Grenville Hancox on a life and career of singing for health in research and practice

Grenville Hancox MBE is a musician, teacher, performer and conductor who has been at the forefront of initiating and researching music and health activities throughout his career. In 2003 he was a co-founder of the Sidney de Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health and later in 2012 founded the charity Canterbury Cantata Trust which developed a collection of singing groups including Sing to Beat Parkinson's, all demonstrating the principle of caring through singing. Grenville was awarded an MBE for services to Music in 2005.  Grenville shares his story of growing up with music at home and at school and how he recognised its therapeutic benefits from an early age, through to leading on formal research on arts and health, and his continuing singing for health groups where he lives in Folkestone.  Links: Sounds Folkestone Sing To Beat Canterbury Cantata Trust Sidney de Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health   Socials: Grenville on LinkedInCreative Health Stories on InstagramLaura on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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