Change of time and venue for Harefield Singing for Breathing group:

The session will take place at 11:30am - 12:30pm, every Friday in the Physio seminar room (2nd floor, rehab and therapies corridor)

Singing for Breathing CD now available

To buy a copy of the Singing for Breathing CD by Phoene Cave at £10 please click on the logo above, alternatively you can send a cheque made payable to 'Royal Brompton and Harefield charitable fund' to:

rb&hArtsArts

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW1 6NP

If paying by cheque please remember to include your name and postal address for us to send the CD to.

Singing for Breathing workshops

• Learn breathing techniques

• Release physical tension

• Have fun!
  

Singing teachers Maya Waldman, Judith Silver and Angela Reith run informal, fun workshops at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals.

Royal Brompton Hospital: group workshops, 4pm - 5pm every Monday for all respiratory patients - no need to book

Royal Brompton Hospital: one-to-one sessions every Thursday for all respiratory patients - contact the arts team to book

Harefield Hospital:  group workshops for all patients and their families, 11:30am to 12:30pm every Friday - no need to book

The workshops every Monday afternoon and Friday afternoon are open to all respiratory patients at the Trust.  If you would like to come along please contact the arts team (details below) to confirm times and locations.  

Singing for Breathing aims to enhance existing physiotherapeutic support for respiratory conditions by introducing a new form of enjoyable, informal exercise, teaching a better understanding of breath control through the use of the voice in group settings.

This groundbreaking programme has received national coverage on BBC Radio 4's PM show, which has an estimated audience of 9.98 million.

Listen to the mp3:

With thanks to the BBC

Our workshop leader Maya Waldman, is an experienced community musician. She has worked on a variety of projects with a wide range of groups, spanning from music groups for early years to singing groups for homeless people. She runs two thriving community choirs in London open to adults of all ages and abilities and has experience working within health settings, this includes running Womb Song,a new singing in pregnancy project run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Maya is a natural voice practitioner and has trained with Royal Academy of Music voice teacher Howard Milner. She brings her understanding of breath, body and the healing vibration of music to the voice work she does with patients at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital.

Singing for Breathing is funded entirely through charitable donations.  The first tranche of work was funded by a 2008 concert held in memory of the late Ian Adam, organised by Peter French.  If you would like to help support this project with a donation please contact the arts team (below). 

For further information:

Royal Brompton & Harefield Arts

Arts Manager: Victoria Hume

arts@rbht.nhs.uk
020 7352 8121 x4087