We would like to tell you about the results of our recently completed ESRC funded research into how music promotes well-being in later life. Do come to our free seminar at the Institute of Education, University of London, on Wednesday 22 February, 10 am ? 12 pm (Clarke Hall).

We'll go through the findings in detail, and ask you to participate in a discussion of ways to develop opportunities for active music making among older people in local communities.

The programme is below.

Location details and map: http://www.ioe.ac.uk/sitehelp/1072.html

For catering purposes, please let us know you are coming by emailing Marleen Laurman m.laurman@ioe.ac.uk.

Kind regards,
Anita Pincas
on behalf of
Professor Sue Hallam
Institute of Education
University of London
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL
Phone: +44 (0)20 7612 6371
Fax: +44 (0)20 7612 6632
www.ioe.ac.uk

PROGRAMME
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Welcome to the Institute of Education Professor Chris Husbands, Director
10.05 Opening remarks by the Chair Professor Alan Walker, Director of the UK New Dynamics of Ageing research programme
10.10 Presentation of the research findings Professor Susan Hallam and Dr Andrea Creech, IOE
10.40 Break-out discussion groups: Implications for policy and practice
11.20 Plenary: Key messages, action points

Would love to attend but impossible during the middle of a working day. An evening session would have been much better and I'm sure would have attracted a larger audience.

Quite. I get fed-up of receiving requests from local council's arts bodies for seminars etc all during the working day. They then have the temerity to say that they are "working with local arts groups". No they're not.

But who is to say that the 'working day' means 9 to 5? Surely for those working in music/private teaching there is no reason to assume that? Personally I find it more frustrating when things are organised in the evening which is when I do most of my teaching - I teach in the day as well, but less so and it's easier to move things around to attend a day time event, becuase of lot of pupils having daytime lessons have flexible working themselves, whereas those coming after school/work would find it harder to move things around.

It's good to see this topic being taken seriously. I recently gave my Dad (recently diagnosed with dementia) a CD of Sankey hymns for his birthday. He really enjoys them because these were the hymns he grew up with. We know that he likes them a lot because he keeps phoning my sister and asking how to play the CD.

I would love to come. As an 'oldie' myself I have an interest in this subject. However, I wouldn't be able to make a 9.20 start (coming from the southwest), and like others I shall be teaching later in the day. Is there going to be a report, or a paper out of this research that will be accessible to us? I've tried accessing academic papers on line but now that I no longer work in a university I find I cannot get access. I really would like to read about the research. I can still physically go to my ex university library and access stuff there so the name and issue of journal would also be helpful.

Me too ... but being based in Italy I find it rather hard ...
Does anyone know if there will be a report available or something we can read after the event?