{"id":960,"date":"2015-01-10T16:47:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T16:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/blog\/?p=960"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:06:29","slug":"workshops-for-musicians-living-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminutemusicians.com\/blog\/workshops-for-musicians-living-with-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops for musicians living with dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arts for Dementia are offering orchestra sessions with the English Chamber Orchestra at the London College of Music in Ealing, West London, for musicians living with dementia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an aim to re-energise families using all forms of art including drawing, dancing, poetry and music, Veronica Franklin Gould who runs the Charity believes that engaging in dynamic arts will inspire both person and carer. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal is to override the fog of dementia, revive skills, friendship and a sense of purpose in the community. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arts for Dementia is working with Julian West<\/span><\/a>, head of the Royal Academy of Music\u2019s Open Academy. Julian is widely involved with music for dementia and takes a special interest in the early stages. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told Last Minute Musicians<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Music can be a wonderful way to make connections with people living with dementia, because it operates in a realm without words, and it exists very much in the present moment. Music is primarily about feelings and expression, which in many ways are how we know that we are alive, that we exist. When the skills of musicians can be used to acknowledge and affirm the identity of a person living with dementia, that can be a very powerful thing.<\/span><\/p>\nJulian West<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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