Community & Outreach Events
If you keep an eye open for our Outreach Events, you will find them dotted about everywhere throughout Watford, in local schools, community centres, parks, skateparks and the town centre, where we invite everyone to join us in our open-music-workshop and introduce you to the Liberty Music Community.
If you would like to see when and where we are going to pop up next, please look us up on the “Upcoming Events” page – and if you would like to get involved in our outreach program, then please let us know via email to express your interest.
Rak-Su (X-Factor winners from Watford, 2017)
History
The seed for what is now Liberty Music CIC, was first planted 2005, when the founder of Sanctuary Art of Sound Ltd, a.k.a Sanctuary Studios, opened the facility for three hours every day, to anyone who wanted to use the studio and its equipment for free. Having found freedom to express himself through the gift of song-writing, his heart was set to share the facility to help others find that same freedom found in the gift of music.
In early 2006, the first event was organised to raise funds and "grow" something of an unofficial "Free School of Music". As a result, Jam Night was born - a weekly event where musicians give a small donation to come together at Sanctuary Studios and Jam with one another, strangers and friends alike, with all of the funds raised from entry fees going toward providing music tuition and instruments on a free loan, and sometimes donated to those who showed great aptitude.
Occasionally along the way, there were a few private donations from people who were inspired to help us keep the dream alive, in particular, we would like to express our gratitude to Mr Ray Rockley
@ www.kenco-techniques.co.uk for his generous support over the years.
To this day, Jam Nights and other fundraising events still take place at Sanctuary Studios, where thousands of hours of studio time have been freely given and hundreds of people have passed through or continue on their musical journey.
In August 2024, the unofficial "Free School of Music" finally reached maturity, to branch out and relaunch as Liberty Music CIC, an official Community Interest Company registered with Companies House, and so the next chapter begins.
