in one session staff were Rhys has been excellent and the live performances particularly struck when he played a percussion have gone brilliantly too. It’s all made a great contribution instrument whilst singing - something that they hadn’t seen him do before. He got a warm round to the music curriculum and to life in school generally. of applause from staff and pupils afterwards. I hope we can continue to have live performances in In the final sessions he began to ask if he could the future.” perform alongside me. I asked if he would like Paul Fisher, Music Co-ordinator to lead the Samba activity. He had listened St Christopher’s School intently to what I had been practicing with the group in previous sessions and led the Samba with confidence and skill. His progress over the sessions was impressive and a delight to see.’’
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Celebrating 5 years of Songs and Scones
Live Music Now’s Songs and Scones programme brings together older people who live on their own I don’t get out very often. At Songs and or in care homes for an afternoon of excellent music, Scones I see old friends and chat with new tea and conversation. Each session begins with an informal participatory concert led by professional people. It’s better than any medicine!’’ LMN musicians, trained to work with older Audience member communities and those living with dementia, followed Ryedale, North Yorkshire Songs and Scones by time for refreshments and socialising. Presenting the music in the form of a regular social event and giving everyone an active choice of programme provides an excellent forum to make new friends, build optimism, confidence and self-esteem. Aberdare, Wales Five years ago, LMN Wales and Rhondda Cynon Taf Cultural Services partnered together to present a monthly series of participatory concerts entitled ‘Songs and Scones’ at the Coliseum in Aberdare, consistently filling the theatre’s café bar and inspiring enthusiastic responses from older residents of the Cynon Valley. The series is still going strong - with many attendees coming every month for the past five years.
Although a simple idea, this project is changing lives.
Our careful and consistent approach to monitoring events and gathering feedback from participants has shown that taking part in Songs and Scones produces a range of benefits including improved social life, greater sense of community and belonging, enhanced mood and widened cultural horizons, all of which contribute to an overall sense of wellbeing. Through participation in social music programmes like Songs and Scones, we can help increase our resilience and ability to face the Westcombe Brass with Songs and Scones audience members in challenges of living independently as we age. Aberdare, Wales.
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London Oh, Songs and Scones, now you’re talking. In London, Kings Place and The Forge have both hosted Songs and Scones. In September 2014, LMN Yes, this is one of the highlights of my life just now.” volunteers Sue Heiser and Trudy White coordinated Audience member a pilot concert for over 100 attendees at Alexandra Ryedale, North Yorkshire Songs and Scones Palace, a place many older local people have fond memories of visiting as children. Sue liaised with local care partners and Trudy hit the pavement to Ryedale, North Yorkshire drum up support from local businesses. The demand Live Music Now North East and Ryedale Carers outstripped the places available, and many day Support have been running monthly Songs and centres and clubs had members draw lots to attend. Scones concerts in Amotherby Village Hall since The result was truly an occassion to remember. April 2013. The project was supported by Ryedale District Council and Malton CIC in 2014. You can LMN’s South East branch has recently secured see a short film on the impact of Songs & Scones on funding for ten more Songs & Scones events across people living in North Yorkshire here: London in 2015. vimeo.com/livemusicnow/songsandscones
“It was amazing and a privilege to hear the musicians play. Very uplifting and interactive.”
Chloe Saywell, LMN Soprano, sings for a Ryedale, North Yorkshire Songs & Scones event. Ballywalter, Northern Ireland Our newest Songs and Scones series is taking place from October 2014 to May 2015 in Ballywalter, with Nottinghamshire funding from Community Foundation for Northern Nottinghamshire County Council brought in Songs Ireland, The Turkington Fund and Asda Community and Scones on a monthly basis at Worksop library Champions. initially in the Spring of 2014. The Whitaker Trust provided additional funding needed to keep the series going until early 2015. The programme’s roaring success in Worksop has led to a pilot in Nottinghamshire’s West Bridgford library as well.
For information on how to organise a Songs and Scones in your community, or for information on how to attend an existing Songs and Scones, contact your local Live Music Now branch, ring the UK number: 020 7014 2829 or email [email protected] LMN Northern Ireland musician Louis McTeggart.
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On a Good Day Improving mental health and wellbeing for Londoners through music
Launched at the end of 2011, On A Good Day aimed participatory performances, residencies, singing and to improve wellbeing for Londoners living with mental composition workshops, one-to-one mentoring and a illness and mental health problems. The increasing mix of musical genres. number of requests that they were receiving from organisations working in the field. Working with an external evaluator, we carefully tracked the impact that these projects had on the Between September 2011 and June 2014, Live lives of the people involved. In many cases it led to Music Now delivered a total of 220 music sessions some profound and moving experiences. reaching over 1,000 people and involving 60 LMN musicians and alumni. Sessions took place in 25 “At the end of 2014 we find ourselves in a very mental health settings including psychiatric units, different place from four years ago. Live Music Now residential and day settings, working with a range of staff and musicians have found working on the project vulnerable people including older people, refugees challenging, exciting and rewarding and have learnt and asylum seekers, and the homeless. a great deal along the way. We have gathered much data over the course of the project which demonstrates We created a range of sub-projects responding that the project has had a real impact on individuals to the different needs of participants. The nature and their lives.” Erica Lang, Project Manager and Trust of the music sessions varied enormously involving Fundraiser, Live Music Now (South East).
Harrow Community Choir. Photo Credit: Simon Jay Price.
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One [woman] was very disorientated. Her mind was full and she was preoccupied and cut off. Her body was rigid and bent. Her face worked and she was engaged in internal conversation, a conversation obviously uncomfortable, haunted. But by the end of the musicians’ performance, her face was clear and smiling, she was engaged with the world around her, looking warmly at people, sitting at ease on her chair.” St Charles Hospital Mental Health Centre, Westminster
LMN violinist Kokila Gillet-Khan performs with Raja at the The Forge in Camden.
Raja’s Story chamber music ensemble course at London’s City Raja is from Iran where he was a professional violinist Lit. At the end of Year 3 he performed at the On A in one of the leading orchestras. When we met him Good Day celebratory performance at The Forge and through The Forum in 2011, he had not played the had formed a duo with another musician with whom violin for several years due to harsh and discouraging he was starting to seek performance work. experiences both in Iran and in the UK. Over three years, Raja was mentored by LMN alumni and “When I was working with Kokila I felt better as I violinist Kokila Gillett-Khan as part of LMN’s On A was playing with a professional musician after such Good Day project. a long time. She gives much confidence by her words and the way that she teaches.” Raja The early stages of the mentoring relationship were concerned with encouraging Raja to re-engage with the violin and practical tasks such as repairing his broken instrument. However by the end of the first Funding for ‘On A Good Day’ was provided by year he was playing again, obtained a distinction in City Bridge Trust (Y1-Y3), The Adrian Swire his Grade 7 violin exam and performed at an event Charitable Trust (Y2) and The Brook Trust (Y2&Y3). organised by The Forum and The Refugee Council. For a copy of the full evaluation report, please email In the second year, having been granted refugee [email protected] status, Raja was encouraged by Kokila to access a
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What’s Cooking Baby? An audience with Glen Mason
For the past few years, Live Music Now has given me some of the most rewarding work I have ever done, but this particular residency has changed my life forever.
