Latest The people's orchestra Podcast Episodes
Just The Tonic - Celebrating World Singing Day
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - October 14, 2022 10:57 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn a special edition of Just The Tonic, Katie celebrates World Singing Day 2022 which takes place on Saturday 15 October. We hear how singing was a superpower for opera singer extraordinaire Nicky Spence as it helped him get through hard times when he was young. Soprano and National Treasure L...
Just The Tonic - Music is for Celebrations
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - August 25, 2022 08:33 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Katie chats to Kit de Waal about her fabulous new memoir, Without Warning and Only Sometimes. It's an honest and funny account of her childhood, growing up in Birmingham with her four brothers and sisters, her Irish mother who brought her children up as Jehovah's Witnesses, and ...
Just The Tonic - The Taste of the Opera
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - August 11, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKatie meets singer extraordinaire Nicky Spence whose had an eventful year so far, full of personal ups and downs. His career is going from strength to strength – he's sung with all the major opera companies – but, he tells Katie, he'd give it all up to appear on … tune in to find out! Abraca...
The Power of Poetry with Ian McMillan
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - July 28, 2022 07:54 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe're all about the word this week on Just The Tonic. Katie meets the Bard of Barnsley football club and presenter of BBC Radio Three's The Verb, poet Ian McMillan. He's on a mission to get everyone in the world writing - then he'll have a day off! We hear from young poets at Raddlebarn Primary...
Help Musicians with Lesley Garrett
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - July 14, 2022 08:31 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSoprano extraordinaire and National Treasure Lesley Garrett has had an inspirational career in music. Support from the charity Help Musicians got her back on her feet after she suffered a serious illness in her twenties. She chats to Katie Derham about her work as a Help Musicians' Ambassador an...
The Positive Power of Music in Hospitals and Care with Sir Richard Stilgoe
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - June 30, 2022 09:38 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKatie is joined by star of stage and screen Sir Richard Stilgoe to chat about how live music can make all the difference to people in hospital and care homes. Richard's Orpheus Centre uses the performing arts to empower young adults with disabilities. He tells Katie how rapping helped one young ...
Positive Power of the Arts with Carlos Acosta
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - June 16, 2022 10:27 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKatie's back with a new series of Just The Tonic, the podcast that shines a light on the positive power of the arts. In series one, we looked at how music can help mental and physical well-being and in this series, we'll explore the benefits of getting involved in other arts forms too. F...
Positive Power of the Arts with Carlos Acosta
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - June 16, 2022 10:27 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKatie's back with a new series of Just The Tonic, the podcast that shines a light on the positive power of the arts. In series one, we looked at how music can help mental and physical well-being and in this series, we'll explore the benefits of getting involved in other arts forms too. F...
Rehabilitation with Roger Graef
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - January 13, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the final episode of the current series, Katie Derham finds out how music can help people in the prison system get their lives back on track. Katie chats to the renowned documentary producer, theatre director, and criminologist Roger Graef. Roger produced the groundbreaking and multi-award-w...
Music Builds Communities with Emily Watson
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - December 20, 2021 09:14 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt's a Christmas edition of Just The Tonic with Katie Derham! Actor Emily Watson chats to Katie about her support for The Citizens of the World Choir. Emily, Oscar-nominated for her role as virtuoso cellist Jacqueline de Pré, is their patron. They provide a lifeline for refugees and migrants ar...
Inspirational Music Educators with Nicola Benedetti
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - December 09, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKatie Derham explores how music education for children can be Just The Tonic. She finds out from Nicola Benedetti how music-making can help young people learn all sorts of life skills. Nicola has long been a champion of making music lessons widely available and, through her Benedetti Foundation,...
Inspirational Music Educators with Nicola Benedetti
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - December 09, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKatie Derham explores how music education for children can be Just The Tonic. She finds out from Nicola Benedetti how music-making can help young people learn all sorts of life skills. Nicola has long been a champion of making music lessons widely available and, through her Benedetti Foundation,...
