Reminiscence in Song

Songwriting commission by Open Arts in 2021

Reminiscence in Song is an Open Arts project facilitated by poet, Natasha Cuddington, and musician, Fionnuala Fagan-Thiébot. The workshops ran on-line during the Covid 19 lock-down in early 2021, engaging residents across six NI care homes in life storytelling. Through a series of creative reminiscence workshops, collective memories informed the composition of two new songs, by Fionnuala.

Happy Landings documents a collection of participants’ good advice and When I was a Child includes vivid, illustrative memories of special childhood places.