It struck me throughout the whole residency how powerful music really is. Many of the residents didn’t know where they were sometimes, couldn’t hold much of a conversation and, painfully, some struggled to recognise their own family when they were present. But sing a song they knew and they LMN musicians Dan Walsh (banjo) and Nic Zuppardi sang it word perfect from start to finish. (mandolin) of The Absentees delivered eight sessions in the Southborough Nursing Home in Surbiton. There Most moving of all was the impact on the legendary they met resident and retired singer Glen Mason. The Glen Mason. After the first week we went away Scottish singer had a string of hits in the 50s and and learned an old hit of his called What’s Cooking 60s and featured regularly in film, radio and television. Baby which we played at the second concert. Glen Sadly, Glen died at the end of last August. As you will recognised it and by repeating the same line a few read in the excerpt from LMN musician Dan Walsh’s times we got him to sing along and he enjoyed that blog to the right, Glen’s music and spirit had a great though it made him very emotional afterwards and impact on everyone he met. us too for that matter.
The project was part of a larger series of residencies in We learned a couple more of his songs through the care homes across the UK where retired professional residency, the real hit being Glendora which was musicians are resident, funded by Help Musicians UK his biggest hit back then and his favourite. He sang (formerly Musicians Benevolent Fund). The residencies along very enthusiastically with this one and as the form part of the LMN national programme of work with weeks went by needed less and less prompting. older people, many of whom are living with dementia. He seemed so happy and joyful at singing again as it was obviously still such a big part of him as was Using LMN’s embedded training model, musicians being a showman. At the very end of the residency, were mentored by more experienced alumni and we sang songs which had also been very popular benefitted from the development of their creative with the residents through the concerts and Glen practice, delivery and musicianship, not to mention sang his heart out. I went and sat next to him on the the rich musical history and experiences of retired last chorus and sang with him and I’m not ashamed musicians they were performing to (and often with!) to say there was a tear in my eye. Live Music Now’s approach contributing to a growing body of evidence that taking part in arts activities (and Dan Walsh’s upcoming album, Incidents and in particular music and singing) can offer a range of Accidents includes a song inspired by his experience benefits for older people, including those with dementia. working with Glen called, The Song Always Stays.
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Evidencing our Impact Measuring how live music performances benefit older people living in care homes
In 2014, the Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT), This project will contribute to the process of University of Essex and Live Music Now formed a gathering evidence about the use of music for unique partnership to develop a pilot tool to measure people living with dementia. They will inform future the psychosocial effects of high quality live music work and collaborations, and should help us advocate performances on older people who are limited in their for more music in all dementia care settings. ability to communicate, including those living with dementia. During the summer of 2014, researchers measured the impact of ten live music concerts delivered by specially-trained LMN musicians in a residential care home in Oxford.
Whilst the use of music in the treatment of dementia is well researched, none has used observation of aspects of engagement via video recording before, during and after interactive music sessions provided by highly talented young professional musicians.” “Universally across our 71 homes, home managers Dr Murray Griffin, University of Essex and care teams recognise the positive impact live music can have upon residents and particularly those with the most profound of dementias. As a The study was led by Dr Murray Griffin and Dr Louise Trust, we are fortunate, therefore, that our Chief Marsland of the University of Essex Ageing and Executive and Trustees are committed to funding Assisted Living Network, testing a model they are and supporting this project.” Victoria Elliot, Principal developing to capture and measure soft outcomes Consultant for Research & Innovation, OSJCT. which demonstrate enjoyment and engagement, such as laughter and participation, and even length of smiles. Small changes in these indicators can be BBC Oxford News filmed one of the sessions in highly significant. The study took place at Longlands, a June 2014. You can watch an excerpt here: residential care home in Oxford run by OSJCT, where vimeo.com/livemusicnow/bbcoxfordnews a number of the residents are living with dementia.
Residents and care teams at Longlands were interviewed for their views on the possible impact of the live music concerts on the residents’ wellbeing and in turn how it has affected their understanding of residents, and consequently their relationship with them.
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Unlocking potential LMN develops new training models for musicians working in special schools
Last year, we piloted year-long residencies with 12 schools in England identifying the key ingredients for a successful programme. As part of the residency in Springwood Heath School, pupils worked with LMN musicians Carla and Gemma to create and perform their own ‘pirate music’. You can see a short film we made of their celebratory concert here https://vimeo. com/91318330.
In 2014 we launched a more specialist strand of the work, piloting projects in three different types of settings: Autism specific schools, Pupil Referral Units and schools for children with Emotional, Social and London training session for musicians and teachers working Behavioural Difficulties. in autism-specific schools.
Live Music Now has a long history of taking inspiring The project has given me the experience to performances and workshops into special schools communicate a creative and educational idea to a school across the UK, often providing children with their only opportunity to hear live music performed by and its staff, and coordinate it in a way that will be professional musicians. accessible, feasible and entertaining for everyone involved.
Thanks to the generous support of the National These are skills that I will be able to use in the future.” Foundation for Youth Music, we have been developing Ali MacDonald, LMN jazz musician new ways of working with special schools through our ‘Musicians in Residence’ projects. During a twenty-week residency, LMN musicians are delivering concerts for the whole school and leading For some children on the autistic spectrum - maybe weekly small group music sessions, engaging the as many as 1 in 20 – music may simply be the most children in musical activities which build their personal, social and musical skills. Schools benefit from having important piece in the puzzle, into which all the others fit.” a music specialist in the teaching environment, Professor Adam Ockelford whilst LMN musicians grow both professionally and Music, Language and Autism (2014) personally as they develop skills to engage and inspire children with a range of needs and abilities. Musicians are supported by a LMN mentor and work closely with school staff to maximise the impact of their sessions.
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Advocacy
Protect Music Education Campaign Success! campaign. The campaign united 135 organisations In the summer of 2014, music education was from across the music sector and helped deliver under serious threat. The coalition government in more than 5,000 responses to the consultation. England was in the process of expressly advising local authorities to completely stop funding music The campaign was successful. Protect Music education services. Education is now working to fight for a firm funding commitment from all political parties up to 2020. LMN musicians provide music sessions for special schools all around the UK, giving children experiences Live Music Now signed an historic agreement that can have a profound impact on their wellbeing with national leaders in Arts and Health and ability to communicate. We can only do so In September 2014, Live Music Now signed a where local authorities and charitable donors make it Memorandum of Understanding with the Sidney De possible. The system is already straining at the seams, Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, together and if local authorities remove their funding, the impact with the Royal Society for Public Health, British Lung on children would be significantly damaging. Foundation and the Mental Health Foundation.
The Sidney De Haan Centre is internationally recognised for its commitment to researching the potential value of music, and other participative arts activities, in the promotion of wellbeing and health of individuals and communities.
This progressive step in the relationship between these five major national organisations is a key step towards future collaborative research projects to help promote the physical and psychological benefits of participating in arts activities for improved general health.
