Music Is Life

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Music Is Life follows people living with dementia and Grammy Award winning musician, Simon Law, as they write and compose a song about the meaning of music in their lives. Music is everywhere at the Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy, an arts-based academy of teaching-learning, where music is a medium for relationships, engagement and life enrichment. Based on research conducted by Drs. Christine Jonas-Simpson (PI), Sherry Dupuis, Pia Kontos and Gail Mitchell, and funded by the Alzheimer Society of Canada, this film captures how music is the essence of our humanity – the soundtrack of life. This film is filled with laughter, tears, joy, dancing and singing as members of the Bitove Academy community, along with Simon Law, openly share their experiences with music and dementia. This film opens us to consider music beyond intervention and therapy, as a powerful medium for relating with people living with dementia. This film will premiere on World Alzheimer’s Day, September 21, 2020 at 7pm.