Opportunity for a Vocalist, HMP Low Newton
As part of an exciting new project in partnership with Helix Arts, we are seeking to recruit a vocalist to work with women with severe personality disorders accessing the [...]
Music in Prisons
Music in Prisons featured on WGXC Radio ‘Prison Voices Project’
There is a sizeable section about our work in prisons on the latest WGXC Radio ‘Prison Voices Project’ broadcast, which you can listen to here. From about 15 minutes in [...]
Ban on steel-stringed guitars in prisons lifted
We’re delighted that a ban imposed on prisoners using steel-stringed guitars in their cells has been lifted by new Prisons Minister Andrew Selous. In June, our Artistic [...]
Our participants interviewed on BBC World Service
This morning on BBC World Service ‘World Update’ participants from our Making Tracks and Sounding Out programmes were interviewed alongside Sara Lee, our Artistic [...]
Track of the Month – ‘A Picture of Me’
We recently needed to order some new copies of our songbook ‘A Picture of Me’. The fresh books arrived in the office last week, and gave us the excuse to revisit a very [...]
Sara’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra blog
This month Sara and Nick returned to Chicago for a second project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Cook County Juvenile Detention Centre. The trip also included a [...]
Second project with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Last year we were invited across the pond to share our expertise with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO). Artistic Director Sara Lee and Project Leader extraordinaire Nick [...]
Music in Prisons featured in Arts Alliance research on desistance
The Arts Alliance has launched a new piece of research, which includes one of our projects. ‘Re-imagining futures: Exploring arts interventions and the process of [...]