{"id":11927,"date":"2020-10-30T03:01:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T03:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/musical-memories\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T03:01:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T03:01:50","slug":"musical-memories","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/musical-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Musical Memories is a music generation Laois intergenerational Song-Singing project for care-home residents,\u00a0children &amp; young people. It is an interactive, sing-a-long musical experience with songs from many different eras and genres. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The project is collaborating with Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit,\u00a0St Vincent\u2019s Community Nursing Home Mountmellick and Paddock National School, Mountrath and aims to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">support positive ageing by placing a value on the input of residents in care settings;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">mitigating the negative impact of social cocooning by re-establishing inter-generational human connection; and having a shared learning experience for all while preserving songs from different eras.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>MGL Singing and early years music specialist, Nuala Kelly is the Lead Musician for the project. She works with MGL in various Primary Schools in County Laois and as a singer\/guitarist and choir director, she has been singing in residential care settings\/nursing homes for many years. Nuala says,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201c<em>The effect of singing and live music is quite amazing and can add immensely to the quality of life of nursing home\/hospital residents. I\u2019ve seen first-hand how someone who finds it difficult to speak because of conditions such as Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s, can recall words to songs and sing with perfect diction<\/em><em>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Delivered by Music Generation Laois\u00a0in association with <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Laois Age Friendly Alliance \u00a0and Laois Healthy Ireland.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11928,"template":"","class_list":["post-11927","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Musical Memories - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Musical Memories is a music generation Laois intergenerational Song-Singing project for care-home residents,\u00a0children &amp; young people.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/musical-memories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Musical Memories - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Musical Memories is a music generation Laois intergenerational Song-Singing project for care-home residents,\u00a0children &amp; young people. 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