We are music-makers, delivering musical opportunities in health and social care settings.
We deliver music making in several hospitals across the East Midlands, we run a range of community music making sessions, and we deliver training to healthcare professionals and carers, to support our vision of music as an intrinsic part of health and social care, everywhere.
Over the past 20 years OPUS has grown and developed through partnerships with Room 217 in Canada, and working alongside the NHS and Healthcare professionals in the UK. We are a UK leader in bringing music into healthcare settings.
We work across various hospitals in the East Midlands to provide music-making on children's and older people's wards, in intensive care and high dependency units, in neonatal intensive care, and in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
We work alongside communities to deliver music-making sessions, supporting local musicians to engage in this practice.
We train healthcare professionals and carers, sharing the benefits of music for health and wellbeing and how to utilise music-making as part of their every day care practise
We provide training and development opporutnities for musicians to enable them to develop their musical practices within health and social care.
Music supports physical, emotional, and mental health
At OPUS Music we create music for wellbeing, with the aim to enhance the wellness in the people we meet through music-making. We invite people to join in with our music-making and share and experience those moments together. We perform songs that people may know and may want to join in with, and we also create sounds and melodies, experiencing the music making that comes out of a moment of creativity.
Music-making offers autonomy and allows the individual to lead and express themselves through the act of music-making. This supports a non-verbal form of communication, offers connection and can break down barriers to interaction.
Discover the impact of OPUS music. Hear stories from healthcare professionals, families, and community members moved by our music-making. Join our campaign for change, advocating music as a vital component of health and social care to improve wellbeing.
OPUS Music recently delivered an invigorating and deeply engaging music training session at Mansfield Community Hospital, as part of our ongoing partnership with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
On 16th October 2024, we at OPUS Music CIC were thrilled to be part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust’s Celebrating Excellence Day. It was a wonderful opportunity to share our work on building a “musical hospital,” bringing music into the heart of patient care. Our musicians performed live throughout the day, creating moments of connection and joy for staff and patients alike.
From 16-20 September, OPUS had the privilege of delivering a week-long training session in Guernsey, led by Nick. It was a packed, rewarding experience aimed at preparing local musicians to incorporate music into healthcare settings. Here’s a reflection on how the week unfolded.
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