The House of Song and Sound project of the Genetic Choir is moving into a new phase with “Stem & Luister” and a generous subsidy of the Dutch National fund “Fonds Cultuurparticipatie”.
We are just as glad with the continuing collaboration and funding we receive from the Flevohuis in Amsterdam (ZGAO), where Genetic Choir singers visit the closed living quarters of elderly people in the last stages of dementia since 2020. The FCP fund as well as the Flevohuis value and embrace more and more the presence and skills of professional improvisers to improve meaningful contact in the care for people with dementia!
The potential of our way of working to improve meaningful contact for people with dementia is for example reflected in the subsidy report of FCP that assessed our plans for the continuation of the project until summer 2023. Read the report of the fund’s jury here.
In the coming two years, the method “Stem & Luister” that the Genetic Choir developed inside this project, will be further deepened trough the collaboration of Genetic Choir singers with volunteers and carers in the Flevohuis. Together with ZGAO, we are looking at the question how our playful approach to the voice and listening can become a durable part of the daily care environment of people in the last phases of dementia.
For a longer article about the work we do please also read this article which will be published in the december 2021 issue of IMPROFIL.
stichting here and now 