LMP Voyager – Community Projects

The LMP plays a vital role in cultural engagement and participation throughout the Croydon borough and across London

Our projects reach out into the heart of the many different communities, taking music to people who can no longer visit the concert hall, to stimulate, entertain and inspire creativity in participants, regardless of their disability or age.

The London Mozart Players run projects in the community that give those who cannot easily access live music the chance to hear and experience the transformative power of classical music. Our projects reach out into the very heart of the many different communities, taking music to people who can no longer visit the concert hall, to stimulate, entertain and inspire creativity in participants, regardless of their disability or age.

The LMP’s vital role of cultural engagement and participation throughout the Croydon borough and across London could not continue if it were not for our generous sponsors. Key to being able to make these community projects happen, is the generosity of our donors, trusts and business sponsorships. To find out how you can get involved with supporting one of our community projects, please visit the support us section of the website.

Previous Community Projects

Some of our past collaborative community projects.

For an Unknown Soldier
To commemorate the First World War Centenary, the London Mozart Players and the Portsmouth Grammar School commissioned the renowned composer Jonathan Dove to write a cantata.

The commission, ‘For an Unknown Soldier’ lay at the centre of a multi-faceted project that encompassed schools, nursing homes and the local communities across the country. The work premiered in London and Portsmouth in November 2014, and after successful fundraising from the London Mozart Players the recording sessions for this major choral work will take place in central London in September 2015.
Joining the LMP and the children from three Croydon primary school choirs (Monks Orchard, Croydon Parish Church Junior School & Ecclesbourne Primary School), will be tenor Nicky Spence, The Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir, Oxford Bach Choir and conductor Nicholas Cleobury.
To mark the final year of the WW1 Centenary, the LMP has plans to tour UK Cathedrals in 2018 with the cantata. This will extend the project to reach even more communities and schools across the country, giving many more people the opportunity to get involved with commemorating the WW1 Centenary.
Living Memories
Living Memories was a pioneering outreach project created by the London Mozart Players, for the London Borough of Croydon. This project gave dementia sufferers the opportunity to interact with musicians and professional dancers.
Living Memories was devised by Julia Desbruslais, the Community and Education Director for the London Mozart Players. Alongside two musicians from the orchestra and a team of professional dancers led by Lauren Potter, this project brought the joy of music to residents in six homes across the Borough of Croydon that specialise in the care of elderly people with dementia.

This project reached out into the very heart of the community, taking music to people who could no longer visit the concert hall, to stimulate, entertain and inspire creativity in participants, regardless of their disability.

The LMP’s continued, vital role of cultural engagement and participation throughout the Borough is seen through the work of this project, helping to enhance the quality of life for those who can no longer access regular opportunities for music-making or dancing.

This project aimed to stimulate memories of times and ideas that were perhaps lost through concerts of popular and familiar classical music and a sing-a-long to ‘old time’ songs. The project also aimed to energize and engage the residents, and to help everyday tasks such as eating lunch to become a more peaceful time for the residents.

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LMP Voyager – Community Projects

The LMP plays a vital role in cultural engagement and participation throughout the Croydon borough and across London

Previous Community Projects

For an Unknown Soldier

Living Memories

With thanks to our Sponsors