Shout at Cancer,
world's only charity specialised in speech training with music
after laryngectomy, the surgical removal of the voice box,
following throat cancer.
Awarded by The Queen for Voluntary Services in 2021.
“From having NO VOICE, just silent cries,
I now speak again and sing in a choir”
Acting, singing and public performances form our unique road to recovery.
Through these activities we focus on rehabilitation and rebuilding lost confidence through challenging perceptions and redefining the boundaries of ability.
We want to give back a voice that has been taken away.
World Choir Games
31 Oct 2021
Ceremony concert held at the Olympics for choirs, De Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium.
Our concert was streamed in 50 different countries
Camberwell Studio
video shoot
Part of the preparation for our ceremony concert for the World Choir Games 2021 we filmed the Belgian and English choir separately in video studios
Queens Award Ceremony 27 Sep 2021
Spyros and Peter attended the ceremony in Westminster Abbey and received the highest achievable award for a charity in the UK on behalve of Shout at Cancer: The Queens Award for Voluntary Services
Festival of New -
Snape Maltings
11 Sep 2021
Our collaboration with Sound Voice at display as an installation at Britten-Pears Arts (Snape Maltings)
Community Fund
National Lottery
Thanks to the community fund we were able to develop a prototype of personal amplification to help overcome background noise when attending social activities
Rehearsing during Covid-19 Pandemic
Our activities had to adapt to the restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic.
American Choral Directors Association
State Conference Illinois
15-16 Oct 2021
Prof Himonides (UCL-IOE) and Dr Moors (our Director) are guest speakers at the ACDA fall conference 2021
NPR Radio Morning Edition 3 May 2021
In The 'Shout At Cancer Choir,' No Voice Boxes Needed To Sing Out.
Interview about the charity and the documentary "Can You hear my voice?" (2020 - Bill Brummel)
Today Extra - Nine (AUS)
4 Jun 2021
TODAY morning show on National Television in Australia invited a few of us to talk about the charity and the documentary about the choir Can You Hear My Voice?
Award by The Queen
2 Jun 2021
Shout at Cancer is awarded the highest achievable recognition for a charity in The U.K.: The Queen's Award for Voluntary Services
UCL Podcast 5 Mar 2021
Evangelos Himonides Professor of Technology, Education and Music, UCL Institute of Education, talks about our Experimentation Award in the Provost’s Public Engagement Awards 2020. listen here (from 2min18 )
Hong Kong Baptist University - Arts Faculty
Open Debate with SaC
22 Feb 2021
Master class open debate with a panel consisting of Shout at Cancer members and Bill Brummel (film director), moderated by Prof Iordonova (St. Andrews UK) and Prof Hjort Dean Arts Faculty HKBU
World Cancer Day 4 Feb 2021
"From Silence into Song" our project that links the healing and destructive power of radiation, read more
was launched on world cancer day with a poem recited by Andrew Pett, accompanied by sound scapes by Philip Clemo and a mesmerizing improvisation by Emily Burridge at the cello.
Suncoast XIII, University of South Florida, 27-30 Jan 2021
Dr Moors and Prof Himonides presented a key talk about the charity's progress at this international conference for music education, attended by the world leading experts in this academical field.
Opening Ceremony BACO international 10 Jan 2021
BACO International is ENT UK’s flagship conference, the UK’s largest and most influential ENT-related academic event, now embracing a brand-new format as the very first virtual BACO.
An honor to have us part of the opening ceremony.
BBC 1 Breakfast, 6 Jan 2021
We are proud with the coverage on BBC Breakfast,
the song is part of A Sound Voice, an opera about voice loss and the impact on identity (inclusion of Parkinson, laryngectomy and MND participants) (funded by UCL, Arts Council, Britten Pears and Shout at Cancer)
Talent Unlocked Dec 2020
Art for and with prisoners, lead by Dr Jacqui Norton (DeMonfort University Leicester)
Our participation with Dr Himonides UCL/IOE will be screened by Wayout TV, an in-cell TV channel for communication and education in prisons, across 50 establishments in England, aiming to reach potentially 37,000 residents.
We were granted the community fund grant for our project: Speak Out, aiming to help overcome physical distancing rules induced by Covid-19 and the impact on social isolation for our beloved laryngectomy community.
National Lottery Community Aid Fund
Sep 2020
Community Fund, Sep 2020
Sound Voice Nov 2020
Our Collaboration with Sound Voice, an opera about voice loss and impact on identity, has resulted in the translation of Sara's poem into a song by composer Hannah Conway.
