We are very happy to announce that a new programme of music-making and events will be happening at Open House in the Autumn. Led by our resident Community Musician Matt Laurie, Music as Medicine will bring new weekly music-making sessions to Open House, alongside monthly gigs, dances and sound healing sessions.
We want to involve the community in developing and shaping the Music as Medicine programme. To start this process, Matt will be making music and inviting conversation at Open House Cafe on:
Thursday 17th July, 10am-12pm
Friday 18th July, 1-3pm
Sunday 20th July, 10am-12pm
About this event:
Price - This is a free event.
Location - Downstairs @ Open House.
Booking - Not required, just turn up!
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For Matt, music is a way for people to be together. He has worked as a community musician since 2003 and has made music with people from all walks of life in community centres, schools, hospitals, festivals, care homes, and special schools. From experience, Matt knows how music can build, shape and transform community.
Alongside the music-making he is offering at Open House, Matt leads the Grindleford Carnival Samba Band, and teaches ukulele, whistle and creative electronic music at Hope Valley College. He is a music and neurodiversity specialist and leads training and coaching for staff in Sheffield SEND schools and collaborates with autism, learning disability and dementia care and education services around the UK and internationally.
Matt is a multi-instrumentalist and plays percussion, ukulele, whistle, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, handpan and electronic music. His current performance projects are Opposable Drums, a duo specialising in live music for ecstatic dance, and playing bouzouki in a folk duo. Matt loves improvisational and responsive music making and is excited to be offering this as part of the Music as Medicine programme at Open House.