Working with Children & Young People

For forty five years, Live Music Now has worked alongside those with reduced access to live music, in care homes, schools, hospitals, hospices and community settings across the UK. Taking part in music on a regular basis supports children’s development of social, personal, emotional and cognitive skills. For children with additional learning needs, this offers significant benefits for their wellbeing, for their self-expression and confidence. They provide: participatory concerts (45-60 minute concerts are highly sensory experiences, with musicians engaging with children individually to demonstrate the instruments, their sounds and their vibrations) and music residencies (residencies provide children with a longer opportunity to build trust with musicians and work to enhance their social and emotional skills through music; the children have the opportunity to listen to musical performance and explore instruments and musical ideas).