“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 [...]
Music in Prisons
Celebrating 25 years in November
We’re celebrating 25 years of the Irene Taylor Trust throughout November up to 25/11/20, which officially marks our 25th anniversary! Join us as we share memories & [...]
‘Ghost Songs of the Conscientious Objectors’ collaboration with Rideout resource now available
‘Ghost Songs of the Conscientious Objectors’ collaboration with Rideout resource available We were delighted to be invited by Rideout (Creative Arts for [...]
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 [...]
Colourful Radio interview with Artistic Director Sara
Last week our Artistic Director Sara Lee was a guest on Colourful Radio, interviewed by Jacqueline Malcolm on her Jabber Talk show. In a wonderfully wide-ranging interview, [...]
Re: Lease: Music in Prisons & Sounding Out at Snape Maltings 24.08.19
We are delighted to be part of Re: Lease, a celebration of the arts in criminal justice at Snape Maltings in Suffolk on Saturday 24 August. Snape Maltings is marking 20 years [...]
Back in the Windy City working with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director Sara and experienced Project Leader Rex are back on the other side of the pond for our eighth commission from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Negaunee [...]
Postcards from our 6th & 7th projects with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Following five successful projects in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, we have been invited back to the Windy City for a sixth and seventh project with the Chicago [...]
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Thursday March 8th 2018 is International Women’s Day, so to celebrate we’re looking back over some of the work we’ve done with women over the years. In Prison Since [...]
Lullaby Project UK pilot research report
In summer 2017 the Irene Taylor Trust piloted Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute’s Lullaby Project for the first time in the UK. We partnered with the Royal [...]
