Music Café for people living with dementia & their carers with Manchester Camerata
Schedule
Wed May 08 2024 at 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location
The Monastery Manchester | Manchester, EN
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We’re delighted to announce that Manchester Camerata's acclaimed Music Café is continuing throughout 2024.These wonderful music cafés are for people living with dementia, along with their families & carers, to make music and have fun together, meet new friends and learn how music can help you reconnect to your loved ones.
? FREE to attend, with tea/coffee/biscuits
? Meet our professional musicians
? Make new friends
? No musical experience required!
Every Wednesday morning from 17th Jan - 14th August, 2024 (except April 24th)
? Programme and timings ?
10.30am: Arrive, refreshments served
11am-12pm: Music-making session
? Cost ?
Free of charge for people living with dementia and their carers/families. There’s lots of free parking too.
? To book ?
Email Lizzie on [email protected] to reserve your place and find out more.
? Great press our Music Café received last time around ?
Guardian reporter Helen Pidd wrote on her own Twitter account that the Music Café ‘…was the most moving thing I’ve had the privilege of reporting on in quite a few years. Bravo to Manchester Camerata’. Read the full article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/27/gorton-manchester-camerata-orchestra-helps-people-with-dementia-write-music
This article follows press from both ITV and BBC News. Ann O’Connor from ITV described the Café as ‘Simple, effective and often magical‘, and the BBC put a lovely segment together which you can check here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-58595926
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Where is it happening?
The Monastery Manchester, 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5, United Kingdom,Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
