Help us to record Music on the Mind

Music on the Mind is an meditation of the pain – and the creativity – of mental illness. It is one of the most ambitious projects we have ever undertaken, and also the most important – and after two triumphant live performances, we are determined to record it for posterity.Vox_Holloway_Choir_Poster final

“A simply fantastic project” – Stephen Fry.

“Exquisite” – Emma Thompson.

“Fabulous words, fabulous music” – Katie Derham, producer of Radio 3’s In Tune.

But recording comes at a cost. So we have set up a Just Giving page to help raise the money. We are already two thirds of the way to our target of £5,000. We would be so grateful for your support.

Click here if you would like to make a donation.

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Christmas Concert Tickets

Tickets are now on sale for the Christmas Concert on 15th December 6.30

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There will be festive cheer, wine and singing along!

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Music on the Mind Podcast is out!

Maddy and Christina have assembled this wonderful series of talks with Vox people about MotM and what it means to them.

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Tickets now available for Music on the Mind

Press the blue button on the right or go here

https://shoreditchtownhall.com/whats-on/music-on-the-mind

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Music on the Mind: a meditation on mental health

We’re thrilled to be making our Shoreditch Town Hall debut on 24 November, 2019, with our ambitious and important exploration of the issues surrounding mental health, Music on the Mind.

music on the mind posterHailed as “a simply fantastic project” by Stephen Fry at its 2015 premiere, Music on the Mind uses the words of writers whose creative genius is tied up with their struggles to cope with what others, or they themselves, describe as ‘madness’.

Composer Harvey Brough and librettist Justin Butcher have woven their creative testimonies into a compelling two-part piece.

The first section creates musical settings for poems by John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson and others.  The second section is an interpretation of  Kay Redfield Jamison’s ground-breaking memoir of living with manic depression, An Unquiet Mind.

                          Vox Holloway Community Choir has teamed up for the concert with the Maudsley Hospital’s Mind and Soul Choir. We will be joined by soloists Clara Sanabras and Stephan Loges, and the David Le Page Ensemble.

In the mid 19th century, while confined to the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, John Clare penned the never-to-be-forgotten line:

“I am – yet what I am none knows nor cares”. 

Help us to prove him wrong by joining us at Shoreditch Town Hall on Sunday 24 November, at 6.30pm.

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