Enriching lives through music
The Music Mind Spirit Trust is a charitable organisation that brings together inspirational Musicians, Medics and Scientists dedicated to sharing and researching the gift of music.
Upcoming live productions:
Following the success of last year’s inaugural course with its outstandingly talented musicians and renowned international faculty, MMST is proud to present the British Opera Academy UK, 2024. This immersive 2-week musical experience provides advanced singers from across the world with a personalised daily programme set in the beautiful English countryside close to London.
Recent live events:
Royal Academy of Music Presentation: Dr Chika Robertson and Dr Lyudmila Nurse – ‘Musical Steps: Reinvigorating Latent Musicianship Across the Generations’ (29 Sept 2023): This live and virtual event in RAM’s beautiful Angela Burgess Recital Hall featured MMST’s talented Young Artist Musical Ambassadors from the Primary Academy, Junior Academy and Royal Academy of Music.
The Scientific and Medical Network’s Golden Jubilee Day: MMST’s Young Artist Musical Ambassadors Sapphie Johnson, Elizabeth Kirov and Joe Steele performed violin solos at the SMN’s glorious 50th Anniversary celebration in London.
The successful launch of the British Opera* Academy (BOA) — Music Mind Spirit Trust included memorable concerts in London and Surrey by talented singers from across the world in June 2023, as well as superbly presented Masterclasses by Jamie Barton, Jennifer France, Duncan Rock, Allan Glassman, Mark Ross Clark, Dominic Alldis and Caroline Dowdle. BOA serves as the professional vocal training and performance arm for MMST’s Young Artist Musical Ambassadors (YAMA) Programme to bring high-quality, accessible performances to diverse communities.
Music and Medicine: current practice, future possibilities: UCL embodied psychotherapies series at Queen Square, Institute of Neurology. On 10 March, Calista Kazuko Georget, Dr Chika Robertson and Prof Nigel Osborne presented an interactive creative workshop, “Reinvigorating Musical Memories through Sustainable Eco-MAPs (Musically Attuned Performances)” at this fascinating international conference, brilliantly organised by Dr Christos Sideros of UCL and the RSM.
Invited back following their popular debut in May, MMST Young Artist Musical Ambassadors Tilly Goodwin, Alistair Sutherland, James Schouten and Elizabeth Hayley brought the new year in with style (and a standing ovation!) at their ‘BEST OF BROADWAY: HOLIDAY SPECIAL’ show in Surrey.*
The very exciting music and ecology production of GREEN MAN HO! was successfully launched at London’s historic Colet House in June. In partnership with the award-winning composer Paul Pritchard, director Mark Ross Clark and Chika Robertson, this multi-media performance featured musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy, Primary Academy and the Blaze Ensemble.
Inspired by ‘Green Man Ho!’, THE GREEN MAN INITIATIVE will raise ecological awareness through this important new educational music project, which will be led by MMST’s Young Artist Musical Ambassadors in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music and Study Society, Colet House in London.
Hot off the Press:
Nurse, L. and Robertson, C. (2022) Hearing and Feeling the Music in Every Step: Musical Walks and Biographical Experience of Lockdown. Irish Journal of Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/07916035221136818
Dr Lyudmila Nurse, PhD, Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, is a member of the MMST Cultural, Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. Dr Chika Robertson is CEO of the Music Mind Spirit Trust.
New appointments:
MMST is delighted to welcome Neena Vivash to its eminent Board of Trustees. A former CEO of Bellis-Jones, Hill Group, Neena’s impressive working experience extends across a number of industries including NHS healthcare, technology, financial services as a CGMA accountant, utilities and higher education.
MMST welcomes Neena Vivash!
Coronavirus Update: The pandemic has allowed us all time to self-reflect, discover and appreciate our own inner gifts. We at the Music Mind Spirit Trust would like to help others by sharing how the power of music can connect us all and contribute positively to our lives, relationships and wellbeing.
