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Toby Carr and Attab Haddad talk to Caroline Heslop
Attab Haddad (oud) and Toby Carr (lute & theorbo) talk to Caroline Heslop, Artistic Director of NW Live Arts, ahead of the Music & Place concert 'Belonging' at Bloomsbury Festival on Friday 15 October 2021. They discuss what it's like working with NW Live Arts and and the cross-cultural power [...]
Recruitment: Chair of Trustees
Looking for an exciting and challenging new trustee role in a growing arts and well-being charity? NW Live Arts is looking for a new Chair of Trustees to bring the skills and enthusiasm to help grow our organisation to the next level. Job Description [...]
Write to Life, NW Live Arts, and Me
Director, writer, and manager of creative projects, Sheila Hayman tells us about her involvement with NW Live Arts and her work with Freedom from Torture's Write to Life group ahead of the culmination of our collaboration together at the Belonging concert on 21st May. [...]
Christina McMaster talks to Caroline Heslop
Pianist, Christina MacMaster talks to NW Live Art’s Artistic Director ahead of the Belonging Concert, part of the Music & Place series, on Friday 21 May 2021. They discuss Christina’s training and career plus the importance creativity and well-being has in the world today. [...]
An update on our Belonging project
Our next concert – ‘Belonging’- May 21st 2021 Salvation Army Hall , 10-16 Haverstock Hill, Chalk Farm, NW3 2BL 7.30pm We are very excited to announce the first concert in our 2021/2022 season. Tickets will be on sale from April 12th. The concert marks the culmination of a dynamic [...]
Trustees Needed
NW LIVE ARTS is looking for dynamic and enthusiastic individuals with an interest in music and community to join our board of trustees. We are a small arts organisation based in Kentish Town running creative projects and producing concerts which explore important social themes. WHAT WE DO Founder and Artistic [...]
2020 Reflections
Around this time every year, people from all over the world look back on the year we've had. What was news-worthy? What did I achieve? What new year resolutions shall I set? A time both for reflection and looking forward. This year is no different in this at least. And [...]
Introducing Kuljit Bhamra MBE
NW Live Arts is delighted to introduce their new patron, Kuljit Bhamra. In this feature, NW Live Arts Artistic Director Caroline Heslop talks to Kuljit about his past musical achievements and hopes for the future of NW Live Arts. Caroline Heslop: [...]
Reflections on Music & Renewal
At the beginning of lockdown, like many musicians, I experienced a peculiar mix of terror and exhilaration. Existential crises were abundant, but I was finally freed from the endless stream of deadlines to focus on my own artistic expression and the kind of art I wanted to be making. [...]
Music & Renewal: In Conversation with Sarah Breckenridge & Caroline Heslop
On the 23rd October 2020, NW Live Arts in association with Bloomsbury Festival 2020 are delighted to present Music & Renewal, a multimedia concert exploring a vision of renewal with virtuoso percussionists Kuljit Bhamra MBE and Andres Ticino together with the Alkyona String Quartet. Alongside a programme of reimagined [...]