Miscellaneous
Guests/who is featured:Dr Daisy Fancourt, University College LondonDr Daisy Fancourt is an Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology at University College London. Daisy has researched the health impacts of singing across a range of clinical and non-clinical settings including bereavement, postnatal depression. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Daisy is leading a team running the UK's largest study into the psychological and social impact of the virus, providing weekly data to the government, the World Health Organisation, and hundreds of community and third sector organisations (www.covidsocialstudy.org). She is also leading the COVID-MINDS Network: an international network of longitudinal studies exploring the global mental health impact of the pandemic (www.covidminds.org).www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-healt…re/people/fancourtTess Berry-Hart Citizens of the World choirThe Citizens of the World choir is composed of refugees and friends covering 29 different nationalities and ranging between 17 and 76 years of age. Set up in 2017 by a group of volunteers after the closure of the Calais Jungle refugee camp in Northern France, the choir has now performed on BBC TV and radio and nationwide from the Welsh Eisteddfod to St Paul's Cathedral, the Royal Festival Hall and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre where they performed alongside Basement Jaxx and Sting. During their seventh season the choir transformed rehearsals and concerts online in the summer of 2020, co-creating bespoke online musical experiences with Imogen Heap, jazz singer Ian Shaw and actress Emily Watson.www.citizensoftheworldchoir.org/Twitter: @cotwchoirwww.facebook.com/CitizensoftheWorldChoir/Richard Bloodworth, leader of Sadberge church choirA retired secondary headteacher, Richard Bloodworth has been a keen amateur musician throughout his life. His musical experiences are varied; he conducts a large local choral society which is supported in performance by professional orchestral players and vocal soloists, but is also artistic director of Opera Nova - a small group of opera enthusiasts which creates semi staged performances in community venues and churches around the Tees valley. Church music has always been a passion, and he finds working with and developing a small but enthusiastic choir in the village of Sadberge is as rewarding as his larger scale interests.What Works Centre for Wellbeing resourcesMusic, singing and wellbeing whatworkswellbeing.org/resources/mus…nd-wellbeing/Guidance: How to measure your impact on wellbeing measure.whatworkswellbeing.org/Music featured on the podcastManamou: The Citizens of the World Choir of Refugees and FriendsHere’s our Soundcloud of Manamou, a song written by all the choir together during a workshop with our patron, actress Emily Watson. It features all the places that our choir call home, and the journeys they took to get here. Original libretto by Emily Watson together with the Citizens of the World Choir members, and original music by Tom Donald.User-255043543 – Citizens-of-the-world-choir-manomouFlocks in Pastures Green Abiding: Sadberge Church ChoirTheme song: Ketsa, Multiverse