Author: Cat Riley

Edinburgh’s Rolling Hills Chorus raise funds with their lockdown online quiz for Music in Hospitals & Care.

New research, carried out by the Salford Institute for Dementia at our specially created music café, has found that people living with dementia who regularly experience live music have reduced isolation, increased wellbeing and improved peer support.

Our Musician Spotlight for May is singer/pianist Alastair Collingwood, who has been working with us in South England since 2018. Alastair’s wide repertoire of classic songs played in a jazz style make him popular both in hospital wards and care home lounges.

Our Musician Spotlight for April is Kirsten Easdale and Gregor Lowrey. This Celtic folk duo joined us in 2013 and have performed almost 300 live music sessions touring the length and breadth of Scotland, from the borders to the highlands and islands.

Our Musician Spotlight for March is Satnam Galsian, who is a favourite on hospital wards in the Leeds area for her performances with musical partner Lisa. They blend British folk and traditional Indian songs with contemporary compositions and arrangements.

Vaccinations are on all our minds at the moment, potentially causing a degree of agitation for many. With our new guide, you can find out how music can be used to help alleviate COVID-19 jab anxiety for people living with dementia and others.

Our Musician Spotlight for February is soprano Jess Robinson and accompanist Rhiannon Pritchard. The duo’s warm personalities have delighted audiences with their wide repertoire including opera, songs from shows and Welsh favourites since they began working with us in 2014.

Applications are now open for this year’s London Marathon. Run for Music in Hospitals & Care and share the healing power of live music with people in healthcare settings across the UK.

Through the month of December, a group of wonderful fundraisers joined us to Step into Christmas and help share the healing power of live music across the UK.

In December that the Treblemakers, a London based acapella group, took to the streets for some socially distanced carolling to raise money and help share the healing power of live music.