New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The fifth annual BBC Music Day takes place on Thursday 26 September 2019. This year's theme is music and wellbeing, using the power of music to inspire and bring people together to make a positive impact.
As part of this, launching today is an ambitious project, supported by Nile Rodgers, which aims to bring music to everyone living with dementia by 2020. On BBC Music Day itself, Blue Peter will launch its first ever Blue Peter Music Badge to inspire children to become musicians and also music detectives. There will be broadcasts across the BBC and hundreds of events around the UK, using the power of music to inspire and bring people together to make a positive impact.
The legendary, multiple Grammy-winning musician, Nile Rodgers, is proud to be an Ambassador for BBC Music Day 2019. He has an incredible music legacy, one which spans generations of fans, both with the CHIC Organisation and as a producer, arranger and guitarist. He wants to support this project as he has had personal experience with family members affected by the disease.
BBC Music Day Ambassador, Nile Rodgers, says: "The UK is my home from home so I'm delighted to be an Ambassador for BBC Music Day and to highlight the important role music plays in the well-being of our society. I've witnessed my mother's and my aunt's experience with dementia and I know just how transformational music can be for people with this condition. I think this is a fantastic initiative, and the updated BBC Music Memories website is a brilliant way for people to identify personally meaningful music and to start to make a playlist so music can be used therapeutically. Everyone faces challenges at one point or another and music can be your greatest ally at those important times."
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