Introducing Collaborative Insights:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course
Tuesday 11th July 2022, 3-5pm (BST), online
Come join us as we launch the new book Collaborative Insights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course
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:
- An introduction to the book by the editors.
- 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.
- Invited responses to the book by speakers across a range of disciplines, including:
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- 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
- 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
- Introduction of the international and interdisciplinary network on musical care

Take part
Register here for this free online event.