This article explores the integration of a co-mentoring scheme within the participatory music practice of Meaningful Music in Healthcare (MiMiC) in Dutch medical hospitals. Building upon prior research that revealed a shared aspiration among MiMiC musicians and nurses to enhance collaborative efforts, …

This document consists of the research report of Work Package 3 of ProMiMiC's locations Groningen and The Hague. Through the implementation of MiMiC-projects in the form of ‘living labs’, research data was generated leading to insights into (1) concepts of interprofessionality between musicians and healthcare …

An emerging body of research indicates that active arts engagement can enhance older adults’ health and experienced well‐being, but scientific evidence is still fragmented. There is a research gap in understanding arts engagement grounded in a multidimensional conceptualization of the value of health …

Meaningful Music in Health Care (MiMiC) is a bottom-up exploratory research project with the goal of developing a contextually well-informed artistic participatory music practice for professional musicians seeking to work in hospitals. The joint research brings together qualitative researchers, musicians …

A workshop combining research outcomes, musical demonstrations and Resonans-Film

In leaving the more traditional territories of the concert performance for broader societal contexts, professional musicians increasingly devise music in closer collaboration with their audience rather than present it on a stage. Although the interest for such forms of devising co-creative musicking …

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).

PhD-research presentation on the preliminary outcomes of case study 1: MiMiC.

Presentation and demonstration of MiMiC-practice, research and musical approaches on a session "Zorg voor Kunst" at the Grote Markt tent

Research Centre Arts & Society Review (Kenniscentrumbrede review) 13.6.2017. Oral presentation on MiMiC with Rineke Smilde.