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What is the role of Higher Education in music for health initiatives? 

Arts for health and wellbeing research, policy and practice has been expanding globally in recent years. In the UK, this is particularly apparent since the landmark report Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing was launched in 2017. Since then, the introduction of Social Prescribing, Arts on Prescription and Creative Referrals have brought arts for health and wellbeing into the mainstream (is it in the mainstream?) of the UK health system (or National Health Service, NHS), with music as one of the most popular art forms involved. Yet questions around quality of experience and equity of access are lingering just below the surface of this expansion. In this webinar we hear from an experienced UK artist who has increasingly been working within and engaging with the health and Higher Education systems in the North West of England and a colleague from the University of Texas San Antonio who is at the initial stages of their music for health ambitions. Together we will encounter and explore these issues to consider in what radical ways Higher Education could take a greater role in music for health initiatives?

Who’s here and who’s not: Inclusion, exclusion, diversity and excellence of socially-engaged artistic practice. – Wednesday 26th January 2022, 1:15pm – 2:45pm

The hospitality of surrender: Finding agency in collaborative projects. – Wednesday 2nd February 2022, 1:15pm – 2:15pm

Professionalising the system: Valuing, supporting and acknowledging participatory artists. – Thursday 10th February 2022, 1:15pm – 2:15pm

Rejection as a part of artistic process, development and growth.  – Thursday 17th February 2022, 1:15pm – 2:15pm

What is the role of Higher Education in music for health initiatives?  – Wednesday 2nd March 2022, 1:15pm – 2:15pm

Join us for a series of interactive webinars with UK and international perspectives to explore what radical shifts in artists’ training are needed to develop and inspire socially engaged, participatory artists ready for the 21st Century. Free to attend.