The history of OPUS Music CIC
Where OPUS began
From 2000 to 2024 find out more about our history
OPUS Music CIC was founded by Nick Cutts and Laura Waters back in 2000. Since then it has grown in size and has offered thousands of music-making sessions to patients and families in hospitals and healthcare settings across the East Midlands. As well as supporting patients and families, OPUS’ training programmes have educated musicians and healthcare professionals to use music in their care practice, championing the use of music to improve health and wellbeing.
Building the team
expanding OPUS
Starting out as a two person team, OPUS Music has grown and now consists of four healthcare musicians, a network of alumni and associated musicians, a co-production team, and a board of directors.
Meet The Team
Learn more about Team Opus and meet all of the brilliant people who work with us.
Join the Board
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Join the Team
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Our history
Key Moments
Since 2000 we’ve been building OPUS Music so we can support more people and share the power that music offers to transform health and wellbeing.
- Sarah and Rich joined the team (2003)
- Musique & Santé training (2010)
- Music-making in Derbyshire Hospital supported by Youth Music (2011)
- OPUS Music becomes a CIC (2012)
- Delivering music in Sheffield, Leicester, Nottingham, and Kings Mill (2012)
- Oli joins the team (2012)
- Mary joins as an Associate Musician (2013)
- International Partnership with Room 217 in Canada (2018)
- Molly joins the team (2022)
- OPUS becomes a National Portfolio Organisation (2023)
- The Co-Production team expands with Gerry, Ben and Genny joining the team (2023)
- 8 community musicians lead sessions in Ashfield, Bolsover, and Nottingham (2023)
- Musician training programme (2024)
our future
OPUS' next steps
2023
National Portfolio Organisation
Thanks to funding from Arts Council England and the UK Government we have been recognised as an NPO and have the funds and support to expand our services.
2024
Music Care Training
We are going to be running more training sessions in 2024 for Healthcare Professionals, Carers, and Musicians.
2025
Music-Making
We have been developing and running a series of community music making sessions and we are looking to expand these into the coming years.
