Page 17 - RPS Awards 2023 Coverage Book

Some of this year's RPS-shortlisted initiatives highlight the social and emotional
benefits of music. These include Manchester Camerata’s powerful film Untold: Keith,
the story of someone living with dementia who finds comfort and company through
music. We reported on Manchester Camerata's invaluable work in this field a few
months ago.

RPS Awards nominees include Manchester Camerata, who have made a powerful film about a
dementia sufferer who finds comfort and company through music
Other nominees include the digital venture Opera-tic, who creatively empower those
living with Tourette’s Syndrome, and Joe Cutler, whose Concerto Grosso was written
to allow disabled musicians to perform centre-stage with Gateshead’s Royal
Northern Sinfonia.

There's a good spread of outstanding music-making from around the country:
nominees come from Yorkshire (Sheffield’s Ensemble 360, Leeds Piano Trail,
Ryedale Festival, and Bradford Festival Choral Society), the North West
(Manchester Collective and Manchester Camerata), Scotland (Aberdeenshire’s
Sound Festival and Scottish Opera), Wales (Côr CF1 and Tredegar Town Band) and
elsewhere.