Prison Music Week 2023
We are delighted to be part of a collective effort to make a noise about the powerful impact of music in prisons! Introducing the Jan Jail Jam: a national celebration of the [...]
Music in Prisons
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 [...]
Sara’s recent international conferences
Last November, our Artistic Director Sara Lee was busy attending two conferences across Europe (in Vienna and Glasgow) to share her knowledge and experience of arts education [...]
Music in Prisons on ‘The Rock’
Throughout May and June 2017, music written by the Music in Prisons team will be on display at ‘Art Escape at Alcatraz‘, a pictorial and historical tribute to [...]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
Figures released this Monday by the Prison Reform Trust to mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week (8–14 May) reveal that prisoners in the UK are far more likely [...]
Track of the Month – ‘The Colour of Lightning’
The Irene Taylor Trust was set up in November 1995 and we’re marking our 21st ‘coming of age’ year in style, with the wonderful original music created on [...]
Track of the Month – ‘Story of My Life’
The Irene Taylor Trust was set up in November 1995 and we’re marking our 21st ‘coming of age’ year in style, with the wonderful original music created on [...]
Track of the Month – ‘I’m Afraid’
The Irene Taylor Trust was set up in November 1995 and we’re marking our 21st ‘coming of age’ year in style, with the wonderful original music created on [...]
Track of the Month – ‘The Person I Lost’
‘The Person I Lost’ is an original song from the ‘Two Sides’ project, featuring Declan on vocals.’Two Sides’ was a project run [...]
Track of the Month – ‘Deeper’
A little trip back to May 2009; we collaborated with Synergy Theatre Project on a production of the play ‘Fallout’ at HMP Brixton. Find out more about the [...]
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