Music in Health Settings

Martina is a musician and composer who works in care homes, hospital wards and other health and community settings. She loves the challenge of finding the right musical response to the often unpredictable situations she encounters, drawing on her experience, intuition and ability to think on her feet. Her popular “Musical Journey” programme takes audiences on a musical tour of the world, exploring songs and melodies from different cultures and eras. Her extensive and varied repertoire enables her to connect with people of different ages, backgrounds and abilities, responding to their interests, memories and moods.

Martina encourages people to take part in whatever way feels right for them, whether through singing, clapping, playing percussion, gentle movement or dancing. Every session is different: a shared musical experience that can spark memories, awaken emotions and bring a welcome change to the everyday routine. For Martina, the most rewarding aspect of this work is the connection that music can create between people.
Alongside her live performances, Martina has produced pre-recorded musical programmes to reach people experiencing isolation. She also composes music for shows and projects designed for health and community settings.

Martina’s work has taken her into hospital wards, care homes, sheltered housing, day centres and refugee centres. She has worked with companies and organisations including Green Candle Dance Company,  Age Exchange and Music in Hospitals, all of which share a commitment to bringing the arts into people’s lives in settings where access to live performance may be limited. For Green Candle Dance Company she has created numerous compositions, the latest one was for their show “Adelaide & Noël” (see photo) which is expected to be toured again in the near future. 

   Recent Projects:

• June 2026: Ten-day tour of care homes and other health settings on the island of Jersey, organised by Jersey Arts Centre in collaboration with Music in Hospitals UK.

• June 2025: numerous concerts on the island of Guernsey for Music in Hospitals and the Healing Music Trust Guernsey
• Martina started delivering musical sessions for Age Exchange in autumn 2025.
• June 2024: 22 concerts on the island of Jersey for Music in Hospitals and the Jersey Arts in Health Care Trust
• April/May 2024: Martina toured care homes in Tower Hamlets with Greencandle Dance Company‘s show Adelaide & Noel, a dance theatre production designed for older audiences. An interview for the dance magazine Animated followed in autumn 2025.
• Martina also co-led the Good Company project, developing musical sessions for people living with dementia. This collaborative initiative brought together people living with dementia and their carers with organisations including Age Exchange, Greencandle Dance Company and Sinfonia Viva.