Event
An Introductory ‘Music in Healthcare Settings’ Workshop led by Kids’ Classics through their Training Notes initiative will take place on 13 August 2019 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. This workshop is presented as part of the Trad@Heart Healthcare Festival programme, a partnership with Create Louth, the arts service of Louth County Council and Kids’ Classics in association with Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
This introductory workshop will explore the wealth of approaches to music-making in healthcare settings by Kids’ Classics professional hospital musicians, the potential benefits of interactive music-making to help improve the quality of life for patients, and the necessary hospital musician skill-set required to work appropriately in healthcare settings. It will be an open style presentation with an opportunity for questions and involvement by the attendees.
Booking is essential as places are limited:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introductory-music-in-healthcare-workshop-part-of-the-tradheart-festival-programme-2019-tickets-67796971567
For further information on the Trad@Heart Festival visit
https://www.artsandhealth.ie/2019/08/07/tradheart-2019-music-in-healthcare-festival/
Kids’ Classics
Kids’ Classics is an organisation that delivers high-quality professional music workshops, performances and music participation opportunities in the heart of healthcare, education and community settings nationally. All Kids’ Classics musicians are full-time professional musicians and additionally qualified as hospital musicians with the collective experience of working in acute and chronic medical settings in hospitals across Ireland and Europe. Kids’ Classics has been delivering their ‘Music in Children’s Hospital’ Programme in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda since 2015, and visits the Children’s and Maternity wards on a monthly basis in partnership with and supported by the National Concert Hall.
http://kidsclassics.ie/
