Poetry and Hope for MND
August 2021: Our online Edinburgh Fringe event, Poetry and Hope for MND, premiered on YouTube on Sunday.
This unique online event was an exciting collaboration of music, poetry, and science that celebrates creativity, hope, and life. It brought together people living with MND, researchers working to find new treatments, and talented poets and musicians.
Filmed at the historic St Cecilia's Hall in Edinburgh, it featured moving poetry with bespoke musical accompaniment, framed by vignettes from cutting-edge research scientists at the Euan MacDonald Centre.
Watch the recording here
The event premiered on Sunday 22nd August 2021 and will remain available here and on the Edinburgh Neuroscience YouTube channel. The event is approximately 45 minutes long.
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Credits
Created and Directed by Maria Stavrou (MRC Clinical Research Fellow at University of Edinburgh)
Hosted by Lady Joyce Caplan
Poems read by Georgi Gill
Poets: Kate Durie, Judy Newton, Ian Lev
Clarsach: Siannie Moodie
Piano: Sarah Smith
Fiddle: Lori Watson
Museums Service Manager: Ruthanne Baxter
Learning and Engagement Curator at St Cecilia's Hall: Sarah Deters
Additional Materials by Euan MacDonald, Donald MacDonald, Alice Smith, Suvankar Pal
Produced by Fiona Gray with Alison Irving, Rebecca Devon, Chloe Kippen, Jane Haley, Siddharthan Chandran, Director of the Euan MacDonald Centre
Videography and Editing by Rae Manger, Sanctus Media Ltd.
,Music: "Ossian" by Siannie Moodie. "Shesha - Shayi Vishnu" first movement of Quattro Illustrazioni by Giacinto Scelsi, "Tha Mi Sgìth", traditional Scottish Gaelic