Parkinson’s Disease

Dance for Parkinson’s – Taster Session

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Dance for Parkinson’s – Taster Session

Friday 22 July, 2pm – 3pm at Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester

A unique opportunity for people with Parkinson’s, their carers, friends and family, to engage in a creative dance activity to live music led by professional artists from English National Ballet. The classes are fun and expressive and explore the themes, choreography and music of ballets.

Drop-in on the day, no booking required. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can easily move in. Following this taster session, join us for a cup of tea in the Whitworth Art Gallery café.

For further information, please contact: Wendy.Gallagher@manchester.ac.uk | 07920 595772

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Mind Music

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Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Manchester
3 April 2016
3-5pm

Several members of our Medical Humanities Laboratory have been involved in this exciting project.

Book your tickets now! And let others know.

Conductor Stephen Barlow and the Northern Chamber Orchestra explore pieces related to neurodegenerative disease.

John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons reflects his father’s struggle with Alzheimer’s as does Kevin Malone’s Last Memory. The two solo clarinettists both recently lost a parent to Parkinson’s. Strauss’s poignant Serenade From an Invalid’s Workshop speaks for itself.

The concert will raise awareness of these issues. Proceeds will go to the charity Parkinson’s UK.

Programme:

  • Aaron Copland: Appalacian Spring
  • John Adams: Gnarly Buttons
  • Kevin Malone: The Last Memory
  • Felix Mendelssohn: Konzertstueck No 1
  • Richard Strauss: Sonatine No 1 ‘From an Invalid’s Workshop’

To book please visit http://tinyurl.com/jzbq3pv  or phone the Martin Harris Centre Box Office.

Price: £15 / £7

Box Office:
0161 275 8951
boxoffice@manchester.ac.uk