UK Music CEO Jamie Njoku-Goodwin and Music for Dementia’s Campaign Director Grace Meadows explain the importance of the Power of Music report, and why the recommendations need to be taken […]

One year in the making, we are pleased to release our call to action Power of Music report which outlines a blueprint to use music to help transform communities and […]

Against a backdrop of workforce challenges, funding pressures and concerns about staff wellbeing, with stress and burnout being at its highest reported among health and social care workers from the […]

Classic FM: Learning to play Beethoven on the piano is a joy that will never leave you, no matter what life throws at you… This moving video of a 92 […]

Daily Mail: Spine-tingling proof music can bring our loved ones back from the grip of dementia as prima ballerina Marta Cinta Gonzalez relives the magic of Swan Lake. Her frail […]

Independent: A former music teacher with dementia who played the piano in a viral clip has inspired a £1m donation towards Alzheimer’s research. In September, a video of 80-year-old Paul […]

The Guardian: Not many 80-year-olds have a hit single. Paul Harvey has managed to write one while living with dementia. With the help of the BBC Philharmonic, Four Notes – […]

Evening Standard: A piece composed by an 80-year-old former music teacher with dementia will be released as a single after he recorded it with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Paul Harvey improvised the composition after his […]

Daily Mail: Viewers are left ‘in bits’ after pianist, 80, with dementia who went viral with an improvised tune using four notes has his song performed by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. […]

The Mirror: Thousands of care home residents are missing out on vital music therapy sessions because those who deliver them are not classed as essential workers. Research shows music therapy […]