Music

Music plays an important role in many of our arts programmes. It has a remarkable power to soothe, entertain and transform. We advise on its use within all kinds of healthcare settings and commission musicians for one-off performances, courses or longer-term residencies. We also offer training for musicians who will be performing in hospitals and other healthcare environments. Music is a much-loved element of our work at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals, where Arts in Trust runs monthly concerts. In the Real as Yesterday project devised for Delancey Hospital, musicians and a writer-in-residence worked together to capture and re-tell the fascinating life stories of the older people in the unit.