Share the joy of music and help the LSO to inspire lives this festive season with LSO Discovery, our world-leading learning and community initiative.
LSO Discovery enriches lives through the transformative power of music. Reaching 60,000 people per year through nearly 1,000 workshops and events. With your support this festive season, our world-class musicians will be able to provide comfort to those in hospitals, reduce isolation for older adults and encourage young children to celebrate the joy of singing.
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£50 could enable one Discovery Choir soloist to receive vocal coaching.
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£200 could enable 40 older adults experiencing loneliness to hear the LSO live for the first time
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£600 could fund a hospital wellbeing session for patients living with dementia and NHS staff.
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£2,000 could fund a term of music workshops for young patients at the Royal London Hospital.
As a registered charity, every donation, big or small, will ensure the London Symphony Orchestra can continue inspiring hearts and minds through world-leading music-making in our local communities and beyond.
By partnering the LSO’s world-class musicians with our extraordinary communities, we can change lives. Together we can share the joy of music and build something truly extraordinary.
Read more about the key areas of LSO Discovery…
LSO Discovery Choirs
LSO Discovery Choirs offer the opportunity for young people of all abilities and backgrounds to find their voice and experience the joy of singing and music-making together. Each year the LSO engages 100 students aged 8 to 18 in accessible vocal coaching, collaborative rehearsals and large-scale performances opportunities.
Learn more about our Discovery Choirs.
There is something Gifted to every member, whether it be confidence and experience; something to look forward to every Monday; the chance to find friends and like-minded people; the opportunity to regularly perform in venues such as the Barbican Hall, as we are doing today; or simply the joy felt while singing song. – Poppy Dawid, LSO Discovery Senior Choir
LSO Connect
LSO Connect is a new programme of activity supporting older adults in our local community who are affected the most by isolation and loneliness. Working in partnership with local organisation Help on Your Doorstep, St Luke’s Community Centre and Claremont Project, LSO musicians bring older adults together to forge connections and make music. Each year we hold 24 engaging workshops enabling members to share stories, create and perform music in a positive, creative and kind environment.
The project has been really terrific, you know. It shows that there are treasures to be had, even when things are bad. If you keep your courage and just go forward, and keep pushing on. I never dreamt I could do this. – LSO Connect Participant
Music in Hospitals
LSO Musicians and Workshop leaders provide relaxation and respite from the hospital environment to NHS staff, older patients and young children and their visitors. Every year, the LSO reaches over 900 staff, patients and visitors helping to bring comfort and create moments of serenity.
The regular visits by musicians to the ward lift the spirits of patients, staff and visitors. We staff have so few opportunities to offer our older patients a break from routine, and this is truly wonderful. – Consultant Geriatrician, Newham University Hospital
How to Support
To make a donation to the 2024 Festive Appeal in aid of LSO Discovery, you can fill out the below donation form, or contact Maurice Müller in the LSO Development Office – development@lso.co.uk | +44 20 7382 2563
As a registered charity, every donation, big or small, will ensure the London Symphony Orchestra can continue inspiring hearts and minds through world-leading music-making in our local communities and beyond.
London Symphony Orchestra Ltd is a registered charity in England. Number 232391
Other ways to support the LSO
Inspired by the LSO’s mission to inspire hearts and minds through world-class music making? Why not find out more about becoming an LSO supporter.
LSO Friends
Give the gift of music with an LSO Friends membership this festive season. LSO. Our Friends enjoy a year of musical benefits, including priority booking for our Barbican concerts, from only £50 per year.
LSO Pioneers
The LSO Pioneers are your way into classical music and new connections. Designed for young professionals under 45, join our community of fellow music enthusiasts and enjoy access to exclusive events and benefits.
LSO Patrons
Become a partner and ally in everything we do as an LSO Patron, who share our passion for classical music and its ability to open minds and change lives.
