Musical Connections – project funded by Westfield Ward in 2016-17
Musical Connections runs an inclusive, participatory music group open to tenants of Windsor House dementia care home and Gale Farm Court sheltered housing with extra care scheme and members of the surrounding community.
The project received financial backing from the Westfield Ward in 2016-17.
The applicant reported as follows.
”We ran a weekly music group at Gale Farm Court sheltered housing scheme for tenants and local people from the wider community. We also ran a music group at Windsor House dementia care home. During the grant period, the groups:
- Accessed a wide range of musical genres
- Worked with suggestions from participants
- Sang songs from across the world
- Sang in harmony
- Explored rhythm
- Played a range of tuned and untuned instruments
Members of the group at Gale Farm Court also participated in a ukulele workshop with a student from York University, attended a large intergenerational workshop at Hob Moor primary school and went to our Spring Big Sing with York St John University, during which they joined with other adults and children/young people to deliver performances to an audience of sheltered housing tenants and care home residents.
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