“Research is not sufficient by itself to change the perceptions of how arts can benefit general health LMN Musicians Westcombe Brass and LMN Director Nina Swann hand delivered their consultation responses to the Department for and wellbeing. We need to be able to work together Education. and share knowledge to address the bigger issue: persuading health commissioners and policy makers of the importance of being able to offer arts on LMN responded to the Government’s proposal and prescription.” Professor Stephen Clift, Director of asked that they withdraw the recommendation and the Sidney De Haan Research Centre at Canterbury commit fully to supporting music education. We also Christ Church University. encouraged our musicians and supporters to do the same through the ISM-led Protect Music Education
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Happy 30th Anniversary Live Music Now Scotland!
In 2014, The Free Fringe series of lunchtime concerts was on every day at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, with big audience turnouts.
It was August 24th, 1984, the Edinburgh Festival locations, as well as with regular partners such as and Fringe were in full swing, and a small crowd National Museums Scotland and National Galleries gathered for lunch in Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square of Scotland. to celebrate. A handful of musicians provided the entertainment, and Carol Main, freshly appointed as 2014 highlights with LMN Scotland the Scotland Branch Director, was there. Singers visit Mull as part of Luminate, Scotland’s Looking back over the past thirty years, Carol creative ageing festival is pleased to see how far the branch has come. Traditional singer Robyn Stapleton used to work as “In that first year, 1984, we had six duos, and a carer for people with dementia. Now, the winner presented around sixty concerts. In 2014 we put of 2014’s BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional on more than 600 concerts, and worked with over Musician of the Year award is using her experience 100 musicians.” Carol enjoys watching emerging, to show how beneficial music and singing can be for young musicians build up their careers and become people living with dementia. more confident performers - and feels proud when she spots LMN alumni now playing with the likes “Through my work as a carer in a home for the elderly of Scottish Opera, Hebrides Ensemble, the Royal and as a performer with Live Music Now Scotland, Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish I have come to know many people with dementia. I Symphony Orchestra. have seen how much music and song can improve a person’s quality of life, helping people to express In her role as director of Live Music Now Scotland, themselves and bringing back their memories.” Carol’s job has involved supporting the careers of up-and-coming musicians, helping their professional Live Music Now Scotland invited Robyn and fellow development and, crucially, organising performances folk singer Claire Hastings to be involved in Time in schools, care homes, prisons and far-flung for Traditional Tunes, a brand new Live Music Now
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As a singer of traditional music, I particularly enjoy performing to the older generations because they often have a strong connection with the older Scottish songs.” LMN Scotland musician, Robyn Stapleton
of Live Music Now Scotland’s reach throughout the country, the second public performance of String Quartet No 2, The Keeper of Sheep, took place on 22 July as part of the Music at Paxton festival in Paxton House in the Scottish Borders.
If it wasn’t for their wellies... Drawing on the shared heritage, memories and war impressions of generations of families in communities associated with the North British Rubber Company (which supplied the British Army with vital supplies such as rubber boots and fire hoses in WWI), ‘If it Scotland initiative supported by Luminate: Scotland’s wasn’t for their wellies’ brought together Edinburgh’s creative ageing festival, and presented as part of the older residents with Live Music Now Scotland 2014 festival. Claire and Robyn, both originally from singers and pianists under the charge of composer Dumfries and Galloway, met while studying Scots John Maxwell Geddes. Song at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland four years ago and now perform together as a vocal duo. Following Live Music Now Scotland’s unique compositional model, Composing with Care, source New quartet by Alasdair Nicolson commissioned material from older people was gathered by LMN by LMNS for the Astrid Quartet Scotland soprano Emma Versteeg with accompanist In celebration of Live Music Now Scotland’s 30th Maryam Sherhan and alumnus Phil Gault, baritone, anniversary, a new string quartet was commissioned with accompanist Geoffrey Tanti. They performed from Alasdair Nicolson with funding from Kimie Trust. at older people’s venues and thereafter engaged The Astrid String Quartet premiered the work at the residents in discussion about WWI and the role St Magnus Festival in Orkney on 24 June and also the North British Rubber Factory at Castle Mills in performed in a series of concerts funded by the Edinburgh played in it. Hours of extremely interesting Robertson Trust in Orkney care homes, day centres memories, stories and songs were then passed to for adults with disabilities and for children with Maxwell Geddes who used this as a stimulus and additional support needs. Demonstrating the span inspiration to create the new suite of songs.
Mezzo-sopranos Jemma Brown and Laura Margaret Smith premiered the new song cycle in August in the care homes and centres that inspired their composition as well as at a number of public events. As with all LMN commissions, the songs will have a life well beyond the project end with musicians incorporating them into their performances across Scotland and beyond.
‘A Castle Mills Suite’ by John Maxwell Geddes was co-commissioned by LMN Scotland and 14-18 NOW, WW1 Centenary Art Commissions.
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International Development and Festivals
LMN’s International Development Initiative Live Music Now and Fishguard International promotes exchange programmes with existing LMN Music Festival organisations in Europe and supports emerging LMN During the year, LMN works with arts organisations programmes abroad, providing additional professional and festivals throughout the UK, to provide our talented development opportunities for musicians and raising professional musicians with additional performing LMN’s profile both nationally and internationally. opportunities linked with music outreach work.
Live Music Now musicians have been performing as part of the Fishguard International Music Festival for over twenty years. Staged in one of the most beautiful corners of West Wales, the festival presents some of the finest Welsh and international musical talent in a 12-day celebration of classical music that includes visiting orchestras, chamber ensembles, opera and solo artists.
LMN Scotland ensemble, Flercussion, visit a special needs school in Abu Dhabi.
European Exchange Programme In 2014, LMN exchanged musicians with LMN branches in Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. Support was given to launch Live Music Now in Bulgaria and pilot performances were given by flute/piano duo Silviya Mihaylova and Nikola Kyosev. Additional performing opportunities for musicians from the UK were in Estonia, at the invitation of the Tallinn La Mer Trio. Philharmonic Society, and Paris, at a British Council event hosted by the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs. This year LMN musicians Hannah Stone (harp) and La Mer Trio not only performed as part of the International Residencies Festival’s public programme, but also as part of the A second 3-month mentored residency, funded by festival’s outreach programme with performances in Creative Scotland’s Creative Futures, was completed residential homes, and a local special school. Jessica in Mumbai, India with LMN singer Jamie Munn who Robinson (soprano) and Llywelyn Ifan Jones (harp) worked with street children and local outreach music performed for Pembrokeshire Mind organisation leaders and teachers. LMN continues to develop and a local sheltered accommodation. LMN its relationship with Abu Dhabi Music and Arts alumnus, Morgan Szymanski, performed work form Foundation with a residency at the Future Centre for his Sketches of Mexico album as part of the public children with additional support needs in early 2015. programme on the 29th July 2014.
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Gillian Green 25 mlynedd anhygoel yng Nghymru 25 incredible years in Wales
Photo Credit: Ivan Gonzalez
After two and a half decades of dedicated service to Artistic Director of Criccieth Festival from 2003 to Live Music Now, Gillian Green retired from her role as 2007, Vice Chair of the Arpa Viva Cymru Festival in Director of Live Music Now Wales in October 2014. 2007 and has been Co-Artistic Director of Fishguard International Music Festival since 2013. She is a Gillian led LMN’s Welsh operation with flair and Trustee and Adjudicator for the Kenneth Loveland dedication. She was the very first Welsh Director, Gift and is Wales’s Honorary Area Representative for having helped create the branch in 1990 with LMN the Royal Society of Musicians. A generous spirit and Governor (now Vice-President) Lady Crickhowell and warm, modest character has meant that you never LMN Founder Ian Stoutzker. Since that time, the branch appeal in vain to Gillian for help. has gone from strength to strength, is hugely well- regarded, and is one of very few (if not the only) arts Canu’n iach yng ngwlad y gan. We wish you a lovely organisation to work in every county in Wales. partial-retirement Gillian!
