Podcasts about bbc music day

In a special programme to coincide with the London Jazz Festival the outstanding saxophonist YolanDa Brown talks to Michael Berkeley about her passion for spreading the joy of music, especially to children. YolanDa presents 'YolanDa’s Band Jam' on CBeebies and hosts Young Jazz Musician of the Year. She’s an ambassador for BBC Music Day and chair of the charity Youth Music. She has won a string of awards, including two Jazz MOBOs – Music of Black Origin Awards – and her most recent album, 'Love Politics War', topped the jazz charts. Less well known is that she started out on a career in social science research, taking masters degrees in both Operations Management and Methods of Social Research and beginning a PhD before veering back to her first love – music. YolanDa talks about the importance of introducing children to live music at the earliest possible age. Her own daughter responded to music in the womb and went to her first opera at the age of four. We hear music from YolanDa’s own first musical outing to see Iolanthe with her father, also at the age of four. YolanDa describes her vibrant mix of jazz and soul as ‘posh reggae’, influenced by her Jamaican heritage. We hear a track from her latest album and tracks from musicians who have influenced her, including Kamasi Washington, Dave Brubeck and Bobby McFerrin. She talks to Michael about playing the piano and violin as a child; classical music remains very close to her heart, and she chooses music by Schubert and Dvorak. And we hear a special commission from film composer Hans Zimmer, part of the BBC’s Ten Pieces Trailblazers, which was introduced by YolanDa when she presented this year’s CBeebies Proms. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3

Sarah Metcalfe is CEO of Playlist for Life, the music and dementia charity founded by writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson. Under her leadership Playlist for Life has established a growing UK network of community Help Points and was recently awarded £1.6million by the National Lottery to scale up playlist-use across the UK. Sarah was a Commissioner on the ILC Commission on Dementia and Music and is one of the steering group advising on BBC Music Day. She has been a speaker and advocate for the power of playlists at events including the NHS Innovation Expo, the International Palliative Care and Dementia Conference and on radio and TV. Prior to Playlist for Life she worked in policy, campaigns and community organising. She lives in Glasgow with her husband Jim and children, Rosa and Ally. Her playlist includes Baby Beluga and the Brandenburg Concertos. Luke and Sarah consider the overlaps between Playlist for Life and the work of music therapists, including exploring concepts such as 'musical relationship' and 'musical identity' as they relate to the processes of working with a person on their playlist. They also discuss whether playlists are dependent on technology such as iPods and music streaming, and whether they are necessarily an interactive or receptive intervention. For more information on Playlist for Life, training for health and care professionals or how to make and use a playlist, please visit www.playlistforlife.org.uk 

As the team at Metrolink helped celebrate BBC Music Day with some special melodic tram treats - find out how it all came together and how it went on the day. There's more of your responses to 'Tramagrams' and all the upcoming events in Manchester that you might need to plan for. 

Katie Derham introduces highlights from the last week on In Tune, including live music from pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and the Doric String Quartet. Plus, the best bits from In Tune's BBC Music Day celebration, featuring members of the Military Wives Choirs, guitarist Milos Karadaglić, violist Maxim Rysanov, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, and soprano Carolyn Sampson.

The neuroscientist and author Dr Julia Jones otherwise known as Dr Rock, looks at the effect of music on our mental wellbeing. Her area of study looks closely at the use of music in the treatment of Dementia and she is a core part of BBC Music Day's Music and Dementia initiative. The initiative is now working with over 80 organisations, including the NHS, to help bring music to everyone living with dementia by 2020. The initiative has inspired over 800 events across the UK, from pop-up nightclubs and raves at care homes to inter-generational singing sessions, all celebrating the power of music to change lives.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, scriptwriter and lead actor for the series ‘Fleabag’ has won three separate awards at this year’s Emmys. She won the best lead actress in a comedy series, and best writing. The show also won for best comedy. So what is it about this show that struck a chord with so many? Where might Phoebe Waller-Bridge be going next? TV critic Emma Bullimore will be speaking to Jenni, along with Hetta Howes, lecture in literature from the City University of London. Tomorrow is BBC Music Day, an annual celebration across the corporation about the power of music to change lives. On Woman’s Hour we’re hearing from people who live with dementia and about how music helps them cope. Shelagh is 79, from Madeley in Staffordshire where she lives with her husband Paul, who also has dementia. Woman’s Hour first met Shelagh at a Dementia Diaries event in Birmingham. The group record their experiences about living with dementia and post on dementia diaries.org. Henrietta Harrison went to meet Shelagh in her home and found out how Irish Republican protest songs transport her back to her childhood. Due to an error in this version the music used is not Boolavogue by The High Kings, instead we have used Ireland’s Call by The High Kings. It has been corrected here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07pc3t4 One hundred years ago, the Women’s Engineering Society was formed. In a new book ‘Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines’, Henrietta Heald charts the history of the society and the pioneering women who excelled in engineering – often against the odds. Henrietta joins Jenni to discuss. How do you inspire your child to take up a musical instrument or learn to sing? What are the best instruments to learn and how do you help keep their interest should practising become a chore? Jenni speaks to Molly Newton, a music teacher based in York.

