Conference

From early 2013 to March 2014, Taking the Lead is supporting young people’s development through leadership opportunities in and around music making. Young people develop their leadership skills through musical activity within youth and school settings before taking music-making into care homes within their own locality.

As part of this programme, we are offering a FREE CPD day led by Nick Cutts of OPUS Music CIC.

Friday 28th March 2014, 10am to 3.30pm, Post Mill Centre, South Normanton

Are you involved in, or interested in:

• finding out more about this project?
• delivering music-making to support health and/or wellbeing?
• developing interactive music-making in your own health/care setting?
• supporting young people to make music within their own communities to support health and/or wellbeing?
• running a music/arts in health project?
• supporting the development of this practice?

If you answer YES to any of the questions above, please come along to support this day.
What to expect:

• a mix of fun, creative music-making approaches (no prior musical ability required)
• sharing of findings/experience gained from the Taking the Lead project
• facilitated discussions on developing and supporting this practice

The day will be designed around those attending, drawing upon the skills and knowledge of the group, and supporting the individual needs of each attendee. The knowledge gained from the day will feed into a project ‘toolkit’ to support the development of this practice.

NB. The day will have a different programme to the two Taking the Lead CPD days held in May/July 2013, so is suitable for attendees to these previous sessions. It is open to anyone living or working in Derbyshire.

Taking the Lead is an Arts Derbyshire project, supported by Derbyshire County Council and a grant from leading UK charity Youth Music. www.youthmusic.org.uk

For more information or to book your FREE place, please contact Priscilla Baily, Project co-ordinator (p/t), Taking the Lead

Priscillabaily@rocketmail.com

Tel: 01773 831359
www.derbyshire.gov.uk
www.artsderbyshire.org.uk/projects/arts_and_health/taking_the_lead/default.asp

 

10am – 4pm, Monday 25th November 2013 The Education Centre, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK

OPUS Music CIC, in association with Air Arts to Aid Wellbeing and the Royal Derby Hospital presents a one-day symposium to share, discuss and debate on the topic of Sustaining Professional Music in Healthcare Settings Practice.

Bringing together key stakeholders including musicians, healthcare professionals, academics and other partners involved in the development of music (and arts) in healthcare settings practice from across the UK and beyond, this symposium will support the generation and sharing of increased understanding, knowledge and ideas required to sustain this practice.

This symposium forms part of a wider programme of activity delivered by OPUS Music CIC to advocate for and disseminate on this practice and is funded by Youth Music, Derby Hospital Charity, Nottinghamshire County Council, Leicester City Council and Nottingham Hospitals Charity with additional support from all partner hospitals, Derbyshire City and County Music Partnership and Air Arts to Aid Wellbeing.

The symposium will be of interest if you are:

• Interested in finding out about music in healthcare settings practice locally, regionally, nationally and internationally
• Keen to explore how to develop and/or sustain music in healthcare practice within your own setting/region
• Looking to share your own ideas, practice or expertise in the area of music in healthcare settings
• Wanting to network with a range of arts and health professionals

The symposium is open to all with an interest in this practice (subject to capacity).
A charge of £10 per delegate will be made towards the costs of running the symposium.

For more information, please contact Nick Cutts, Director, OPUS Music CIC

nick@opusmusic.org
01773 861630 / 07786 157515
facebook.com/opusmusic.org
twitter.com/music_health

Symposium tickets are available at: opusmusic.eventbrite.co.uk