Gillian has also contributed to the musical life of Gillian’s legacy is in safe hands. Our new Wales Wales by establishing Telynau Morgannwg and Branch Director, Claire Cressey is working with Coleg Telyn Cymru (Glamorgan Harp Guild and Welsh Chair Baroness Morgan of Ely (Eluned the Welsh Harp College), being a member of the Morgan), Fran Wilson (Administrator and Project Music Panel of the Arts Council from 1995, one Manager) and a dynamic team of volunteers in our of the National Advisers until 2012 and a member new office in Cardiff Bay. of the Executive Committee of Ty Cerdd. She was
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LMN Musicians 2014
LMN selects and invests in the best musicians in It is a source of joy to me that, even in these troubled and all genres of music, offering them a range of unique performance experiences and developmental support materialistic times, so many wonderful young musicians are that shapes their future career. We have over 330 inspired to use their gifts and accomplishments, not for their musicians on the scheme at any one time. Musicians own glorification merely, but to communicate with others.” can expect to stay on the scheme for a minimum of LMN Founder, Yehudi Menuhin four years.
String Ensembles Nemtsov Duo Meridiem Fraser Johnstone (Saxophone) Viento Duo Mikhail Nemtsov (Cello) Sarah Miller (Flute) Fraser Langton & Juliette Philogene Stephanie Tepper (Flute) Albany Piano Trio Elena Nemtsov (Piano) Elinor Nicholson (Harp) Fraser Langton (Clarinet) Suzanne Clare (Clarinet) Gemma Sharples (Violin) Rosalind Ventris & Timothy End Sergeant- Watt Duo Juliette Philogene (Piano) Vista Trio Verity Evanson (Cello) Rosalind Ventris (Viola) Ian Watt (Guitar) Goodman Quartet Carla Sousa (Flute) Phillippa Harrison (Piano) Timothy End (Piano) Laura Sergeant (Cello) Hannah Grayson (Flute) Beatrice Hubble (Oboe) Allegro con Brio Spencer-Strachan Duo The Silverbirch Duo Vanessa Howells (Oboe) Caroline Waddington (Clarinet) Violeta Barrena (Violin) Rachel Spencer (Violin) Carina Gascoine (Flute) Christopher Goodman (Clarinet) Nafis Umerkulova (Piano) Duncan Strachan (Cello) Ross Wilson (Guitar) Sophie Crawford (Bassoon) Vocal Ensembles Astrid String Quartet StringSound Sirius Duo Heartwood Trio Elanor Gunn (Violin) Marisa Manuel (Violin) until Sept 2014 Suzanne Clare (Clarinet) Mary Noden (Oboe) Amaia Azcona Cildoz & Charis Hanning Eve Kennedy (Violin) George Smith (Violin) from Sept 2014 Martin Bickerton (Acoustic Guitar) Hannah Lawrance (Clarinet) Amaia Azcona Cildoz (Soprano) Sarah Leonard (Viola) David Munn (Cello) Solenn Grand (Harp) Holly Reardon (Bassoon) Charis Hanning (Piano) Julia Wagner (Cello) Stewart Wilson (Double Bass) Vespertine Duo Jacquin Trio Anna Sideris & Jocelyn Freeman Becke Steel Duo Symmetry Duo Anna Ter Haar (Flute) Jessie Grimes (Clarinet) Anna Sideris (Soprano) Lauren Steel (Cello) Anna Brigham (Violin) Toby Carr (Guitar) Zoe Matthews (Viola) Jocelyn Freeman (Piano) Carson Becke (Piano) Jessica Hall (Violin) Charis Cheung (Piano) Charlotte Stephenson & Ewan Gilford Erskine String Quartet Woodwind Ensembles Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet Charlotte Stephenson (Mezzo-Soprano) Aaron McGregor (Violin) Harp & Guitar Ensembles Sally MacTaggart Ewan Gilford (Piano) Daniel Paterson (Violin) Arunda Trio Guy Passey Chloe Saywell & Stephenie Leung Emma Peebles (Viola) Acacia Duo Sarah Cruikshank (Oboe) Ian Dingle Chloe Saywell (Soprano) Laura Sergeant (Cello) Samantha Pearce (Flute) Jenny Stephenson (Clarinet) John Moore Stephenie Leung (Piano) Evropska Duo Heather Wrighton (Harp) Anna Mary Lynch (Bassoon Nikola Kyosev & Silviya Mihaylova Dawn Burns & Seho Lee Rowena Kennally (Violin) Anneke Hodnett (Harp) Atea Wind Quintet Nikola Kyosev (Flute) Dawn Burns (Mezzo-Soprano) Adam Hill (Violin) Antara Duo Alena Lugovkina (Flute) Silviya Mihaylova (Piano) Seho Lee (Piano) Foyle - Štšura Duo Thomas Hancox (Flute) Philip Haworth (Oboe) Northern Lights Wind Quintet Elaine Tait & Yu Su Michael Foyle (Violin) Rachel Wick (Harp) Anna Hashimoto (Clarinet) Sarah Hayes (Flute) Elaine Tait (Soprano) Maksim Štšura (Piano) Aurora Trio Ashley Myall (Bassoon) Arlene Cochrane (Oboe) Yu Su (Piano) Gemma Johnson (cello) Emma Halnan (Flute) Chris Beagles (French Horn) Fraser Langton (Clarinet) Graeme Brown (Bassoon) Emily Mitchell & Geoffrey Tanti Jubilee String Quartet Joe Bronstein (Viola) Boreas Wind Quintet Heather Wrighton (Harp) Christopher Gough (French Horn) Emily Mitchell (Soprano) Tereza Privratska (Violin) Sarah Miller (Flute) Geoffrey Tanti (Piano) Alma Olite (Violin) Beatrice Newman & Bethan Semmens Ben Stevenson (Oboe) Phoenix Clarinet Quartet Emma Versteeg & Maryam Sherhan Stephanie Edmundson (Viola) Beatrice Newman (Cello) Bethan Edwards (Clarinet) Hannah McCabe (Clarinet) Emma Versteeg (Soprano) Lauren Steel (Cello) Bethan Semmens (Harp) Sarah Sibley (Bassoon) Rocio Bolanos (Clarinet) Suzanne Clare (Clarinet) Maryam Sherhan (Piano) Karelia Duo Bethan Semmens (Harp) Michael Arnold (French Horn) Thomas Caldecote (Clarinet) Gemma Summerfield & Claire Harris Alanna Toneti-Tieppo (Violin) Carpe Diem Duo Dimitris Dekavallas & Samantha Pearce Gemma Summerfield (Soprano) Hermione