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The Souls and Shadows Foundation is a charitable trust set up in March 2007 in memory of Caspar Barlow-Olsen who died in December 2006 from an inoperable brain tumour aged just 33 . When he died Caspar left a widow of 32 and a baby daughter of 15 months but during his illness he had had music therapy at Sir Michael Sobell House Hospice, Oxford and during these sessions he recorded a CD of his songs as a legacy to his family. Caspar benefited tremendously from his music therapy and it was his wish that the Souls and Shadows Foundation be set up to promote and provide music therapy to other terminally patients with particular emphasis on composition and song writing to help relieve their pain and suffering. His hope was that they could benefit in the way that he did. Although this obviously applies to terminally ill patients and their families before bereavement where appropriate music therapy is also available to surviving family and friends after bereavement.

To date we have supported thirteen hospices, ten with the provision of recording equipment or software for use in music therapy sessions and another three with £4950 combined to fund music therapy for their patients.

In addition, when suitable candidates present themselves the foundation provides bursaries to students/music therapists for education and training in the use of song writing as music therapy. So far we have provided over £1500 in fees for song writing courses.

Our focus is primarily in the United Kingdom and Denmark. Early in 2011 we are funded a song writing course for Danish music therapists at Vejle, a hospice near Arhus.

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If you are terminally ill and feel that you and your family could benefit from Music Therapy please contact us.

Alternatively, if you are a music therapist working with terminally ill patients but need funding for training or equipment to help with song writing /composition/ recording -we may be able to help. References and validation of your work will however be required.

As Caspar Barlow-Olsen once said of music therapy 'Among other things music therapy has opened my eyes to the fact that in the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary'.

During the fifteen months of his illness Caspar always looked forward to his music sessions with Bob Heath, the music therapist at Sobell House, and just the thought of going to a session lifted his spirits remarkably. Music therapy enabled Caspar to express his emotions through music and, in particular, song writing.

The Souls and Shadows Foundation

'Enhancing the lives of terminally ill patients and their families through Music Therapy'

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'SOULS & SHADOWS'

Verse 1

Who decides - when times are sad

And who decides - what times are glad

Should it all - feel dark and grey

With memories - that fade away

Verse 2

You may think - when passing by

I'm up above - or in the sky

Please don't be fooled - let's just say

I'll be with you - all of the way

Chorus

We are souls and shadows

Souls and shadows

You, me and Liva

That will never change

We are souls and shadows

Souls and shadows

You, me and Liva

Will always remain

Verse 3

So now you hear - I hope this song

Has found it's place - where it belongs

If I hear - you sing along

Then you have found - where I belong

Chorus

Bridge

Should we accept without conditions

Should we accept not knowing why

Too many tears - too many questions

What will give us peace of mind

Verse 4

Close your eyes - and let us try

Please speak up - don't be shy

I'm asking you - to be the one

Who leaves a smile - and a bit of sun

Chorus