After years of being controlled and humiliated by him in 2011 Sally Challen was jailed for 22 years for the murder of her husband, Richard. The sentence was reduced to 18 years but in June of this year she walked out of the Old Bailey a free woman. The introduction of coercive control as a crime meant her sentence was reduced to manslaughter. In her first radio interview Sally joins Jane Garvey to reflect on her marriage, her sentence and how it feels to be a ‘free woman’ and a new grandma. As part of Radio 4, Four Seasons Poetry Day the award-winning poet Fiona Benson reads from her collection to mark the autumn equinox . BBC Music Day is on Thursday – an annual celebration across the BBC of the power of music to change lives. On Woman’s Hour we’ll be hearing from women about the importance of music in their dementia care. Today - Teresa Davies. She’s from Mold in North Wales and is creating a digital book about her life so future carers can find out what particular pieces of music mean to her. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Sally Challen Interviewed Guest: Fiona Benson Reporter: Henrietta Harrison

Welcome once more to our weekly roundup of Radcliffe and Maconie highlights. Hear the best bits from our show which was live School of Fine Arts in the University of Leeds. The event was part of 6 Music's Road to BBC Music Day, where the station decamped and went to four different Art Schools around the country. Stuart was joined by all sorts of Leeds-music related guests including Green Gartside and Neil Howson of Age Of Chance. He also spoke to recent Leeds graduate La Rissa who let him know what the current scene is like. Also during the week, Conner Youngblood popped into our Salford studio. He creates dreamy music and plays around 30 instruments on his album 'Cheyenne'. There are a few reports about the strange things people do on trains, and an excellent Chain caller. Plus you'll hear Shana Cleveland and Marian Li Pino of La Luz talking about the group's move from Seattle to LA.

Made for 4 Extra. It's BBC Music Day and Amanda and Luke recommend some of the best podcasts about music including Pitch, Classical Fix and Young Musician.

The Scottish Episcopal Church has voted to allow their ministers to hold same-sex marriages. Bishop David Chillingworth tells Edward why they changed the Marriage Canon. In response to this decision the conservative Anglican group GAFCON announced that Canon Andy Lines will become their 'Missionary Bishop'. He tells Edward about his new role while Church of England Bishop, Graham Kings considers the impact of both decisions on the Anglican church. The former President of the Irish Republic, Mary McAleese has contributed to a book called, The Moral Heart of Public Service. She tells Edward she's concerned about what she calls the "toxic spores of sectarianism". Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she plans to form a minority government with the help of the Democratic Unionist Party. Prof Jonathan Tonge from the University of Liverpool explores the religious roots of the DUP. After 3 terrorist attacks in 3 months Kevin Bocquet reports on a petition signed by over 500 Imams and religious leaders who have refused to perform funeral prayers for Muslims who carry out terror attacks. He explores why this response could dissuade some from becoming extremists. The theme for this year's BBC Music Day is the power of music. One group taking part is LIME Music for Health which delivered a workshop at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital which is caring for victims of last month's terror attack. Yoga and meditation used to be seen as a bit wacky then they became fashionable. Now they're getting the kind of scientific recognition that has led to the first fully accredited diploma in Practical Spirituality and Wellness. Edward hears from course organiser, Dr William Bloom. Producers David Cook Carmel Lonergan Series Producer Amanda Hancox.

Chris Warburton presents a BBC Music Day special of the Sports Panel with the 70 piece BBC Philharmonic playing sporting tunes with a range of special guests including Pop great Will Young, Manchester rockers The Courteeners, Olympic long jump finalist and singer Jazmin Sawyers and Rio 2016 champion diver and music producer Chris Mears.

