We harness the therapeutic power of music to re-write the narrative of end-of-life care.
CREATING MOMENTS OF CONNECTION
It all began with the tune of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ played on a hospice piano by our founder, to his mother in the final days of her life.
Now we create moments of connection for hundreds of patients and their families in Hospices across the UK.
ALIS HUWS, HARPIST
Hear from Alis Huws: Classic FM 30 under 30, DECCA recording artist and former Royal Harpist to King Charles III on the power of Music in Hospices.
OUR APPROACH
Designing creative arts projects with the community at their heart
Understanding the power and possibility of the creative arts.
The Music in Hospices approach doesn’t take a fixed form or pursue a single set of outcomes. Instead, it’s a way of understanding the power and possibilities of the creative arts to support and empower the specific needs of the palliative care community.
Every client, family and community is unique and our projects are too. Whether its 1-1 music sessions for in-patient units, group song-writing or soundtrack of your life projects, reimagining a hospice space with artwork, movement based projects or even photography, these collaborations are led by our clients with support from our team of creatives.
Immersive sessions that engage the whole hospice community.
We offer a range of creative art approaches including live music, songwriting, dance, art and photography.
Our session lengths are flexible, are catered to the needs of our clients and can be facilitated over a period of weeks or months.
A world class team of creative practitioners trained for palliative care.
Our creative practitioners are at the forefront of their industries.
From award-winning National Portrait Gallery photographers, BAFTA-nominated videographers to Classic FM 30 under 30 musicians and West End stars, we handpick our team to ensure the palliative care community experience the best of the creative arts.
Led by the creative arts, rooted in science.
Our creative arts programmes are researched and evaluated to monitor the impact of our work.
With research partnerships including the Royal Academy of Music, Kingston University and the University of Bath our work has been published in the British Medical Journal.
Our Partners
At the heart of what we do are our partner hospices, who trust us to support their communities with the provision of creative art services, across the UK.
A World’s First Creative Health Partnership
Music in Hospices x Lang Lang
In 2024 we launched our partnership with The Lang Lang International Music Foundation with a special concert at Community Hospice, Greenwich featuring Lucy the Pianist and Britain’s Got Talent finalist Malakai Bayoh.
Watch the BBC Breakfast feature below.
Introducing Lang Lang
Hear from Grammy-award winning pianist and Music in Hospices partner on the impact of music in palliative care,
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