Escapism. For me, this element alone
has been both the content and outcome of music. One event, however, encouraged
me to challenge this: John Speyer's Arts in Prisons lecture held at De Montfort University
in Leicester.
From music as a means of communication in immigration detention centres all around the world, to the ways in which it can order and tranquillize psychological trauma, this explored music as medium, rather than a separate entity.
My favourite part of the event was when its presenters, who worked for a charity organization which runs music workshops in immigration detention centres, encouraged us to sing about home. This allowed me to open up possibilities as to what home and its loss could mean. But the most significant part, for me, was the ways in which overlapping harmonies combined with their lyrical content, conveyed what home meant to different people.
Most importantly, this event showed me that participation in musical activity what allows it to be a medium rather than a distant stranger.
Reeja Sarai
From music as a means of communication in immigration detention centres all around the world, to the ways in which it can order and tranquillize psychological trauma, this explored music as medium, rather than a separate entity.
My favourite part of the event was when its presenters, who worked for a charity organization which runs music workshops in immigration detention centres, encouraged us to sing about home. This allowed me to open up possibilities as to what home and its loss could mean. But the most significant part, for me, was the ways in which overlapping harmonies combined with their lyrical content, conveyed what home meant to different people.
Most importantly, this event showed me that participation in musical activity what allows it to be a medium rather than a distant stranger.
Reeja Sarai
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