Summer 2023 Round-Up
June - July - August 2023 What a wonderful three months of care homes and dementia groups over the summer! I love meeting new people and...
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Katy's Blog
- Sep 1
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Buxton Festival Finge Award 2023!
I am absolutely delighted and honoured to have won the Buxton Festival Fringe “Spirit of the Fringe Award” for 2023! ☀️ Thank you so much...
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Guest soloist with Burbage Band (Buxton)
Burbage Band (Buxton) presents A Night of Glorious Melodies from Stage and Screen, as part of the Buxton Festival Fringe 2023 What an...
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Hallé Relaxed Concerts
It has been a magical afternoon at Hallé St Peter’s today singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with The Hallé orchestra in their Relaxed...
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Dementia-Friendly Coffee Concert
Buxton Festival Fringe 2023 On Tuesday, I hosted my fourth Dementia-Friendly Coffee Concert at Buxton Methodist Church as part of the...
- Jul 5
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Singing and Dementia Reflections - Opera and Dementia
May 2023 - "Songs from Italy" Last month's singing sessions were themed around "Songs from Italy", including all the great 50s hits from...
- Jun 26
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HCC Victoria Wood Concert
🎵 Hallé Victoria Wood commission 2023 🎵 Wow! I am so so proud of all the HCC children for such an amazing and emotional performance on...
- May 28
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Soprano Soloist with Amaretti Chamber Orchestra
Thank you so much to the Amaretti Chamber Orchestra for having myself and Olivia Hamblyn to sing last night! 🎶 💐 What a joy to perform...
- May 28
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Singing with the Hallé Orchestra May 2023
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” 🌈 A dream come true for me to sing “Over the Rainbow” as a soloist with 26 members of the Hallé Orchestra...
- May 19
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Dementia-Friendly Coffee Concert - 24th April 2023
I'm rather late to post about it, but.... What a wonderful time we had on Monday 24th April at my third Dementia-Friendly Coffee Concert...
- Apr 23
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100 Dementia Singing Sessions!
This week marks my 100th dementia singing session! Dementia is a cruel, cruel condition where we slowly loose our loved ones, even though...
- Apr 18
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March Round-Up
A very delayed March round-up! But it was a wonderful month. This months singing sessions were themed around "Springtime" with...
- Apr 12
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Easter at Golden Memories Group
Happy Easter one and all! Thank you so much to the Golden Memories Group at TFW Church for having me to sing for your Easter celebration!...
- Mar 29
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Hallé Storytime #2 March 2023
The Hallé Storytime project last week in Yorkshire and the North East was just amazing! We performed to 341 children in total across...
- Mar 17
- 1 min
St Patrick’s Day 2023
St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the three lovely Andrew’s Care Homes...The Argyle Residential Home, Welby Croft Residential Home, and...
- Mar 1
- 1 min
February Round-Up
February has been a busy and exciting month with 17 dementia singing sessions including three dementia cafes, and my second...
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Valentine’s Day 2023
A wonderful day celebrating all types of love! ❤️ Eros Love - Romantic love ❤️ Philia Love - Friendship love ❤️ Storge Love - Family and...
- Feb 3
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“Sing Away the Winter Blues” Dementia-Friendly Coffee Concert
Thursday 2nd February 2023 Yesterday, was the second of my dementia-friendly coffee concerts and it was a truly magical morning! 45...
- Jan 26
- 1 min
Toad Lane Concerts - Lunchtime Recital
Last week, I was lucky enough to sing in the beautiful church of St Mary-in-the-Baum in Rochdale, as part of the Toad Lane Concerts...
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Singing and Dementia Reflections 3 ~ Early Onset
Early onset Alzheimer’s and Dementia is utterly heartbreaking 💔 Last week, I met a lady and gentlemen who were both only in their 50s....
- Jan 13
- 1 min
“Sing Away the Winter Blues”
Happy New Year 2023! I've just finished my first week back after a relaxing fortnight break. I've had 5 care home sessions this week, and...
- Dec 23, 2022
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December Round-Up
What an amazing Christmas month it's been! Preston Opera's Die Fledermaus, Hallé Christmas Carols Concerts 2022 with HCC, Golden Memories...
- Dec 22, 2022
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Care Radio Interview!
✨ EXCITING NEWS! I’m going to be on the radio over the Christmas weekend ✨ Last week, I had an interview with the amazing Matt Rosser...
- Dec 20, 2022
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Hallé Christmas Carols 2022
A magical weekend of Hallé Christmas Carols Concerts at the Bridgewater Hall with the Hallé Children's Choir! I am so proud of every...
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