A year of adaptation & creativity
As we mark a year of lockdown restrictions, it’s astonishing to look back at how much we have achieved. It certainly wasn’t a situation anyone would have wanted, but [...]
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Black Lives Matter international collaboration
We are proud to present these new pieces created as part of an international collaboration between the Irene Taylor Trust and Civic Orchestra of Chicago to explore themes [...]
Sounding Out: The story so far…
In 2012 we formalised our support for former prisoners on release by developing the Sounding Out programme. To date four bands have emerged from the programme and the [...]
Lullaby Project featured on BBC Proms At Home
We’re delighted to feature on this week’s BBC Proms interactive Proms At Home, which profiles our Lullaby Project. Creative workshop leader Lucy Drever interviews some [...]
Making Tracks with young people online
Since lockdown began we’ve found various ways of moving our Making Tracks programme for young people online, made possible with the support of project funder Youth Music, [...]
Adapting project delivery during lockdown
As for everyone in the UK, the impact of Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown has been significant for us. While our normal methods of project delivery – involving [...]
“This is the best therapy available”: Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week is a good reason to celebrate the impact the work we do has on supporting people’s mental health and well-being. The people we work with are [...]
London Lullabies with the RPO
We are delighted to share with you the songs from the London leg of our current Lullaby Project collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, written and recorded with [...]
Postcards from Bergen: Music in Prisons visits Norway
In October 2019 we were delighted to return to Bergen prison, Norway, following a successful practice sharing visit in 2018 funded by Erasmus. Our Creative Programmes [...]
A farewell cup of tea with Siân
Last week we said good-bye to Siân Henderson, who is moving on from the Personal Development Coordinator role to work with Synergy Theatre. Before she went, we made sure to [...]
