Orchestras in Healthcare: Delivering Excellent Creative Health Practice

Join the Orchestras in Healthcare Group on Tuesday 31 March 2026, 10:15 – 17:00, at the Royal Derby Hospital for a day dedicated to advancing excellence in orchestral and music‑making practice in health and care settings.

Attendance is free, and the event is designed to offer practice‑led insight, peer learning, and collaborative discussion for those working—or aspiring to work—at the intersection of music and healthcare.

This in‑person event brings together practitioners across music, healthcare, and creative health to explore what “good practice” looks like in real‑world clinical environments.

Who Should Attend

• Orchestral and freelance musicians
• Creative facilitators and project leads
• Clinicians and healthcare partners
• Arts, health, and creative health professionals

What to Expect

The day will start with Registration, tea & coffee at 10:15.

A vegan lunch will be provided. We will finish by 17:00.

It will feature a rich programme including:

Core Sessions

• Musicians’ Perspectives: Maintaining Artistic Integrity in Health & Care Settings
• Creative Support & Facilitation: What Musicians Need to Succeed
• Clinical Perspectives: Impact, Hosting & Embedding Music in Healthcare

Plus

• Participatory music session led by experienced practitioners
• Networking with colleagues across sectors
• Opportunities for shared reflection and future‑focused discussion

Cost and Bursaries

• Free to attend
• Limited bursaries are available for freelance practitioners working in this field. Please (https://forms.office.com/e/ij4y0eqMmx) by 09:00 on Monday 16 March, and also note your interest on the registration form. If you can't access this form for any reason please do email [email protected].

Registration Deadline

Friday 20 March 2026, Early booking is encouraged due to limited capacity.

Location
Royal Derby Hospital
(Full directions will be shared with delegates prior to the event)

Booking

Please reserve your place using the registration form on this page.

Hosts

This event is organised by the Orchestras in Healthcare Group - Sarah Derbyshire, (Orchestras Live); Natalie Ellis (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust); Fiona Harvey (Association of British Orchestras); Laura Waters (Air Arts, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust).

Event booking is supported in partnership with the National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH), and so on registering for this event you give permission for NCCH to share your registered information with Orchestras Live so they can contact you in regard to the event.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England

For any enquiries please email [email protected]

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