Just The Tonic - A Level Playing Field?
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - November 25, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe People's Orchestra open their doors to anyone in the West Midlands who wants play in their orchestras or sing in their show choirs. Being inclusive is part of their DNA. There are around 11 million people with a disability in the UK - that's over a fifth of the population - but they are...
Just The Tonic - a level playing field?
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - November 25, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe People's Orchestra open their doors to anyone in the West Midlands who wants play in their orchestras or sing in their show choirs. Being inclusive is part of their DNA. There are around 11 million people with a disability in the UK - that's over a fifth of the population - but they are...
A Level Playing Field? with Charles Hazlewood
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - November 25, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe People's Orchestra open their doors to anyone in the West Midlands who wants play in their orchestras or sing in their show choirs. Being inclusive is part of their DNA. There are around 11 million people with a disability in the UK - that's over a fifth of the population - but they are...
Music For Confidence with Sir James MacMillan
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - November 11, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Katie Derham finds out how being involved in making music can give people the confidence they need to have a better and brighter future. We've heard from players in The People's Orchestra and from choir members in one of their many show choirs in previous episodes, but the tea...
Just The Tonic - Music For Confidence
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - November 11, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Katie Derham finds out how being involved in making music can give people the confidence they need to have a better and brighter future. We've heard from players in The People's Orchestra and from choir members in one of their many show choirs in previous episodes, but the tea...
Music is for Everyone with Xhosa Cole & Chi-Chi Nwanoku
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - October 28, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn Just The Tonic so far, we've explored how being involved in an orchestra or a choir does wonders for your mental and physical health. Results from research studies conducted by universities all over the world highlight the positive effects of being involved in music. It's clear that music-ma...
Just The Tonic - Music is for Everyone
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - October 28, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn Just The Tonic so far, we've explored how being involved in an orchestra or a choir does wonders for your mental and physical health. Results from research studies conducted by universities all over the world highlight the positive effects of being involved in music. It's clear that music-ma...
The Power of Song with Sir Mark Elder
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - October 14, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe're all about the power of song! Countless studies show that singing in choirs can help beat the blues, boost your social life, reduce your stress levels and help you exercise - and, according to the choir members we hear from in this episode, it's true! Singers in The People's Show Choir Hal...
Just The Tonic and the Power of Song
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - October 14, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe're all about the power of song! Countless studies show that singing in choirs can help beat the blues, boost your social life, reduce your stress levels and help you exercise - and, according to the choir members we hear from in this episode, it's true! Singers in The People's Show Choir Hal...
The Power of Song with Sir Mark Elder
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - October 14, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe're all about the power of song! Countless studies show that singing in choirs can help beat the blues, boost your social life, reduce your stress levels and help you exercise - and, according to the choir members we hear from in this episode, it's true! Singers in The People's Show Choir Hal...
The People's Orchestra with John Altman & Xhosa Cole
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - September 29, 2021 21:14 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEpisode One is all about the fantastic People's Orchestra and the work they do in the West Midlands. They've worked with young jazz phenomenon Xhosa Cole and legendary composer John Altman, who worked on the music for the new James Bond film, No Time To Die, and has composed especially for them....
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - September 28, 2021 13:39 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTrailer: Music’s pretty powerful stuff. You don’t need me to tell you how much it can help us escape, or relax, comfort or energise. It’s been a complete lifeline for many of us over the past 18 months, that’s for sure. But music – and all the arts – does so much more than that. And in this new p...
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham
Just The Tonic with Katie Derham - September 28, 2021 13:39 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTrailer: Music’s pretty powerful stuff. You don’t need me to tell you how much it can help us escape, or relax, comfort or energise. It’s been a complete lifeline for many of us over the past 18 months, that’s for sure. But music – and all the arts – does so much more than that. And in this new p...
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