What if one of the most powerful moments of someone’s life happened in their final days? And what if that moment was because of music? Founder of Music in Hospices, Joe Cavalli-Price, shares astonishing stories of how live music can transform palliative care, and how singers can bring joy to the dying. This emotional and uplifting episode might just change the way you think about music, care, and connection. (Tissues recommended.)
WHAT’S IN THIS PODCAST?
2:30 Who is Joseph Cavalli-Price?
3:11 What inspired Music in Hospices?
5:18 Music Therapy Vs Music Performance
6:36 What is palliative care?
9:18 How have Joe’s musical studies and experiences influenced Music in Hospices?
14:22 Stories from the hospice
19:32 What do the science and statistics say?
23:38 How can I become a singer for Music in Hospices?
27:00 What collaborative research is in the pipeline?
29:14 Backing from the BBC & Lang Lang
36:28 Donations
About the presenter click HERE
RELEVANT MENTIONS & LINKS
Only Boys Aloud (Choir)
The Sixteen (Choir)
Social Prescription & The National Centre for Social Prescribing
Lang Lang International Music Foundation
ABOUT THE GUEST
Joe Cavalli-Price is a Welsh-Italian musician, musical director, vocal coach, broadcaster, writer, and founder of Music in Hospices, a creative arts organisation dedicated to palliative care. Named a Deutsche Bank Top 20 Social Enterprise in 2024, his advocacy for palliative care equality has received international recognition, with features on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live, Today Programme, and BBC Breakfast. Pioneering partnerships with the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, Hospice UK, and research collaborators at King’s College London are helping to transform the future of palliative care. A passionate educator, Joe works as a vocal coach and musical director for institutions including Italia Conti, Trinity Laban, East15, and as a vocal animateur for Live Music Now. He has coached internationally renowned West End performers including Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of the Opera), Zizi Strallen (Wicked, Mary Poppins), Ruthie Henshall (Chicago, Billy Elliot), Adam Felipe (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Melissa James (Moulin Rouge, Gypsy), and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (Hadestown, Cinderella). A former Oxford International Song Festival and Leeds Lieder Young Artist, Joe has performed at Wigmore Hall, Oxford Song Festival, and the International Lieder Festival Zeist. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Instagram/Facebook: @musicinhospices & @joecavalliprice