We are a year old! And it is time to discuss specials. To make our episode special, we have a guest from Australia, long time contributor and listener Freya Bramwell. Thanks to Ali, Aislinn, Edward and The Televigion Mum for your selections - Childrens Hospital Newsreaders episodes, Community: Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas and Star Trek The Next Generation: All Good Things, Last Call - Rev IM Jolly Farewell Performance - Hogmanay 1999 - Rikki Fulton & Stanley Baxter's Christmas Special Contact us on Twitter, online at The Televigion Blog or via televigionist@gmail.com. Details this week Correspondence and Recommendations:- The Televigion Mum gave us BBC Music Day 2016: Travis and the BBC SSO at The Barrowland Very Special Correspondence from Gauntletgirl Step aside Mad Men! The Collection is now the best-dressed show on TV Current TV Skies Above Britain BBC2, Wednesdays, 9pm The Great British Bake-Off BBC1, Wednesdays, 8pm The Chronicles of Nadiya BBC1, Wednesdays, 9pm "On Demand"s My Attention:- Grey's Anatomy, Now TV Gold Star:- The Chronicles of Nadiya for Rachel Jim Jefferies Gun Control Stand Up from the plane for Freya Home from Home for James The Future Season 2/Episode 47 awaits at the end of September! Get your vote in. Thanks for listening!

Interview guests, music, and Ouch's famous Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable parlour game returns on the hour-long show for June. (See 'Related links' for a transcript) One-handed concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy got to #7 in the classical music charts. Here, he reveals what he does with his less-able or “little arm” - the one he doesn't make music with. Hear him play to celebrate BBC Music Day. And be sure to click below for a video of blind Ouch producer Emma trying to find Nicholas’s speedy left hand as he tickles the ivories. Ruth Madeley was nominated for a BAFTA for her part in BBC Three's Don’t Take My Baby, a drama exploring the scrutiny some disabled people experience from social services on becoming parents. The drama is back on BBC iPlayer until August, and Ruth joins us from Manchester to chat about her break-out role. She was born disabled, but that’s not what she always tells inquisitive strangers. Hear the elaborate tale she told Ouch when she came in on work experience 10 years ago when she was a teenager. It’s Volunteers Week and Maria, a young woman with learning difficulties, explains how her Gig Buddy Hannah helps her to go clubbing safely and "stay up late ". Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable is back, the tongue-in-cheek game where presenters and guests go against the clock to guess what’s “wrong” with a disabled contestant on the phone. And we end with music from New York rap duo 4 Wheel City who became wheelchair users when they were shot in separate incidents. Hear their anti-gun violence anthem Welcome to Reality.

Nile Rodgers, Ambassador for BBC Music Day, talks to John Wilson about his decades in the music industry, from pioneering disco with Chic to creating the massive hit Get Lucky with Daft Punk.Jesse Eisenberg and Kunal Nayyar on The Spoils, a darkly comic play about roommates written by Jesse in which he stars alongside Kunal, known for TV series The Big Bang Theory.Alex Clark reviews the film Race, about the African American athlete Jesse Owens who won a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.A new exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery for Modern Art - Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous - throws the spotlight on four key collectors of the modern art movement. Curator Keith Hartley.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Timothy Prosser.

With less than a month before the referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, there's a debate growing about the role religious leaders should take when they engage with political issues. Jasvir Singh from the London Faiths Forum and journalist Quentin Letts discuss the role of religion in politics. Professor Mona Siddiqi tells Edward about the review of Sharia law in the UK that the Government has asked her to lead. Why are some historic buildings owned by the Church of Scientology lying empty after they were purchased ten years ago? Geoff Bird has been to see one of the properties in Manchester. In York, the Minster will be the setting for the 2016 Mystery Plays for only the second time in their 700 year history. Kevin Bocquet reports from the final rehearsals. We report on a ground-breaking study which explores links between religion and HIV disease progression. Gail Ironson is Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami. Tom Smith, lecturer in International Relations at Portsmouth University, explains why the Philippine's President elect has called the Catholic Church the 'most hypocritical institution' in the country and says he doesn't need the religion to show his deep Christian faith. Christian and Muslim forces are engaged in a bloody conflict in Africa whilst radical Buddhists in Myanmar attack the Islamic minority. Rabbi David Saperstein is the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He discusses with Edward the future of religious freedom. Bells from over 100 church towers will ring out simultaneously for BBC Music Day. The organiser Mike Orme and the youngest participant, 11yr old Lewis, tell us about their bell ringing passion. Producers; David Cook Helen Lee Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.