Health:Pitch focuses on the intersection of creative arts, mental health, and emotional wellbeing, using high quality opera and musical theatre in unique ways based on purposely chosen and tested ingredients backed up by academic research, to influence both public understanding and professional practice in these areas.
We create and use our professional-level, original productions, interactive workshops and online courses to introduce sensitive subjects and to create a safe space that allows other forms of articulacy that can speak of and to moments of great hardships in vulnerable populations.
To date we have reached over 10 000 diverse audiences with little/no access to high quality creative art engagement primarily in the UK, and this includes the workforce -despite the proven benefits - across more than 80 health and social care settings and in isolated communities, online, and increasingly at universities and conferences locally and abroad given our pioneering, collaborative and deeply human approach.
Health:Pitch is a distinct fund within the UK registered charity Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action, 1122095.
“The impact of H:P: the concept, production, delivery and engagement with the audience was first class and has established a high bar for other engagements with targeted audiences.”
Health and Wellbeing, Community Area Network
“Although it was a scripted performance, the audience felt included and not intimidated by the top class performers.“
Psychiatrist
“Loneliness, mental health. The Audition is an immediate mood changer.”
Mental health project director
“Your enthusiasm is infectious, and it’s heartwarming to see that you’ve found something that melds Opera with health. I’m grateful to have shared this Music and the Mind platform with you.”
Renée Fleming
“Uplifting, surprising, great concept in terms of story. Easy production practicalities.“
Arts practitioner
“The element of surprise. You just didn’t know what was coming next. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It wasn’t you and us, you and us… everyone just seemed to join in together and enjoy it.”
Patient, acute mental health ward
“Looked at health in a different way. Think outside the box.”
Academic, UCL Centre for Co-production in Health Research
"The opera was one of the best events I’ve ever seen! Brilliant."
International Delegate at National Care Forum Conference 2018
“It is rare for live music of such high calibre to be brought into care settings despite high-level research showing the huge need for such initiatives.”
Social Care Consultant
“Musically superb, script and acting amazing and light-hearted, result was both entertaining and moving.”
Actor
“The impact was the joyful human connection and the demonstration of beauty inherent in people that was most affecting and precious. In my professional roles, I understood in a much more immediate way the power of the sung voice to heal wounded souls.”
Palliative Care Consultant
“Music connects, quality of music is really important. Joyful!“
GP
“The Opera was absolutely fantastic and people I know who attended are still talking about it now, and telling others too. One of the best afternoons ever!”
Local Area Coordinator, Public Health
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