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Engagement

The programme in public.

Music-Centred Dementia Care is also an engagement practice — it reaches people outside the research and clinical audiences through concerts, festivals, and the Audio Research UCA programme. These are some of its public-facing moments.

'On Memory' concerts

An ongoing concert-discussion vehicle pairing new music with cognitive-science conversation. Composed and co-led by Harry Whalley, with neurologist Adam Zeman and author Alexander McCall Smith.

'On Memory'

Kings Place, London · 2023

World premiere — piece for spoken voices, strings and soprano, followed by a public discussion. Audience of 380.

A collaboration between Harry Whalley (composer and academic), Professor Adam Zeman (neurologist), and Alexander McCall Smith (author). The first half of the evening was the world premiere of *On Memory* — a piece for spoken voices, strings, and soprano. The second half was a chaired discussion with the collaborators on the relationship music has with memory and the sense of self.

Collaborators

  • Professor Adam Zeman · Neurologist
  • Alexander McCall Smith · Author
  • Professor Catherine Loveday · Chair

Performers

  • The Gildas Quartet · String quartet
  • Sarah Dacey · Soprano
Open questions for Harry (2)
  • Professor Catherine Loveday's institutional affiliation for the billing
  • Link to UK music press coverage, if you'd like it surfaced

'On Memory'

Orkney International Science Festival · 2024

[PLACEHOLDER: format pending — talk / lecture-recital / panel]

[PLACEHOLDER: description of the Orkney appearance — likely a version of the Kings Place collaboration adapted for a science-festival audience. Confirm line-up and format.]

Open questions for Harry (5)
  • Year and date
  • Format (lecture, lecture-recital, panel)
  • Collaborators / billing
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  • Recording or festival listing to link to

Audio Research UCA events

Public events from the Audio Research strand at the University for the Creative Arts, where the music-and-memory work intersects with the wider sound and music research community.

Music and Memory

[PLACEHOLDER: venue] · 2024

[PLACEHOLDER: talk / panel / performance]

[PLACEHOLDER: public event from the Audio Research strand at UCA exploring the relationship between music and memory. Confirm venue, format, and line-up.]

Open questions for Harry (5)
  • Year and date
  • Venue
  • Format
  • Collaborators
  • Recording or link

Music and the Machine

[PLACEHOLDER: venue] · 2024

[PLACEHOLDER: talk / panel / performance / demonstration]

[PLACEHOLDER: Audio Research event on music and machine listening. Confirm venue, format, and collaborators.]

Open questions for Harry (5)
  • Year and date
  • Venue
  • Format
  • Collaborators
  • Recording or link

Detail on each event’s date, billing, audience figures, and any press coverage will be filled in as the source material is confirmed.