Eating The Gap
14 Nov 2020
Mouthwatering Chocolates: Our taste for innovation and collaboration with The Chocolate Line, world renowned chocolate specialists, and Food Pairing, pioneers in food science, was represented on the international food festival: Eating The Gap.
BBC Radio 3, Music Matters - 7 Nov 2020
Sound Voice spoke on BBC Radio 3 about "A Sound Voice": an opera about the impact of voice loss/change on identity.
A project funded by UCL, Arts Council England and Shout at Cancer, in partnership with Britten Pears and with many others who are contributing support in kind (Atos, Cereproc, MND Association, Sing for Joy...)
Listen from 27'05" to 33'28"
UCL Provost's Award for Public Engagement, Oct 2020
We won the award for Experimentation, Beatboxing after laryngectomy, a project in collaboration with Prof Evangelos Himonides
National Radio Austria,
Ö1, 30 Sep 2020
our Konnakol: Indian Rhythm Language was on the national radio in Austria after the host, Albert Hosp, picked the story up and wanted to interview our collaborator Bernard Schimpelsberger
about this uplifting project that happened during Covid times. Click to listen to the radio show (in German)
BBC 4, PM, The Power of Trees, 9 Aug 2020
A collaboration with Philip Clemo celebrating life-affirming stories of survival shaped by the powerful legacy of radiation.
This project will manifest as live musical performances, large-scale video installations and workshops: listen to our story covered on BBC Radio 4 start at 26'33"
Russian Kultura TV
19 Mar 2020
Our collaboration with Dr. Evangelos Himonides (Institute of Education, UCL) on Russian Kultura TV part of the UK-Russia Year of Music programme, conducted by the British Embassy in Moscow with support from the British Council
Award by The Queen
2 Jun 2021
Shout at Cancer is awarded the highest achievable recognition for a charity in The U.K.: The Queen's Award for Voluntary Services
BBC World, Outlook, 01 Mar 2020
The story about the start of the choir and the charity, the making of the film: Can You Hear My Voice, interviews with members of the choir (Sara, Ian,..), Dr Moors and Bill Brummel. Listen here
BFI IMAX Premiere
02 Feb 2020
The World Premiere of "Can you hear my voice?" by award winning movie director Bill Brummel, his first movie after his laryngectomy.
A fantastic and unforgetable moment:
our red carpet premiere (Sponsored event by Atos Medical: Watch the video
Santa in the City run
04 Dec 2019
Santa in the City Run, London, together with a group of 17 brave Shout at Cancer Volunteers we ran Santa in the City of London in the freezing cold. The group has raised quite some support (around 4000 GBP)!
UCL Giving Voice
Inclusive Concert
4 Dec 2019
UCL Giving Voice Society in collaboration with the UCL Gospel Society and UCL BSL (British Sign Language) Society, to get us all into the festive spirit with some Christmassy songs, in a way that is accessible for people with speech, language and communication needs, with a warm welcome to the special guest choir: Shout At Cancer
The New Museum NY
13 Nov 2019
Preview of "Can You Hear My Voice?
Directed by Bill Brummel, screening at The New Museum in New York by
THANC Foundation and ATOS Medical
National ENT UK
13 Sep 2019
Performance at the National ENT UK conference
Grand Connaught Room London
Charity Bike Ride
7 July 2019
Big thanks to Andrew Burnes and his friends, they raised over 1000£ for Shout with their bike ride.
Performance Health - UCL Culture
8 Oct 2019
Dr Evangelos Himonides, Dr Thomas Moors and Tony Smith Key Note Speakers at Performance Health by UCL Culture at Bloomsbury Theatre.
Performance Lab Seed Fund, UCL Culture
Jul 2019
Together with Dr Evangelos Himonides UCL Shout at Cancer receives the prestigious Performance Lab Seed Fund, UCL Culture, have a read here
National Television France 5
6 May 2019
Charity Triathlon
9 June 2019
Big thanks to Dr. Elliot Haines, he raised 400 £ for Shout with his participation in a triathlon.
BBC National News
6 May 2019
Shout at Cancer featured on the front page of BBC National News. click link to watch
Shout at Cancer Belgium
3 May 2019
The Belgian choir received a standing ovation by over 1000 people for their first concert. Composition Maarten Van Ingelgem, Conducted by Andries De Winter. Click here to watch
BBC South News
27 Apr 2019
Coverage of the concert at the Blue Coat School Way Hall - Sonning, part of our UK Tour - Outspoken Jazz
BBC North West - News
6 Apr 2019
The BBC North West was kind enough to cover our concert in Preston as an evening news item on 6 April
Tabernacle Hall, London
30 Oct 2018
Shout at Cancer, The Peter Edwards Trio, Bruce Sherfield (Spoken Word ) Die Verdammte Spielerei (Belgian saxophone band and stand-up comedian) in concert with Laverne Williams (soprano) and Marc Masson (piano): "We've Found our Voice" Click here to watch trailer
Drinks after the video shoot
We were followed by Bill Brummel's team for months in the preparation towards the concert and extra coverage for the documentary
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Outspoken Jazz - The Cockpit, London
7 September 2018
Jazz with integrated spoken word, recited live without a voice box.
