The music programme, including the Britten Sinfonia Residency, has been generously funded by the Arts Council, England.
Concerts
Aim
This aspect of the project is about listening to music, providing alternative entertainment for patients and visitors and assisting in taking their minds off any illness and anxieties whilst staying in hospital.
Events
A number of concerts have been scheduled (see calendar page for future events) including one that was held at the Hospital Open Day on 3 July 2004. On this day, a brass ensemble consisting of three musicians from Britten Sinfonia performed for 30 to 40 minutes in the Golden Jubilee Garden, the Patient Discharge Lounge and the main Hospital Concourse.
Participatory activity
Aim
The aim of these workshops is to create new music, focusing on each individual creating their own sound world.
These new pieces of music can include instrumental pieces recorded live, as well as sounds (such as patients' favourite sounds), which will be made available through sound samples we will have.
The Sinfonia may also include a visual element in the project, depending on peoples’ ideas, and will accommodate this as required.
The participatory and creative workshops will be held on on the Lewin Stroke and Rehabilitation Ward, working together with the Ward Manager and Speech Therapist, as well as other members of staff. There will also be workshops on the Children’s Ward C2.
Partnership
Cambridge University Press (CUP), a partner to the project, will promote these workshops through their internal system, with a view that a number of people from CUP will become involved in these workshops. They will also come to the initial planning day in March 2005 to meet the team from Britten Sinfonia and staff from Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
The workshop team includes Duncan Chapman, who will facilitate all the workshops, along with three Britten Sinfonia musicians, and Kathryn Hayes, Britten Sinfonia Community & Education Director.
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