Jones (Cello) Samantha Pearce (Flute) Kathryn Williams (Flute) Sequoia Duo Dominic Childs (Saxophone) Claire Harris (Piano) Laura Sergeant & Siwan Rhys Dimitris Dekavallas (Guitar) Thomas Evans (Clarinet) Naoko Makino (Piano) Jamie Munn & Anne McGregor Laura Sergeant (Cello) Champagne Flutes Elfair Dyer (Harp) Jamie Munn (Tenor) Siwan Rhys (Piano) Rachel Flynn (Flute) until Nov 2014 Sirocco Winds Fontane Liang (Harp) Matthew Howells (Flute) Anne McGregor (Piano) Laurent Quartet Alasdair Garrett (Flute) from Nov 2014 Hannah Stone (Harp) Charlie Sheppard-Vine (Clarinet) Jemma Brown & Maryam Sherhan Helena Buckie (Violin) Matthew Howells (Flute) Thomas Russell Porter (Bassoon) Jemma Brown (Mezzo-Soprano) Alison Boden (Violin) Icaris Duo Elizabeth Lawson (Flute) Maryam Sherhan (Piano) Jennifer MacCallum (Viola) Victoria Guise (Flute) Flercussion Tempest Flute Trio Beatrice Newman (Cello) William Browne (Guitar) Jo Ashcroft (Flute) Helen Wilson (Flute) Jennifer Walker & Rhiannon Pritchard Holly Melia (Flute) Jennifer Walker (Soprano) Moonfleet Trio La Mer Trio Calum Huggan (Marimba, Percussion) Sarah Bennett (Flute) Rhiannon Pritchard (Piano) Amanda Lake (Violin) Renate Sokolovska (Flute) Flutes en Route Clare Fox (Viola) Maja Wegrzynowska (Viola) Jo Ashcroft (Flute) Trio Volant Jessica Leary & Christopher Baxter Hannah Morrow (Cello) Hannah Stone (Harp) Sarah Hayes (Flute) Imogen Coe (Oboe) Jessica Leary (Soprano) Martin Bickerton (acoustic guitar) Lee Holland (Flute) Thomas Evans (Clarinet) Christopher Baxter (Piano) Yvonne Paterson (Flute) Christopher James (Bassoon)
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Jessica Robinson & Llywelyn Ifan Jones Piano British, Irish Folk & Manran Steppin’ Out Jessica Robinson (Soprano) Ewen Henderson (Fiddle, Bagpipes) Simon Dennis (Trumpet) Llywelyn Ifan Jones (Harp) Jessica Wei Zhu (Piano) Traditional Music Gary Innes (Accordion) Andrew Cox (Saxophone) Norrie Maciver (Guitar, Vocals) Harry Orme (Guitar) Jessica Robinson & Rhiannon Pritchard Passepartout Piano Duo The Absentees Ross Saunders (Bass Guitar) Thomas Maddison (Double Bass) Jessica Robinson (Soprano) Nathan Tinker Dan Walsh (Banjo, Guitar, Vocals) Scott Mackay (Drum Kit) Tom Hawthorn (Drum Kit) Rhiannon Pritchard (Piano) Alexandra Zlatior Nic Zuppardi (Mandolin) Maz O’Connor Three Dimensional Jazz Joy Cornock & Bethan Semmens Ainsley Hamill & Alistair Paterson Joy Cornock (Soprano) Maz O’Connor (Guitar, Vocals, Shruti) Andy Bunting (Piano) Percussion Ainsley Hamill (Voice) Tom Bunting (Bass) Bethan Semmens (Harp) Alistair Paterson (Piano, Harmonium) Morag Brown & Lewis Powell-Reid Morag Brown (Fiddle) Sam Jesson (Drum Kit) Joy Cornock & Rhiannon Pritchard Cymbiotic The Alias Trio Joy Cornock (Soprano) Lewis Powell-Reid (Accordion, Bouzouki) Three Jazz Ross Garrod (Marimba, Percussion) Jim Boyle (Fiddle, Vocals) Thomas Sherman (Saxophone) Rhiannon Pritchard (Piano) James Bower (Marimba, Percussion) Dave Gray (Accordion, Melodeon) Neil Ewart & James MacKenzie Neil Ewart (Fiddle) Ali MacDonald (Drum Kit, Percussion) Laura Margaret Smith & Geoffrey Tanti Kudos Percussion Duo Matthew Jones (Guitar) Sam Vicary (Bass) Laura Margaret Smith (Mezzo-Soprano) James McKenzie (Small Pipes, Flute, Guitar) Rhys Matthews Aonach Mòr Tom Millar (Piano) Geoffrey Tanti (Piano) Emma Crossley Grant MacFarlane (Accordion) Radigun The Leading Ladies Marianne Fraser (Guitar, Fiddle, Vocals) Ben Insall (Guitar, Vocals) Victoria Geelan Trio Pasaos Duo Fred Holden (Fiddle) Victoria Geelan (Voice) Catrin Lewis (Soprano) Jennifer Palfreyman (Saxophone) Ron Jappy (Guitar, Fiddle, Piano) Suzi Saperia (Soprano) Sadie Flemming (Vocals, Guitar) David Lyttle (Drums, Double bass) Owen Williams (Percussion) Bright Season Neil Burns (Piano) Rosemary Clifford (Mezzo Soprano) Michael J Tinker (Guitar, Vocals) Seth Tinsley & Andrew Waite Louisa Lam (Piano) Brass Ensemble Ella Sprung (Fiddle, Nyckelharpa, Vocals) Seth Tinsley (Voice, Guitar) Lucinda Stuart-Grant & Louisa Lam Simon Dumpleton (Accordion, Vocal) Andrew Waite (Accordion) Rock & Pop Lucinda Stuart-Grant (Mezzo Soprano) Suzanne Houston & Ruairidh MacMillan Bells Up CherryGrove Louis McTeggart (Guitar, vocals) Louisa Lam (Piano) Holly Boddice (Trumpet) Marianne Fraser (Vocals, guitar) Ruairidh MacMillen (Fiddle) Mae Heydorn & Louisa Lam Eoin Tonner (Trumpet) until Dec 2014 Grant McFarlane (Accordion) Suzanne Houston (Piano, Whistles) Paper Horse Zeb Haynes (guitar and voice) Mae Heydorn (Mezzo soprano) Calum Tonner (Trumpet) from Dec 2014 Sarah MacNeil (Clarsach) Tir Eolas Sam Haynes (guitar, voice, drums) Louisa Lam (Piano) Andrew McLean (French Horn) Heather Shelly (Piano) Philippa Mercer (Vocals, Flute, Whistle) Marie Claire Breen & Christopher Baxter Cillian O Ceallachain (Trombone) until Mhairi MacKinnon (Fiddle) Laura Snowden (Guitar, Vocals) Randolph’s Leap Marie Claire Breen (Soprano) Oct 2014 Claire Hastings & Robyn Stapleton Georgie Harris (Viola, Vocals) Adam Ross (Guitar, Vocals) Christopher Baxter (Piano) Christopher Mansfield (Trombone) from Claire Hastings (Voice, Ukulele) Hedi Pinkerfeld (Bass, Vocals) Peter MacDonald (Keyboard) Oct 2014 Alison Hendry (Trumpet) Oksana Mavrodii & Olga Jegunova Robyn