Creative Health Stories: Episode 19, Grenville Hancox

I hope the new Autumn singing sessions are bringing you all joy and friendship.

Many of you know our founder, Grenville Hancox, who has recently recorded a podcast in a series on 'creative health stories' which I thought you would enjoy hearing. He tells much of his life story and the journey that led to creating our wonderful charity, Canterbury Cantata Trust, that advocates "caring through singing" and reinforces his long-held belief in the benefits of singing together.

Grenville Hancox MBE is a musician, teacher, performer and conductor who has been at the forefront of initiating and researching music and health activities throughout his career. In 2003 he was a co-founder of the Sidney de Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health and later in 2012 founded the charity Canterbury Cantata Trust which developed a collection of singing groups including Sing to Beat Parkinson’s, all demonstrating the principle of caring through singing. Grenville was awarded an MBE for services to Music in 2005.

Grenville shares his story of growing up with music at home and at school and how he recognised its therapeutic benefits from an early age, through to leading on formal research on arts and health, and his continuing singing for health groups where he lives in Folkestone.