Shout at Cancer and Peter Edwards Trio proudly present a world premiere event: Outspoken Jazz, in collaboration with Peter Johnson (The Repeat Beat Poet) and Bruce Sherfield (spoken word) featuring La Verne Williams (Soprano)
City University London,
27 April 2018,
Speech Therapy Student Union Event
Music and Debate: life after Laryngectomy
I-Docs Bristol 2018
23 March 2018
EXPLORING HEALTH THROUGH I-DOCS - Academic Talk
Dr D. Maraschin and Dr T. Moors - Shout at Cancer
Keywords: IMPACT INTERVENTION
Global Health Film Barbican, London
9 December 2017
Concert at the Global Health Film Festival, Barbican, London.
and a presentation of our on-line testimonials platform
14 October 2017, 14h30-16h00, in The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A, London.
The Laryngectomy choir taking part in the Opera: Hospital Passion Play (Rosetta Life - Garsington Opera Adult Company)
TAZ#2017
4 August 2017
3 August 2017, Aula University Ghent, Belgium
Concert to celebrate 25 years of the European Society for Cognitive Sciences Of Music (ESCOM)
Amazing Humans,
BBC II!
27 Jun 2017
Shout at Cancer episode on Amazing Humans, BBC II!
Wellcome Collection
8 june 2017
"Thinking out of the Voice Box, a celebration of life after Laryngectomy."
credit picture: Thomas S.G. Farnetti, Wellcome Foundation
Olympic Village
8 Apr 2017
Beat Boxing without a voice box,
World Premiere, sponsored by UCL Culture and Atos Medical
Award by British Prime Minister, 10 Mar 2017
Yoga after Laryngectomy
4 Feb 2017
Together with Dr Kalra and Dr Dang both GP's with special interest in Yoga techniques and in collaboration with our visitor from India, Mr Shrenik Shah, who had a laryngectomy and is experienced in yoga, shout at cancer is developing specific yoga sessions for after laryngectomy.
Christmas concert on BBC Look East
6 Dec 2016
Watch the BBC news broadcast that featured our Christmas concert... what a story!
Andrew Beaumont and La Verne Williams are guest in the Studios of BBC Norwich. Click here to watch
Global Health Film
11 Nov 2016
We won The Lancet Prize for best pitch at the Global Health Film Festival 2016 at the Barbican London
Award by The Queen
2 Jun 2021
Shout at Cancer is awarded the highest achievable recognition for a charity in The U.K.: The Queen's Award for Voluntary Services
Royal College of Surgeons
5 Oct 2016
Cutting Edge, BLA, Royal College of Surgeons of England, London
The Guardian Videos
7 Sep 2016
Everyone in this choir lost their voice to cancer, but they've trained themselves to sing again. Now they’ve recorded a song with charity Shout at Cancer in tribute to Paralympians and how hard they work to get where they are.
Belgian Embassy in London
5 July 2016
The team and group members are very grateful for the invitation by Mr Guy Trouveroy, the Belgian Embassador in London. The laryngectomy choir in concert with the male voice quintet CTS and Soprano La Verne Williams, accompanied by pianist Marc Masson.
Half Marathon Watford
7 Feb 2016
We thank the 14 brave ones who faced the cold and the hills during the half marathon in Watford, in memory of Nicholas Whitfield. They have raised £1594, money that will be used to continue the sessions in London, Cambridge, Preston and start a group in St Georges University Hospital Tooting.
Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead
15 Nov 2015
We were lucky, the whole audience of 320 gave us a standing ovation. The programme offered a variety of a capella work and a repertoire accompanied by piano together with the CTS-choir, La Verne Williams, soprano and Marc Masson, piano.
Sponsored by Mr and Mrs Rudy De Meerleer
Christ College Chapel Cambridge
10 Oct 2015
UK's first alaryngeal voice choir, put its first steps on stage, together with the CTS choir, Laverne Williams (Soprano) and Marc Masson (Pianist). Thanks for the warm welcome and support Christ College Cambridge University.
BBC 4 Radio
Saturday Live
8 Aug 2015
Wonderful appearance of both group member Annie Humphries and Dr Thomas Moors. What a fantastic experience, a reward for all of our hard work!
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