Stapleton (Voice) Ruairi Glasheen (Percussion, Drums, Rachel Brown (Tuba) Fraser Gibson (Trombone) Oksana Mavrodii (Soprano) David Foley & Jack Smedley Glockenspiel, Vocals) Olga Jegunova (Piano) Brass Diversions David Foley (Guitar, Bodhran, Flute) Wildings Silhouette Tom Poulson (Trumpet) Shauna Tohil (Piano, vVoice) Reisha Adams & David Doidge Jack Smedley (Fiddle) Sarah Hayes (Flute, Whistles, Vocals) Christopher Baxter (Piano) Peter McAuley (Percussion, Guitar, Voice) Reisha Adams (Soprano) Fiona Macaskill (Fiddle) David Foley & Ryan Young Zarah Fleming (Cello) David Doidge (Piano) Granny Green David Foley (Guitar, Flute, Bodhran) Jennifer Austin (Piano) Holly Boddice (Trumpet) Samantha Price & Rhiannon Pritchard Ryan Young (Fiddle) Rachel Brown (Tuba) Samantha Price (Mezzo-Soprano) Jazz World Lizy Stirrat (Accordion) Freya Rae & Louis Bingham Rhiannon Pritchard (Piano) Freya Rae (Flute, Penny Whistle, Clarinet) Pure Brass Alice Zawadzki & Maciek Pysz Gnawa Yinga Seraphim Louis Bingham (Banjo, Bouzouki, Acoustic Iain Archibald (Trumpet) Alice Zawadzki (Vocals, Violin) Simo Lagnawi (Guembri, Qraqeb, Vocals) Marie Claire Breen (Soprano) Guitar, Bodhran) Andrew Connell-Smith (Trumpet) Maciek Pysz (Guitar) Abdoulaye Sanfo (Jembe) Andrew Connell Smith (Trumpet) Christopher Gough (French Horn) Gráinne Brady & Ryan Murphy Afla Sackey (Jembe, Vocals) Christopher Baxter (Piano) Gráinne Brady (Fiddle) Bill Fleming Quartet Christopher Mansfield (Trombone) Bill Fleming (Saxophone) Josh Doughty (Kora) Svetlina Stoyanova & Kristina Yorgova Ryan Murphy (Uilleann Pipes, Fute) Danielle Price (Tuba) Paul Tracey (Electric Guitar) Musala Svetlina Stoyanova (Mezzo-Soprano) Haddo Quintabile Brass Ensemble James Lindsay (Double Bass) Oliver Dover (Clarinet, Saxophone) Kristina Yorgova (Piano) Nicky Pound (Viola) Stephen Peneycad (Trumpet) Scott Mackay (Drum Kit) Aron Kyne (Accordion, Piano) Sweet Harmony Will Pound (Melodeon) Sam Kinrade (Trumpet) Katie’s Allsorts Craig Scott (Guitar) Emily Mitchell (Soprano) Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller Emily Allen (French horn) Katie Patterson (Percussion) Project Jam Sandwich Lynda-Jane Nelson (Mezzo-Soprano) Jean Leslie (Fiddle, Piano) Katherine Hart (Trombone) Aron Kyne (Keyboards) Katie Foster (Violin) Christopher Baxter (Piano) Siobhan Miller (Voice, Step-dance) Ed Leech (Tuba) Peter Gavin (Bass Guitar) Abel Salelocoe (Cello) Triptych Trio Slide Too Far Jamie Smith & Matt Downer Knox & Ion Delia Stevens (Percussion) Rachel Marsh (Soprano) Jamie Smith (Accordion) Daniel Eddison (Trombone) Tom Ion (Guitar) Yennega Sound Kirsten Miller (Cello) Matt Downer (Double Bass) Christopher Mansfield (Trombone) Frazer Knox (Guitar) Alain Rouamba (Ngoni, Jembe) Philip May (Piano) Alexander Trotter (Trombone) Julia Turner (Voice, guitar) Victoria Geelan Trio Moussa Dembele (Balafon, Ngoni, Vocals) Voice and verse Josiah Walters (Trombone) Kristan Harvey & Tina Rees Victoria Geelan (Voice) Laura Mcfall (Voice) Slidin’ About Kristan Harvey (Fiddle) David Lyttle (Drums, Double Bass) Kristine Donnan (Piano) Early Music Paul Exton-McGuinness (Trombone) Tina Rees (Piano, Step-dance) Neil Burns (Piano) William Helliwell & David Doidge Steve Jones (Trombone) Leo Forde & Ryan Young Morph Trio K’antu Ensemble William Helliwell (Tenor) Nicholas Birch (Trombone) Leo Forde (Guitar) Al MacSween (Piano, Accordion) Ruth Hopkins (Soprano) David Doidge (Piano) Matthew Denney (Trombone) Ryan Young (Fiddle) Sam Vicary (Bass) Andrew Hopper (Viola) Westcombe Brass Megan Henderson & Ewan Robertson Sam Gardner (Drum Kit) Mihaly Benko (Lute, Oud) Niall Mulvoy (Trumpet) Megan Henderson (Fiddle, Voice, Sarah Langdon (Recorder) Paul Bosworth (Trumpet) Step-dance) Ben Mitchell (Electric Guitar) Alexander Joyce (French Horn) Ewan Robertson (Fiddle, Guitar) Tymoteusz Jozwiak (Bass Drum) Emma Bassett (Trombone) Joseph Palmer (Tuba)
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Governance, Committees & Advisors 2014
Founder Regional Advisory North West David Mackie Marie Leenhardt The late Yehudi Menuhin Chair: Kate Buchanan Lucy Morgan Michael Lewin Patron Committees David Kent Elinor Patchell Jane Lister His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Deborah Rogers Euros Rhys Evans Angela Livingstone South East Jeremy Patterson Stephen Thornton Iwan Llewelyn-Jones KGKT GCB Chair: Alasdair Tait John Miller LMN Scotland Philip Lloyd-Evans Founder Chairman Stephen Blakeley Michael Young Julian Lloyd Webber Ian Stoutzker CBE William Davis Peter Adamson Board of Trustees Warren Mailley-Smith Vice-Presidents Sarah Field Rob Buckland Chair: The Hon Elizabeth Fairbairn MBE Sarah Martin Mrs. Jonathan Carr Jo Harris Suzanne Clare (Until 31 March 2014 ) Robert McFall Lady Crickhowell Sue Heiser Warwick Armstrong Chair: Gavin McEwan (From 1 April 2014) Lucy Morgan The Hon Elizabeth Fairbairn, MBE Anusha Subramanyam Ms. Antonia Bruce Doreen O’Neill Jude Sweeting South West Mr. Frank Hitchman Mrs. Pamela Hobson Chair: Jane Pleydell-Bouverie Linda Ormiston Lady Newbigging James Williams Mr. Robert Livingston Chris Ryan Jennifer Coombs Mr. Geoff Marr Itzhak Perlman North East Tim Hextall Lenny Sayers The Lady Polwarth Chair: Amanda