London-based movie composer Jan Willem de With has launched a brand new music video, with proceeds from donations going to the UK musicians’ charity Assist Musicians – and, particularly, its Music Minds Matter psychological well being service.
That includes the composer on piano and classical crossover duo The Ayoub Sisters on violin and cello, the discharge – titled Shelter – ties in with Assist Musicians’ Huge Give Christmas Problem, a nationwide on-line giving marketing campaign that sees each donation match-funded.
From 29 November to six December 2022, Assist Musicians is aiming to lift a complete of £11,000 to offer very important funds for Music Minds Issues to offer help for twenty-four hours, 7 days every week to these within the music trade who want it.
Jan Willem de With is an award-winning movie composer, producer, and musician whose movie collaborations have been screened at festivals in Cannes, London, New York and elsewhere. Shelter follows his earlier charity video challenge, Bleeding Coronary heart, by which he raised cash for refugee youngsters and their music schooling throughout the 2016 refugee disaster.
‘A latest survey by Assist Musicians discovered that 67% of musicians really feel that their psychological well being is worse thanbefore the pandemic, with extra contemplating leaving the music trade for good,’ the composer explains. ‘This movie goals to deliver consideration to the essential work Assist Musicians does, by reflecting the thought of musicians coming collectively in a sheltered place. As a result of with out musicians, there isn’t any magic.’
You can also make a donation to Assist Musicians at www.helpmusicians.org.uk/get-involved/donate/make-a-donation
