Musical Storyimes

By: Helenka Bednar

 

Musical Storyimes sessions are running across North Yorkshire, taking place in libraries throughout the region. The music sessions are aimed at under five's and are run by musicians from Live Music Now. The sessions lead by the musicians are full of fun musical activities based around favourite children's books.

The sessions are completely free and open to babies and children up to five years old. The sessions are being run by Tune-In (the Youth Music Action Zone for North Yorkshire) in partnership with North Yorkshire County Council Libraries. The sessions, which are being held in libraries across the region have been set up to engage little ones in music making with their parents and carers.

Live Music Now was founded in 1977 by the legendary violinist, Yehudi Menuhin and his friend Ian Stoutzker. Menuhin knew from his own experience that music transcends all barriers of language, illness and disability. For people whose lives are particularly challenging or stressful, involvement in live music brings immense pleasure as well as therapeutic and educational benefits. The scheme takes performances of the highest musical quality to a wide variety of settings across the UK, particularly to those places where experiencing music performed live is rarely part of daily life. 

For more information please contact Lucy Gaillard on 04653 668551, or email Lucy at: lucy.galliard@piedpiper.org. You can also check dates for the above events at the following link: www.tunein-nyorks.org/events.htm.