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This page is under construction – audio description of all pages and posts will be made on completion, in Autumn 2026. For other access questions please contact me at porrittboothman@gmail.com – requests are welcomed.

A research and development project, finding out how to make silly music games on the level grown ups need – and where.

From July – December 2026, I will be researching and developing an inclusive workshop approach for adults and teenagers in ‘mainstream’ institutions, like care homes, further education, and hospitals. Practice from across inclusive (mostly Special Educational) musical arts organisations will be shared, then tested and adapted for older audiences in specific institutions. Visiting arts specialists will share practice, community artists will help test and reflect on activities, and setting specialists will give their advice on the most important issues in their day-to-day life. With me through all of this will be Ann Jones, experienced and compassionate community musician with excellent experience both with young people and with adults.

All of these games, offers and reflections will be collated from September on, typed up and audio described on this website, then sent as a learning resource to community artists, facilitators, hospitals, schools, community settings, arts organisations and engagement departments. These reflections will be collected on this page but initially shared on my blog, found at the header or here.

This project aims to find ways of making silly, musical play, that centres grown ups, and that works where agency is often removed and inhibitions are the greatest. I’m really excited to see what we might find out, the mistakes we might make, and how to make more chances for joy in places where its sorely needed.

This project has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

If you want to read more about the project‘s background, you can head to my blog post. If you have any thoughts, or want to send me a message about this work, please get in touch.