Our Mission –
Is to to present concerts of live music by both mature and young artists, enabling audiences to enjoy professionally performed recitals, both vocal and instrumental, in a friendly atmosphere. The Society, founded in 1941, presents a number of varied concerts to suit all tastes. Whether it is a recital of unaccompanied singing, chamber music, Brass Band or Jazz ensemble, the Society is devoted to promoting the very best in musical performance. Its audience is centred on Wigan and the surrounding areas and most concerts take place at the pleasantly appointed Trinity United Reformed Church where ample parking and facilities exist.
Music and Well-being:
ABSTRACT
The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed ‘if you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn’. This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz greats, but it also signals the reciprocal and inextricable relationship between music and wider social, cultural, and psychological variables. This link is complex and multifaceted and is undoubtedly a central component of why music has been implicated as a therapeutic agent in vast swathes of contemporary research studies. Music is always about more than just acoustic events or notes on a page. Music has a universal and timeless potential to influence how we feel. Yet, only recently, have researchers begun to explore and understand the positive effects that music can have on our wellbeing — across a range of cultures and musical genres.
Music, Health, and Wellbeing
Raymond MacDonald, Gunter Kreutz, and Laura Mitchell
