Update on PhD-research

An oral presentation on the practice of and research into the programme Music for Life

Prof. Dr. Rineke Smilde and René van Munster have been invited to present the music practices developed by the research group Lifelong Learning in Music in the field of music and health care to students and invited guests of the Royal Academy of Music Arhus (Denmark). Among the invited guests are policy …

Presentation with prof. dr. Rineke Smilde at the Institute of Music Therapy on two live music practices in elderly care: Music & Dementia and Meaningful Music in Health Care (MiMiC).

Research about equity through Musical Engagement with People with Dementia

The goal of this study was (1) to determine whether and how nursing home residents with dementia respond to the interactive art installation in general and (2) to identify whether responses change when the content type and, therefore, the nature of the interaction with the artwork changes. The interactive …