Music for Life: Sharing our Stories - Celebrating 30 years of learning and connection

This special celebratory event was live streamed on 10 February 2023 to mark 30 years of Music for Life, Wigmore Hall Learning’s internationally renowned creative music programme for people living with dementia and their families, friends and carers.
The event was a chance to hear stories and learnings from the last 30 years, experience live improvisation sessions alongside members of our musician team and participants (in-person and online), enjoy a special performance from our Singing with Friends choir, and look ahead to the continued development of this much-loved programme.
Alongside the sessions and performances featured in this video, attendees had the chance to take part in other improvisatory workshops throughout Wigmore Hall. This included a taster of the sessions Music for Life leads in care homes, as well as our Music for Thought and Monday Afternoons projects in the community.
00:00 Opening music
05:23 Welcome - An overview of the Music for Life programme.
21:51 Out of the Ordinary - A live online session with Out of the Ordinary participants.
01:25:32 Panel Discussion - Participants, musicians, staff, and researchers involved with Music for Life explored what makes Music for Life distinctive and why it has ongoing importance
02:19:41 Singing with Friends - An informal performance from our Singing with Friends choir.
02:58:55 Closing thanks
03:06:58 Closing music
We are incredibly grateful to all our funders who have so generously supported Music for Life over the years. We would like to thank the following for their support of Music for Life in 2022/23:
The Tertis Foundation in memory of Lillian Tertis
S E Franklin Charitable Trust No.3
Milton Damerel Trust
The Howard de Walden Estate
Karl Otto Bonnier
George Meyer
Julia Schottlander
In memory of Michael Warburg
And the many other donors to the programme
The role of Music for Life Producer (appointed in March 2022) is generously funded for two years by the Elton Family from the Estates of the late Thomas and Betty Elton in memory of Sigmund Elton.