Medicine Unboxed

ROGER KNEEBONE, former surgeon and GP, is now Professor of Surgical Education at Imperial College London where he explores the synergies between clinical care, biomedical science, art, humanities and performance through a collaboration between clinicians, educationalists, computer scientists, psychologists, social scientists, design engineers and experts from the visual and performing arts.

ROGER KNEEBONE, former surgeon and GP, is now Professor of Surgical Education at Imperial College London where he explores the synergies between clinical care, biomedical science, art, humanities and performance through a collaboration between clinicians, educationalists, computer scientists, psychologists, social scientists, design engineers and experts from the visual and performing arts.

ROGER KNEEBONE, former surgeon and GP, is now Professor of Surgical Education at Imperial College London where he explores the synergies between clinical care, biomedical science, art, humanities and performance through a collaboration between clinicians, educationalists, computer scientists, psychologists, social scientists, design engineers and experts from the visual and performing arts.

EDUARDO MIRANDA is a composer working at the crossroads of music and science, whose music is informed and inspired by his research into Artificial Intelligence. In 2011-2012 he was composer-in-residence at the Science Museum, London, working with Lottolab Studio. He has composed music for symphonic orchestras, chamber groups, solo instruments - with and without live electronics - and electroacoustic music. Eduardo’s music has been broadcast and performed at festivals and concerts worldwide.

EDUARDO MIRANDA is a composer working at the crossroads of music and science, whose music is informed and inspired by his research into Artificial Intelligence. In 2011-2012 he was composer-in-residence at the Science Museum, London, working with Lottolab Studio. He has composed music for symphonic orchestras, chamber groups, solo instruments - with and without live electronics - and electroacoustic music. Eduardo’s music has been broadcast and performed at festivals and concerts worldwide.

EDUARDO MIRANDA is a composer working at the crossroads of music and science, whose music is informed and inspired by his research into Artificial Intelligence. In 2011-2012 he was composer-in-residence at the Science Museum, London, working with Lottolab Studio. He has composed music for symphonic orchestras, chamber groups, solo instruments - with and without live electronics - and electroacoustic music. Eduardo’s music has been broadcast and performed at festivals and concerts worldwide.

BOB HEATH has been the music therapist at Sobell House Hospice in Oxford since 2004 and also lectures in music therapy at the University of the West of England. He runs a range of training courses for music therapists and health care practitioners including a number of Creative Songwriting courses with colleague Jane Lings. He continues to pursue his interest in other music therapy contexts and works regularly in community mental health and learning disability settings.

BOB HEATH has been the music therapist at Sobell House Hospice in Oxford since 2004 and also lectures in music therapy at the University of the West of England. He runs a range of training courses for music therapists and health care practitioners including a number of Creative Songwriting courses with colleague Jane Lings. He continues to pursue his interest in other music therapy contexts and works regularly in community mental health and learning disability settings.

VOICE - Melanie Pappenheim & Rebecca Askew - Darling by Medicine Unboxed

MELANIE PAPPENHEIM has devised work with many leading multimedia groups such as Lumiere & Son, DV8 Physical Theatre (Strange Fish) and The Shout, of which she is a founder member. Melanie can be heard on TV and film soundtracks including Derek Jarman's Edward II and The Garden and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York. REBECCA ASKEW is a performer and songwriter. She studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has been a member of The Shout, the award-winning 16 piece vocal band, since 1999 and has contributed pieces to their repertoire. She is a regular soloist with the Voice Project in Norwich and has performed with them new work by Gwiliym Simcock, Arve Henrikson, Jan Bang, Nik Bartsch, Karen Wimhurst and Jon Baker. They also recently undertook the Artist Development Scheme at Snape Maltings.

ANDREW MOTION poet, novelist, and biographer, was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009 and was knighted in 2009. He founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work, and the Poetry By Heart competition for school children. Andrew has won the Arvon Prize, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Eric Gregory Award, Whitbread Prize for Biography and the Dylan Thomas Prize.

MELANIE PAPPENHEIM has devised work with many leading multimedia groups such as Lumiere & Son, DV8 Physical Theatre (Strange Fish) and The Shout, of which she is a founder member. Melanie can be heard on TV and film soundtracks including Derek Jarman's Edward II and The Garden and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York. REBECCA ASKEW is a performer and songwriter. She studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has been a member of The Shout, the award-winning 16 piece vocal band, since 1999 and has contributed pieces to their repertoire. She is a regular soloist with the Voice Project in Norwich and has performed with them new work by Gwiliym Simcock, Arve Henrikson, Jan Bang, Nik Bartsch, Karen Wimhurst and Jon Baker. They also recently undertook the Artist Development Scheme at Snape Maltings.

JOCELYN POOK is an award-winning British composer who has performed with artists including Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Mark Knopfler, 3 Mustaphas 3, PJ Harvey and as a member of the Communards. She has released several albums including Deluge (1997), Flood (1999) and Untold Things (2003). Jocelyn’s score for Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut received a Chicago Film Award and a Golden Globe nomination.

MELANIE PAPPENHEIM has devised work with many leading multimedia groups such as Lumiere & Son, DV8 Physical Theatre (Strange Fish) and The Shout, of which she is a founder member. Melanie can be heard on TV and film soundtracks including Derek Jarman's Edward II and The Garden and Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York. REBECCA ASKEW is a performer and songwriter. She studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has been a member of The Shout, the award-winning 16 piece vocal band, since 1999 and has contributed pieces to their repertoire. She is a regular soloist with the Voice Project in Norwich and has performed with them new work by Gwiliym Simcock, Arve Henrikson, Jan Bang, Nik Bartsch, Karen Wimhurst and Jon Baker. They also recently undertook the Artist Development Scheme at Snape Maltings.

JO SHAPCOTT, poet, has won a number of literary prizes including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Collection, the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the National Poetry Competition. Her most recent collection, Of Mutability, was published in 2010 and won the Costa Book Award. In 2011 Jo Shapcott was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Jo is patron of Medicine Unboxed.

JO SHAPCOTT, poet, has won a number of literary prizes including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Collection, the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the National Poetry Competition. Her most recent collection, Of Mutability, was published in 2010 and won the Costa Book Award. In 2011 Jo Shapcott was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Jo is patron of Medicine Unboxed.

JO SHAPCOTT, poet, has won a number of literary prizes including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Collection, the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the National Poetry Competition. Her most recent collection, Of Mutability, was published in 2010 and won the Costa Book Award. In 2011 Jo Shapcott was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Jo is patron of Medicine Unboxed.

Lionel Shriver talks to Sam Guglani at Medicine Unboxed 2013: Voice. Lionel Shriver's novels include The New Republic, So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her journalism has appeared in The Guardian, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications.

VOICE - Birmingham Medical School Choir by Medicine Unboxed

VOICE - Birmingham Medical School Choir by Medicine Unboxed