Merriman chosen for European Music healthcare programme

As Merriman, who as a musician has extensive experience in the use of music in healthcare, told hotpress.com, “This is a wonderful opportunity for me to develop new skills in this area of music, where you are constantly being challenged and surprised. The value of music for positive health and well-being comes into extraordinary focus when placed in a hospital or healthcare setting.”

The European Music in Health Training Programme is funded by the European Union, and provides music in healthcare training for European trainees in Dublin, Paris, Manchester and Krakow. It includes workshops, artistic residencies, patient bedside performances and mobile performances in various hospital and healthcare settings.

Liam Merriman, who also presents a programme on WLR fm, has released two albums, Three Rivers and Words In Music. Reviewing the latter album in Hot Press, Jackie Hayden said, “He drains the beerish qualities from ‘The Wild Rover Revisited’ to reveal a poignant song of poverty and rejection, and retrieves Irish folk from singalong hell.”