This event is organised by the SPS Committee.
Senior Physicians Society - Music
The Senior Physicians Society (previously called The Quincentennial Society) is an association that provides for widows and widowers of fellows and members of the RCP and retired fellows and members of the RCP and its faculties, an opportunity to contribute to the activities of the RCP and enjoy the scientific, cultural and educational meetings to which selected speakers are invited.
Lectures are now opened to the public. They are usually held three times a year, and attract outstanding speakers across science, the arts, the humanities and issues of the day.
10.15am - Registration, tea and coffee
11.15am
Welcome and introduction
Professor Dame Jane Dacre, chair, Senior Physicians’ Committee
11.25am
In search of Beethoven
John Suchet OBE, author and broadcaster
12.05pm
Music helps: the role of music in dementia care
Alexia Quin OBE, director and music therapist, Music as Therapy International
12.45pm
Musical performance
David Barlow and Peter Christie, a bit of Instant Sunshine
1pm - Seated lunch
2.45pm
Music and medicine: how I commissioned a musical rendition of the Hippocratic Oath from the Royal Composer
Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE DL, National Clinical Advisor on Gambling Harms
3.25pm
Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven
Dr Tristan Begg, senior field archaeologist, Cambridge Archaeological Unit
4.05pm
Close of meeting
Please note that any presentations shown at this event have been produced by the individual speakers. As such they are not owned by, and do not necessarily represent the views of, the RCP.
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Date
21 October 2024
Price
Society member/Widow(er) of a society member : £48
Not a society member : £58
21 October 2024
Society member/Widow(er) of a society member : £48
Not a society member : £58
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