Musica Gift Voucher Launched

Stuck for What to Get your Loved One this Christmas?

Buy them an Interactive Musica Workshop!

It can be difficult knowing what to buy a loved one in a care home for Christmas or birthday celebrations. We are pleased to announce that we are now selling gift vouchers for a one hour Musica session; you can buy this for a chosen care home so that your loved one and their friends can benefit from an interactive and stimulating music workshop.

Due to the locations we are currently working in, gift vouchers can only be bought for sessions to be delivered in the following areas:

Dorset

Wiltshire

B&NES

Somerset

Hampshire

West Midlands

During December we are offering our workshops for just £40 (normal price £50) this includes a qualified facilitator and all resources. The voucher is valid for 6 months, allowing the care home time to book the session around other activities.

For more information contact Musica Head Office

Email: info@musica-music.co.uk

Tel: 01202 348 038

How a Graduate Employing Graduates Led to a Successful Music Business

Read our latest press release in the Bath Spa University Alumni Magazine - Spartan.
http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/about-us/alumni/magazine

Guest Blog - Claire Selbie

I had a great response to my blog post last week – What Music Will you Listen to When You are 80 – I will share some of the responses through tweets and facebook posts.This week I am pleased to share a guest post with you, written by our very own Claire Selbie (owner, Musica Westmidlands), sharing her memorable songs.

“The beauty of music is that it is so evocative. There are so many songs that will always take me back to a particular time in my life and that remind me of special people. Here’s a whistle-stop tour through some of my favourites:

Stranger on the Shore (Mr Acker Bilk) – One of my earliest memories is of hearing my Grandad play this on the piano. Since then, it has remained a favourite – these days I play along on the flute!

Brimful Of Asha (Cornershop) – I have a vivid memory of listening to this song with my oldest friend, Naomi in her bedroom. She’d bought the single (possibly the first one she’d bought?) on TAPE! We must have been about 7/8 and were playing with our teddy bears (cute). Whenever I go out and hear this song, it reminds me of her.

Wonderwall (Oasis) – Growing up with two older brothers, this was played loud and often in our house when I was growing up.

Under Cover of Darkness (The Strokes) – This song was my savoir in late night essay writing sessions in my last year of uni.  It reminds me of too much coffee, notes spread all over my bedroom floor, back-ache from sitting at my desk for too long and sleep-deprivation!

I’m A Cuckoo (Belle and Sebastian) – I’ll finish with this song which brings back lovely memories of dancing around the Big Top tent at Bestival this summer with some great people. Listening back to it makes me feel happy, strong and free.”

Please keep sharing your thoughts with us!

Rosanna Mead

www.musica-music.co.uk

What Songs Will You Listen to When You Are 80?

One of my all time favourite things to do is sink into a big bubble bath, with a glass of wine listening to music that brings back happy memories; one song in particular that I like to listen to is ‘Better Together’ by Jack Johnson. This is mine and my husband’s song, and the music for our first dance at our wedding.

Last night as I listened to Athlete’s album ‘Vehicles and Animals’ I began reminiscing about my teenage years, remembering the stresses and strains of the dreaded GCSE exams and of longing to be an independent young woman. I love being in this state, letting my mind drift away to times gone past. This got me thinking about our Musica workshops and our emphasis on the use of stimulating music to promote memory recall; I wondered ‘what songs would I like to hear when I am 80?’ I am sure that the Spice Girls would appear in my top playlist, maybe Aerosmith, Guns and Roses or even S Club 7 (I have quite an eclectic taste!)

I find it fascinating to see the shift in musical tastes already changing within the older generation, gone are the days of singing Vera Lynn songs, instead residents are requesting Cliff Richard, Tom Jones and the Beatles. In the not too distant future I’m sure we will hear the Rolling Stones playing in care homes across the country!

Today’s blog post is the start of a new weekly feature  entitled ‘ Memory Lane’ where we are going to post songs that bring back significant memories for our facilitators and participants. We would love to hear about your own musical memories so please contact us with suggestions to go in our blog, stating the song title, artist and what memories it evokes for you.

So start thinking.... ‘What songs would I like to listen to when I am 80?’ Please share this; it would be great to hear everyone’s song choices, and of course you can submit more than one song!

Have a great week!

Rosanna x

Musica is expanding!

Welcome to the first blog from Musica.

We are pleased to announce that our Musica team is growing!

A big welcome to Joel and Natasha who will be running Musica workshops across Hampshire; watch out for our latest press release about our work in Southampton.

We are sad to say goodbye to Matt who has been running Musica B&NES; Matt is moving to London where he will be studying for a Master's Degree in Music; we wish you the best of luck Matt! As Matt moves on we welcome Stuart who is currently assisting Matt and will take over Musica B&NES from September.

We are in the process of lots of exciting developments which will be featured in our next newsletter.

If you would like to know more about Musica please feel free to contact us.

Rosanna Mead (Director)
www.musica-music.co.uk
info@musica-music.co.uk

Welcome to the New Musica Blog

Welcome to our new Musica blog!

Welcome to our new blog, we have lots of exciting news so watch out for updates!