Music & Memory
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Why Music? Memory and Melody
Dear Reader, From 25th- 27th September I had the honour of being one of Radio 3’s resident experts for their Why Music? Weekend. What a fantastic event it was, held in London’s Wellcome Collection. Alongside Philip Ball (author of The Music Instinct) I contributed to a number of the live programmes including Why Music? Question Time and Why Music? Round Up both presented by Tom Service. A few months ago a fantastic Radio 3 producer called David Papp asked me if I would design a concert for the weekend with the support of principle players from Aurora Orchestra The aim of the concert was to explore why music is so powerful in…
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Music enhances memory in Alzheimer’s
Dear Reader, I am writing to you today from Senate House in London. This year I have had the pleasure of being the School of Advanced Study‘s Visiting Fellow, a post that comes with a short-term residency in their pretty amazing Art Deco office. I have been made to feel very welcome and am enjoying all the benefits of seeing much missed colleagues and friends in London. I don’t miss London per se however. It is an amazing city, a fabulous place to visit, but I would not live here again. Turns out you can take this girl out of Yorkshire – but only temporarily! The last couple of months have…
