"On a stage once presided over by Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Renee Fleming, people living with dementia are recording songs of their own composition. With the microphones of Glyndebourne opera house capturing every note, their voices rise and intertwine. Not echoing old, familiar tunes but shaping entirely new pieces expressing their feelings, hopes and fears emotions that, when the music stops, their brains can no longer convey in mere words."
"It is the first time any of them have written songs and the process has unlocked sensations and memories everyday life could no longer reach, the music capturing the remaining threads connecting them to the world around them. Weekly workshops, supported by musicians, artists and trained facilitators, prompt participants to articulate and share their inner worlds as the inspiration for composition."
People living with dementia record original songs at Glyndebourne opera house, using microphones to capture new compositions rather than familiar tunes. Weekly workshops led by musicians, artists and trained facilitators prompt participants to articulate feelings, hopes and fears as material for composition. The Raise Your Voice charity, supported by Glyndebourne, the Royal Academy of Music, the Alzheimer's Society and Arts Council England, spent a year helping participants and carers create a nine-track CD, Murmuration. The process unlocked sensations and memories inaccessible in daily life, capturing remaining threads connecting participants to the world. Contributors in later stages of dementia supplied novel lyrics and imagery, such as dreaming of hot air balloons.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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