York Festival of Ideas 2025

A woman with short brown hair is holding a guitar, a boy in a red jumper is sat playing a wooden musical box with a beater.

We are returning to York Festival of Ideas on Saturday 7th June with our talk ‘Making Sound Waves: Musical Transformations.’

We last spoke at the festival in 2015 as part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations and we are delighted to be back for our 30th!

In this talk, our Founder Lesley Schatzberger, and music therapists Aby Vulliamy and Joe Harrison-Greaves, will discuss the important role Jessie’s Fund has played in giving children access to both music therapy and creative music-making. Watch clips of specialist music practitioners working with children and young people and enjoy a short performance by school children with special educational needs and disabilities.

The event will be at the Ron Cooke Hub at the University of York from 10.45 – 11.45. Book your place here.