ABOUT US
Harmoni Cymru CIC
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HARMONI CYMRU CEASES TRADING ON 4 JULY 2023
Since 2018, Harmoni Cymru CIC has worked in hospitals across South Wales to encourage social interaction, improve ward environments and to provide opportunities for the use of music as a tool within care.
The Directors of Harmoni Cymru are still committed to this cause and are each individually continuing to work in a variety of settings for the benefit of patients.
Regrettably, however, the Directors have decided that Harmoni Cymru, as a Community Interest Company, is no longer the appropriate legal framework to facilitate this important work. The Directors no longer feel that the governance, legal and financial obligations of operating a CIC are manageable or appropriate for the work that we do.
For this reason, with regret, Harmoni Cymru CIC ceased trading on 4 July 2023. It will apply for voluntary strike off from Companies House by the end of 2023.
Harmoni Cymru remains financially solvent and all outstanding bills have been paid. Any potential outstanding creditors should contact Harmoni Cymru as soon as possible before 24th October 2023, at which point the company’s final accounts will be produced.
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Harmoni Cymru CIC is a not-for profit organisation bringing arts in health and music therapy services to people of all ages and to address a range of needs.
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Established in 2018, Harmoni Cymru CIC grew from a partnership with the Cardiff and Vale Health Board Charity, with whom we developed our ward residency programme. This involves musicians engaging patients, visitors and staff in weekly interactive music sessions. These sessions aim to encourage social interaction, improve ward environments and to provide opportunities for the use of music as a tool within care.
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Since July 2019, Harmoni Cymru has also been able to also offer music therapy interventions. Music therapy is a HCPC registered profession which uses music as a tool within a therapeutic relationship to explore a wide range of needs and aims - including physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals or groups.
Our Team
Vicky Guise
Chair of Directors, Music Therapist, Arts in Health Practitioner
Vicky is a music therapist, musician and music teacher based in Cardiff. As a flautist, she has worked with the charities Live Music Now and Music in Hospitals and Care before co-founding Harmoni Cymru CIC. She is particularly passionate about the role music and music therapy can play in the care of those living with dementia and other neurological conditions. This has led her to becoming the arts therapies representative for the British Society of Gerontology Creative Ageing SIG.
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Prior to completing her music therapy training at the University of South Wales in 2019, she completed a Masters in Flute Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Daisy Evans
Director, Arts in Health Practioner
Daisy Evans is a freelance woodwind multi-instrumentalist, teacher and practitioner based in Cardiff, Wales. She graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Birmingham Conservatoire with degrees in clarinet performance. Currently, she is a Live Music Now Inspire SEND Inspire Fellow and she is also on the scheme with the Bute Clarinet Quartet. Daisy freelances in various musical theatre shows and orchestras around the UK. Alongside this, she is Head of Woodwind at St John-On-The Hill prep school, Chepstow.
Daisy enjoys exploring performance science/psychology related to musician’s health and well-being and aspires to pursue this area of academic interest in the future.