Our musicians have been speaking about some of the most significant moments they have experienced whilst sharing Joy Through Live Music with Music in Hospitals & Care.
Becky Chevis has been working with us in South England since 2015.
“I was singing to a tiny baby in an incubator on a neonatal ward as part of Lullaby Hour. She was so small I couldn’t even see her huddled up in the blankets and I wasn’t sure if I would be able to connect with her through the walls of the incubator, particularly with all the noise from the tubes going in and out and the beeping of the various machines she was connected to. But when I started singing Dream Angus, a lovely Scottish folk song about being brought dreams ‘o’er the heather’, the line on the heart rate monitor went from being very erratic and jagged to lovely steady curves. When I stopped singing, the line changed again.”
Remembrance Day: New live music programme for veterans
Thanks to renewed funding from the Veterans’ Foundation and Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, we’ll be bringing over 40 hours of live music to veterans across Scotland and England, creating more opportunities for ex-service people to connect and share memories through the collective joy of live music.
Trustees Week: Our Chair Maureen Hall looks ahead
Our Chair, Maureen Hall, reflects on her experiences of our live music, our achievements in 2025/26 and what this means for the future of Music in Hospitals & Care as we approach our 80th anniversary in 2028.
Building partnerships for the future
Read about some of the recent ways we’ve been working in partnership with funders, researchers and NHS trusts across the UK to make your support go further.