Our residency at Derbyshire Children’s Hospital began again yesterday, and what a fantastic day of music-making with children, families and healthcare staff it was! It’s fabulous to be back at the hospital where we are made to feel so welcome and really supported in making a big difference to the lives of those we meet. It was a real priviledge to spend some time on the wonderful neonatal intensive care ward yesterday, playing music for and with babies and their families. Staff and families commented on the positive change of atmosphere within the ward, and the feeling of calm and relaxation which ensued. We saw some lovely reactions from the tiniest of babies and plan to make regular visits to neonatal as part of our weekly sessions.
We are extremely grateful to our funders, Youth Music and The Derby Hositals Charitable Trust for supporting this residency which will continue until at least March 2014, with 3 OPUS musicians visiting the hospital on a weekly basis.
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I have been meaning to leave a message on here for some time now… My daughter, who had just turned 2, was admitted to the Puffin ward at The Royal Derby Hospital, through A&E at the end of May this year and was lucky enough to experience your music whist she was there. She loved seeing and hearing the live music and shouted ‘more’ when you stopped playing. You came back to where she was standing and played again for her, giving her a tambourine so that she could join in – Thank you so much for your time and caring response, I shall never forget it. As a teacher of Performing Arts in Derby I loved the fact that children were able to experience your performance in a hospital setting – keep up the good work you are doing, the children LOVE it.