My involvement in music-thanatology has gathered an increasing amount of media interest over the years. (It is a bit unusual to find a bloke playing a harp in hospitals, I must admit!)
A sample of these articles and interviews is included below.
Television
ABC TV Australian Story – Heaven Sent (aired on Monday 14 June 2010)
Radio
These ABC radio interviews are no longer available through the ABC website – therefore I have taken the liberty of making them available here for you.
Rachael Kohn & Peter Roberts on The Spirit of Things (20 minutes), 1 November 1998
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Lyn Gallagher & Peter Roberts on Verbatim (25 minutes), 18 October 2003
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Tracy Curro & Peter Roberts on Melbourne Story (55 minutes), 2 May 2006
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Also available is an interview from New Zealand Radio National, with Lynn Freeman on 27 July 2010.
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Gordon Harvey from the Simply Music Blog interviewed Peter on 26 April 2011.
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Peter Roberts is a Music-Thanatologist – the only one in Australia, and one of a only small number around the world. He plays music designed specifically to assist the terminally ill, as well as now for premature babies and others who might benefit from music's therapeutic qualities. His harp is a well-known fixture in hospitals in his home city of Geelong. In this interview he talks with us about how he discovered his calling, and the powerful contribution the right kind of music can make to people facing great challenges. |
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Articles
Articles about my work have appeared in various publications. I have taken a few of the cuttings from the bottom drawer and converted them to PDF files so that you can read them here... (NB: The headlines, of course, aren’t my choosing.)
The Age newspaper (Music and love help dying defy the doctors) – read this PDF.
Geelong Advertiser GT magazine (Heaven Sent) – read this PDF.
The Melbourne Anglican (Harpist bridges the gap between life and death) – read this PDF.
The Australian Doctor magazine (A comforting note) – read this PDF.
On Pako (Peter Roberts, Cover Story) – read this PDF.
Kaoiros Catholic Journal (Music to their ears) – read this article.
Health Super brochure - read this article.
DVD
Compassionate Care Through Music. Personal Profile. (Please wait for video to load.)
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