This new book edited by Neta Spiro and Katie Rose M. Sanfilippo:

• introduces the term musical care: the role that music – music listening as well as music-making – plays in supporting any aspect of people’s developmental or health needs, for example physical and mental health, cognitive and behavioural development, and interpersonal relationships
• provides interdisciplinary insight into how musical care is understood and undertaken during different stages of the life course
• offers a variety of perspectives from practitioners and researchers
• ranges through the entire life course and reflects on the role of musical care at each stage

This event will include:

1. An introduction to the book by the editors.
2. The debut of the animated video series inspired by the book.

• The series was created in collaboration with Fat Panda and consists of eight short videos with original music by Daniel Chant-Burgess.

3. Invited responses to the book by speakers across a range of disciplines, including:

• • Professor Raymond MacDonald, Chair of Music Psychology and Improvisation, Music, UK.
  • Professor Helen Odell Miller OBE, Professor of Music Therapy, Director, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, UK.
  • Dr Alain Gregoire, Perinatal Psychiatrist, Hon President, Maternal Mental Health Alliance UK, Chair, Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health

4. A panel discussion with some book chapter authors including Ian Cross, Shannon K. de l’Etoile, Camilla Farrant, Tal-chen Rabinowitch, Sandra Trehub, and Giorgos Tsiris
5. Introduction of the international and interdisciplinary network on musical care

Register here for this free online event.