Dementia takes the Wigmore Hall stage
mainWigmore Hall has founded a choir for families living with dementia, in partnership with Resonate Arts.
It is an essential cultural service.
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I read the title of this post in a very different way and thought of a recital that went particularly bad, or of a program item which was not appreciated, or simply a performance of Pierrot Lunaire.
Esssential cultural service. Yes. But also an essential therapeutic service. Music is incredibly therapeutic not only for people with dementia but also for almost anyone with a mental illness or brain trauma. If music therapy is done correctly it can probably slow the progress of dementia. I am sorry that the field of music therapy is not more developed into a truly medical field with research into what works best with different types of illnesses.
Congratulations to Wigmore Hall! May they find the funds to maintain the program.
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