Charity presents Unique Musical Performance to Raise Awareness of Dementia

Charitable organisation Music in Mind is presenting a unique performance at Pyramid arts centre to raise awareness of dementia.

Hidden Voice, which takes place on Friday 13 October, features composer John McHugh and the Mishima Quartet in a unique multimedia composition based on the melodies and rhythms in the speech of people living with dementia to create a powerful and emotional musical experience.

Live musicians, audio and film will take the audience into the innermost thoughts of the people on the screen.

Described by NHS clinical director for dementia Professor Alistair Burns as a "unique relationship between music and dementia", Hidden Voice uses the melodies from speech to capture the individual stories in a unique and beautiful way.

John McHugh is a widely experienced composer, performer and music educator who has composed music in many forms ranging from advertising campaigns for Lucozade and Delta Airways to ballets, music theatre, classical and multimedia works for the concert hall.

The Mishima Quartet have played together for many years as part of The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

They have worked with John McHugh on many projects including large scale concert pieces, educational works for schoolchildren and music for the string quartet and Balinese gamelan style of music.

Tickets for the performance, which starts at 7.30pm, are on sale now.

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