CIMTR Hybrid Public Lecture Series: Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings: Does Music Matter?

Abstract:
Hilary will discuss the four main themes of her book, Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings: Does Music Matter? published in 2021. Performance - how the arts are used most effectively in hospital; Listening and Self Expression - the importance of telling one’s story of illness and artists are uniquely positioned to hear these stories and support their expression; Dissonance – How the arts, especially music, can cause harm; and Polyphony – the importance of interdisciplinary relationships for positive health and well-being outcomes. She will draw especially on music as her primary art form to give clinical examples from her work as a music therapist and Arts Therapies manager for over 20 years.

Speaker Biographies:

Hilary Moss is Professor (Associate) of Music Therapy at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is a musician and Music Therapist with an MBA in Health Services Management. She was formerly Director of the National Centre for Arts and Health, Dublin, providing arts and health and arts therapies services in acute hospital and rehabilitation services at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin.