Will Browne is a guitarist who has been working with MiHC in South Wales since 2014. He performs relaxing renditions of popular songs such as ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ in range of settings including our ICU Hear® sessions on critical care wards.
As part of our Play it Again SAV! project, a songwriting pilot ran in late 2019 with veterans at Scottish War Blinded, Erskine and Royal British Legion Scotland centres.
Andrew Ford is a multi-instrumentalist specialising in creating holistic, therapeutic sounds with a selection of instruments including the hang drum, native American drone flute and sansula kalimba.
Music in Hospitals & Care will receive funding from The RC Sheriff Trust for a 25th year to bring live music sessions to healthcare settings across the Elmbridge borough.
The funding received will be used to provide a number of concerts this summer held in three of Cairn’s housing developments; Calum MacDonald Court in Rosyth, Gilmour Court in Glenrothes and Aitkin Court in Kirkcaldy.
Multi-instrumentalist duo A Fyne Pear have performed almost 600 sessions for MiHC across Scotland in numerous venues, bringing their unique brand of comedic performance to delight audiences of all ages.
In January 2019, Music in Hospitals & Care received two grants from the Darkley Trust and the Arts Council of Wales to provide Dementia specific communication training days for our musicians working in Wales. Throughout the Spring we organised three training events, which took place in Wrexham, Swansea and Cardiff.
Mezzo-Soprano Lyn O’Hara has been working with Music in Hospitals & Care since 2013, performing nearly 200 concerts and music sessions for the charity. Her musical delivery is warm, inclusive and fun, drawing people in both with her beautiful voice and good humour.
Students on Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s Music, Community and Wellbeing module will be observing professional musicians from Music in Hospitals & Care over the next two terms as part of an ongoing partnership with the institution.
Grammy award winning pianist Christopher Glynn becomes Vice President. He will join President Sir Thomas Allen CBE and fellow Vice Presidents Katie Derham, Dame Evelyn Glennie CH DBE, Prof Julian Lloyd Webber, Dame Felicity Lott CBE, Dame Vera Lynn CH DBE, Toby Spence and Sir Richard Stilgoe OBE in supporting the charity.
