{"id":1011,"date":"2018-03-13T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2018-03-13T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T13:46:09","slug":"12th-march-2018-gill-kirk-from-singing-for-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2018\/03\/13\/12th-march-2018-gill-kirk-from-singing-for-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"12th March 2018 &#8211; Gill Kirk from Singing for the Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12th Gill Kirk inspired us with her passionate and informative talk about the effects of &#8216; Singing for the Brain&#8217;, supported by the Alzheimer Society.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1015\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/bristol\/files\/2018\/03\/Gill-Kirk-12th-March-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1015\" src=\"\/bristol\/files\/2018\/03\/Gill-Kirk-12th-March-2018-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2018\/03\/Gill-Kirk-12th-March-2018-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2018\/03\/Gill-Kirk-12th-March-2018-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2018\/03\/Gill-Kirk-12th-March-2018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gill Kirk on the right of the picture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So many of us these days know friends or family members with memory loss or the onset of Dementia, where the person appears to withdraw into themselves. The idea behind the weekly group singing and movement sessions is that &#8216; people can live well with Dementia&#8217; through the power of music, using it as a therapeutic experience.<\/p>\n<p>Research at Reading University has shown the impact music and movement can have on the brain and Gill explained that during the sessions she can see real change in people&#8217;s self esteem, as favourite songs are sung; this appears to unlock memory and leads individuals to respond and express emotions in a way they have been unable to do beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>Gill&#8217;s inspiring talk demonstrated the importance of music and singing for all of us, from childhood into old age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12th Gill Kirk inspired us with her passionate and informative talk about the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supper-meetings-read-what-our-speakers-have-to-say"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>12th March 2018 - Gill Kirk from Singing for the Brain | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : 12th March 2018 - Gill Kirk from Singing for the Brain : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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