Platt Ms. Linda Ormiston, OBE Lucie Skeaping Dr. Peter Freedman Ms. Amanda Platt Governors Clarence Adoo MBE Caroline Llewellyn Evgenia Startseva Eric Cross Mrs. Jennifer Port Peter Stewart The Hon Elizabeth Fairbairn, MBE (Ret’d Harriet McCalmont Mr. David Todd June 2014) Fiona Gaffney Sue Sutherley Fiona Laughlin Northern Ireland LMNS Honorary Music Advisor Keith Tippett Lady Fell Chair: Lady Sandra Fell Colleen Keck William Goyder Mr. Garry Walker Richard Thomas Prof Michael Alcorn Amanda Whiting Baroness Morgan of Ely Yorkshire, Lincolnshire Bobbie Bergen Amanda Platt & East Midlands Audition Panel Oliver Wilson-Dickson Ramesh Chada Catherine Yates Jane Pleydell-Bouverie (Ret’d Sept 2014) Patron: Dame Fanny Waterman DBE Kate Ingram Members 2014 Jane Scrope Chair: Jane Scrope Ian Lyndsay Alasdair Tait David Aykroyd Prof Frank Lyons Warwick Armstrong Ambassadors Gillian Barker Paula McHugh John Bacon Julian Lloyd Webber Fiona Battle Shrooti Poddor Mike Baker Elizabeth Collins Miloš Karadaglic Wales Jemma Brown Simon Callow Hazel Cropper Marian Bryfdir The Hon. Mrs. Nicholas Crossley Chair: Baroness Morgan of Ely Advisors Sally Burgess Ros Higson Treasurer: Stephen Harries Philip Raperport Richard Chester Alex Holford Maggie Dunning (ACW Lead Officer) Elen Ap Robert Katharine Durran Legal Advice Scilla Kealey Geoff Eales Rosemary Cardas, Keltie LLP Annie Stoddart - Scott Lulu Burridge Rachel Jones Joel Garthwaite Jenny Ebbage, Edwards & Company Andrew Darbyshire Gary Innes Lady Tyrwhitt Geraint Lewis Philip Lloyd-Evans Ilid Jones Lady Whitaker Rachel Latham
Mentors, Trainers & Independent Evaluators 2014
Mentors Angus Lyon (Alumnus) Ali MacDonald (Current Musician) Trainers Evaluators and Observers Jennifer Port (Alumna) Guillermo Rozenthuler (Alumnus) Georgina Aasgaard (Alumna) Pamela Graham Thomas Sherman (Current Musician) Graham Dowdall Pamela Graham John Bacon (Alumnus) Geth Griffith (Alumnus) Lenny Sayers (Alumnus) Laura Grime (Alumna) Sue Heiser Abigail Burrows (Alumna) Daire Halpin (Alumna) Ros Hawley (Alumna) Imogen Noble Harriet Earis (Alumna) Ros Hawley (Alumna) Pamela Heaton Professor Pamela Heaton Kokila Gillet-Khan (Alumna) Gary Innes (Alumnus) Professor Adam Ockelford Catherine Sutton Shirley Keane (Alumna) Pete Letanka Julian West (Alumnus) Iwan Llewellyn Jones (Alumnus) Philip Lloyd-Evans (Alumnus) Judith Walsh
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Christopher Yates 1938-2014
Alasdair Tait, LMN Governor LMN Alumnus and YCAT Executive Director Throughout my career, Chris was always one of the most supportive and generous of figures, full of wise counsel and humorous asides. At the heart of Chris’s life and work was a genuine passion for educating and developing young talent, helping them to learn how to communicate their own passion to any audience they encountered. His commitment to the work of Live Music Now over the years is testament to his unswerving belief in the healing power of live performance.
Live Music Now learned with great sadness that Sarah Derbyshire former LMN Governor, Christopher Yates, died on Former LMN Executive Director, 2003-2012 22 November 2014. We received an outpouring of Chris Yates was an exemplary Governor of Live comments and memories from former and current Music Now. As a musician, educator and manager, staff, alumni musicians and Board members. he brought a wealth of skills and experience to the Board. His detailed knowledge of the North West Ian Stoutzker, CBE LMN Founder-Chairman region enabled him to support a distinctive approach Chris Yates represented the North West branch on to the development of that branch, which grew to the Live Music Now Board of Governors between serve an array of talented young musicians and a wide 1994 and 2012, succeeding Ida Carroll. Chris himself range of social settings. At the same time, he was was a leading figure in the RNCM and became their able to stand back and view the picture UK-wide, so first Vice Principal in 1990. His association with Live that his contributions had an impact for the scheme Music Now was valued greatly by all. He brought a as a whole. Thanks to Chris, the lessons learned clear insight into the development of the scheme and in the North West branch could then be applied in his contribution was always creative. I worked with other branches: the continuing refinement of LMN’s him during the time when he was also the Chairman business model owes much to the approach which of the Musicians Benevolent Fund and he made the Chris encouraged in the North West. first significant moves to bring the organisation and its activities more relevant to the changing times. He Chris’s profound understanding of the challenges did so in a quiet manner that brought all with him which face young performers as they emerge into the and laid the foundation for the later and more recent profession was particularly evident when auditioning developments. musicians for the scheme. Not only did he have an acute musical judgement, but his insightful questions and suggestions helped both the panel and the musicians themselves understand how they might best address LMN’s demands both for artistic excellence and empathetic communication skills.
