MTIRG supoorted and hosted the Philharmonia Orchestra's Hear and Now project in Leicester this year.
Hear and Now is a community music project run in Leicester by the Philharmonia in collaboration with Leicester Musical Memory Box/Geet Sangeet, Leicestershire Music and Drum and Brass Leicester. The project brings together older
people living with dementia and their carers, young singers and
instrumentalists from grassroots community organisations, with players of
the Philharmonia to devise and present a varied programme of music, poetry and movement. Over four weekends the participants, led by composer and animateur Tim Steiner, developed the performance, which was presented in the Sue Townsend Theatre on 27 April 2025. DMU Arts and Festivals Management students gained work experience assisting the show's producer, Philharmonia Community and Engagement Manager Stephanie Waldron.
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| Hear and Now in rehearsal, PACE Studio 1 |
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Hear and Now performance, Sue Townsend Theatre 27 April 2025
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