Live Music Now! is celebrating its silver jubilee with celebrations and special events all over the UK. It was Yehudi Menuhin’s idea: young musicians starting out on their careers could bring music to groups of people who would not usually have the opportunity to experience it. The musicians would be paid and gain valuable experience, while, as Menuhin put it, they brought “live music into everyday lives of people of all ages not only in the home but also where we work, study, suffer or celebrate, be it in the office or factory, school or prison, parish hall or church”. Thousands of concerts and workshops have since taken place in prisons, hospitals, special needs schools, day centres and public venues. Among coming dates is a tour in Durham by Ensemble Latino on June 17 to 20, a children’s concert at the Criccieth Festival by the Kintamami Saxaphone Quartet on June 20 and a showcase concert at the Purcell Room in London on July 8. For details of hundreds of other events: www.livemusicnow.org .