More comments can be read on: www.livemusicnow.org.uk/lmn_news
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Funders and Partners 2014
UK Partners Leeds International Concert Series Northern Ireland K Bryce Morrison Cambridge Summer Music Festival Leeds International Piano Competition The Robertson Trust Funders Goodenough College NYMAZ Funders The Stevenston Trust Arts Council England Horniman Museum and Gardens Ryedale Carers Support The Arts Council of Northern Ireland William Syson Charitable Foundation Creative Scotland Rhythms of the World Festival Sunderland City Council Big Lottery Waitrose Community Matters Arts Council Wales St George’s Health Care Trust Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Trust Black Santa 14-18 NOW Arts Council Northern Ireland University College London Hospitals NHS The Community foundation for Northern Youth Music Foundation Trust North West Ireland Partners (Local Authorities) The Headley Trust Help Musicians UK City of Aberdeen Council Garfield Weston Foundation North East Funders: The Lord and Lady Lurgan Trust Fund City of Edinburgh Council Ian Stoutzker CBE Bingham Trust The Turkington Fund Dumfries and Galloway Council Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Funders Bruce Wake Charitable Trust East Lothian Council Foyle Foundation Arlish and Chambers Charity Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund Partners Glasgow Life Classic FM Foundation Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Frances Charity Arts and Business NI Inverclyde Council Leathersellers Charitable Foundation Barton Lions Harold and Alice Bridges Charitable Trust Asda South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Help Musicians UK Bowcocks Trust Jane Hodge Charitable Trust Belfast health and social care trust West Lothian Council Dolly Knowles Charitable Trust Brunner Trust John Frederick Leach Trust NI Hospice The Andor Charitable Trust Burghley Family Trust Marjorie Green Charitable Trust Volunteer Now Partners (Festivals) Violet Mauray Charitable Trust Calmcott Trust Medicash Aberdeen International Youth Festival The Rayne Foundation Carr Ellison Community Trust Fund Millichope Foundation Wales Arts Across Learning Festival The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Charles and Elsie Sykes Charitable Trust Morris & Co Blas Festival The Sobell Foundation Coulthurst Trust Oliver Stanley Charitable Trust Funders Composition Marathon The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Craig Charity for Children Proven Family Trust ABMU Health Board East Neuk Festival The Noël Coward Foundation Fred Towler Charitable Trust Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust A&B Cymru CultureStep Edinburgh Festival Fringe Constance Travis Trust Freshgate Trust Foundation Sir John Fisher Foundation Arts Council Wales Festival 2014 Colleen Keck Gillham Charitable Trust Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation Baroness of Ely Fund Luminate Hadrian Trust Stoller Charitable Trust Daisy Foundation Merchant City Festival Huddersfield Common Good Trust Partners Skiathos Fund Music at Paxton Hugonin Family Trust Age of Creativity Partners Waterloo Foundation Scokendia, Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust Arts Development UK Age UK North West Welsh Government St Magnus International Festival, Orkney Ironmongers Fouyndation Canterbury Christchurch University Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Western Power Distribution UNESCO City of Music Classics Marathon Day City of London Festival J Behrens Charitable Trust Birmingham City Council Young at Heart Festival Creative Inspiration CIC JG Graves Charitable Trust Bridgewater Hall John Lewis Partnership Partners East Kent NHS Trust Buxton Arts Festival Partners (Organisations) Joseph & Annie Cattle Trust Arts & Business Cymru Orders of St John Care Homes Trust Cheshire East Council Achievement Bute Joseph Nickerson Charitable Foundation Fishguard International Music Festival National Alliance Arts Health and Wellbeing Creative Inspiration Comar Kirklees County Council Gregynog Festival New Philanthropy Capital and Cultural Da Da Fest Enterprise Music Scotland Lillian and Kenneth Harrison Charitable Trust North Wales International Music Festival Commissioning Programme Foxwood school European Federation of National Youth Malton CIC Rhondda Cynon Taff Cultural Services Sounds of Intent Leamington Music Orchestras Mayfield Valley Arts Trust Riverfront Arts Centre Swansea University Manchester Music Hub European Music Council North Yorkshire CCG Innovation Fund Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Sydney De Haan Research Centre for Arts Martenscroft Nursery Feis Rois Norman Collinson Charitable Trust Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts and Health Newlands School Glasgow’s Concert Halls Norman Franklin Vale of Glamorgan Council University of Essex Princes School Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Nottinghamshire County Council Wales Millennium Centre University of Kent Resonate Music Hub, Liverpool The Hive Percival Whitley Education trust Welsh Proms RNCM Macrobert Roland Cookson Fund Shropshire Music Trust Momentum London and South East Ryedale District Council South Staffordshire and Shropshire LMN Scotland National Galleries of Scotland S & C Shepherd Charitable Trust Funders NHS Trust National Museums of Scotland Shaw Lands Trust The Brook Trust St Helens Music Education Hub Funders The Reel, Orkney Swinton Charitable Trust City Bridge Trust Stratford upon Avon Festival Awards for Young Musicians Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Wade’s Charity The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Bacher Trust Saltire Society Wilderness Oak Charitable Trust The Golsoncott Foundation The Binks Trust Scottish Government Whitaker Trust South West John Lyon’s Charity Emma Cameron Memorial Trust Scottish Music Centre W L Pratt Charitable Trust M&G Investments Classic FM Scottish Opera WW Spooner Charitable Trust Funders The Milly Apthorp Charitable Trust Craignish Trust Tallinn Music Week York Children’s Trust The Talbot Village Trust The Munro Charitable Trust Creative Scotland Turcan Connell York Common Good Trust The Barnstable Bridge Trust Promenaders Musical Charities Creative Scotland - Youth Music Initiative Usher Hall, Edinburgh York Vikings Rotary Club Pat Ripley Charitable Trust The Radcliffe Trust Dunard Fund Ye Cronies 1989 Willan Charitable Trust C A Redfern Charitable Foundation Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation Partners The Adrian Swire Charitable Trust Enterprise Music Scotland Arts and Health South West Sound Connections Partners The Gannochy Trust Westminster Amalgamated Charity Barton Upon Humber Arts Festival Help Musicians UK The Wixamtree Trust City Arts Kimie Trust Harrogate International Festival Gavin McEwan
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Staff & Regional Contact Details
LIVE MUSIC NOW England - South East Northern Ireland Registered Office Live Music Now: South East Live Music Now: Northern Ireland Live Music Now Ltd The Music Base, Kings Place Bennigans Music Base, Kings Place 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 13 John Street 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 020 7014 2828 Derry/Londonderry BT48 6JY 020 7014 2829 [email protected] 07860 119299 [email protected] Director [email protected] Executive Director Nina Swann Project and Partnerships Manager Evan Dawson Assistant Director John Leighton Director – Operations Ann Marie Boyle Lis Ssenjovu Project Manager & Trust Fundraiser Wales Director – Auditions Erica Lang Live Music Now Wales Gillian Green Portland House Director – International Development England - North East 113-116 Bute Street Carol Main Cardiff Bay Live Music Now: North East Strategic Director: SEN Cardiff CF10 5EQ Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road Karen Irwin 02920 554040 York YO23 1BW [email protected] [email protected] 01904 543 381 Strategic Director: Health & Wellbeing [email protected] Director Douglas Noble Claire Cressey (from Sept 2014) Director [email protected] Gillian Green (until October 2014) Helen Mahoney (from July 2014) Strategic Director: Musicians’ Development Lucy Galliard (until April 2014) Project Manager and Administrator Nina Swann Frances Wilson www.livemusicnow.org.uk Assistant Director [email protected] Deborah Welch Finance Officer Susan Harries www.facebook.com/livemusicnow Administrative Assistant Yvonne Lyster Barwick vimeo.com/livemusicnow Live Music Now Scotland @LiveMusicNowUK (UK) England – North West Registered Office Live Music Now @LiveMusicNowSCO (Scotland) Live Music Now: North West 14 Lennox Street The Hothouse Edinburgh EH4 1QA @LiveMusicNowcym (Wales) 13-17 Devonshire Road 0131 332 6356 Morecambe LA3 1QT [email protected] 01524 414051 [email protected] Director Director Carol Main Kerry Kalokoh (from Sept 2014) Assistant Director Ian Anstee (until July 2014) Daniella Keenan Live Music Now operates on a national, regional and local level. The Administrator Philanthropy Officer registered office of Live Music Now Limited is in London where the Margaret Gambon Gillian Shaw England: South East branch office is located. There are further branch Bookkeeper offices in the North East, North West and South West of England and England – South West Agnes McCluskie national branches in Northern Ireland and Wales. Press Officer Live Music Now: South West Claire Sawers 10 Richmond Hill As of the 1 April 2013, Live Music Now Scotland operates as a devolved Bristol branch registered in Scotland as a charity and limited company. BS8 1AT Governance and finance of LMN Scotland is the responsibility of the 0117 927 9988 [email protected] LMN Scotland Board of Trustees, but the branch continues to work within the framework of Live Music Now.
26 Music, amongst all the great arts, is the language which penetrates most deeply into the human spirit, reaching people through every barrier, disability, language and circumstance. This is why it has been my dream to bring music back into the lives of those people whose lives are especially prone to stress and suffering... so that it might comfort, heal and bring delight.”
Yehudi Menuhin
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