Live Music Now!, a charitable scheme founded by the late Lord Menuhin in 1977, will present seven performances in various Islay and Jura community venues on Monday 22, Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 March.

Accordionist Angus Lyon from Biggar, Lanarkshre and fiddler Ruaridh Campbell from Aberfoyle, will perform for older people attending lunch clubs throughout the islands, as well as children in primary schools and frail elderly people in care.

The full schedule of performances is as follows:

Monday 22 March       10.30am           Bruichladdich Hall, Bowmore (older people's lunch club)

Monday 22 March       6.30pm            Gortonvogie Residential Home, Bowmore

Tuesday 23 March       11.30am           The Small Isles Primary School, Jura

Tuesday 23 March       1.30pm            as above, plus Older People from Lunch Club

Wednesday 24 March  9.30am             Bowmore Primary School (P5 - P7)

Wednesday 24 March  10.30am           Bowmore Primary School (P1 - P4)

Wednesday 24 March  12.00pm          Cybercafe, Port Ellen

Angus and Ruaridh originally met in the Summer of 2000, whilst working in the traditional music scene. Having discovered that they shared an appreciation of traditional, classical and contemporary music, the pair decided to perform as a duo, known simply as Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell, to perform the beautiful traditional music that Scotland has to offer.

Their work covers every aspect of traditional melodies: from jigs, reels and strathspeys, to slow airs, waltzes and everything in between. Angus and Ruaridh also compose and perform much of their own music, which draws influence from both the traditional music of their upbringing and the rich and diverse music of today. Influences from varied forms of contemporary music can be heard in their unique style.

The Islay/Jura series of performances is the second of four similar tours, which also takes Live Music Now! to Mull, Colonsay, Gigha and south Kintyre.

All events are funded by the Scottish Executive's Better Neighbourhood Services Fund and Argyll and the Islands Community Economic Development Programme, which has been awarded through Argyll and the Islands Enterprise.
The Community Economic Development Programme is a scheme part funded by the European Structural Funds through the Highlands and Islands Special Transitional Programme 2000-2006.

Live Music Now was founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1977 with the two-fold aim of taking live music of high quality to everyone in our communities while simultaneously offering young professional musicians the invaluable opportunity of performing at the outset of their careers. www.livemusicnow.org

Further information, including on photo opportunities, from: Carol Main, Director, LMN (Scotland) - tel: 0131 332 6356; e-mail: scotland@livemusicnow.org