Huddersfield festival launches health strand
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) will work with refugees and asylum seekers as part of its new Health and Wellbeing strand. Launched last month, the … Read more
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Can the arts can help dementia sufferers?
While money is gradually being invested in finding a treatment for dementia, the arts can help improve sufferers’ lives right now, says Maria Parsons Dementia now affects … Read more
LSO works with addicts for new documentary
Ten musicians who are recovering from addiction will feature in a new British documentary. Addicts’ Symphony, which will air on Channel 4 in late August, follows … Read more
Does co-working allow more space for creativity?
Co-working saves money and leads to creative, thriving communities, says Fanny Martin Arts organisations use all sorts of office settings, from small and casual bolt-holes … Read more
Locals are stars of the show in radical opera
Hundreds of everyday people will be given the chance to star alongside professional opera singers in a brand new production of La bohème. Brisbane’s Opera … Read more
New music supports dementia sufferers
A British composer has devised a new performance aimed at helping dementia sufferers remember new information. Produced using a complex algorithm, Alexis Kirke’s Remember a … Read more
Orchestra streams concerts to hospital patients
Patients at a Philadelphia hospital will soon be able to view orchestra performances on their bedside TVs. The initiative is the result of a partnership … Read more
Editorial: the arts need more than word of mouth
Maria Roberts on the value of word-of-mouth reviews and professional arts criticism. There is always talk about the ‘death of’ something: the death of print … Read more
Spring forward
Choreographer Angela Liong is tapping into inspiring life stories to create a Rite of Spring for the people Stravinsky’s iconic piece, The Rite of Spring, … Read more
On the borderline
Visionary cultural leader Krzysztof Czyzewski has used the arts to galvanise communities and unite disparate groups of people. Now he’s putting his talent to work … Read more