mental health

  • artists,  balance,  conducting,  meditation,  mental health,  mindfulness,  non-classical music

    Let us be well

    I awoke to heartbreaking news this morning of the death of one of my favorite singers;   Scott Hutchison, the lead singer of the Scottish band Frightened Rabbit was found dead at Port Edgar, Scotland.  Although the cause of death was not determined, from the response of his family and bandmates (and indeed anyone who listened to his music, and knew his struggles), it was clearly suicide. Mental health among performers and artists has been in the news lately, and Scott’s death feels like a devastating but timely reminder of both the toll it can take and its prevalence in modern society.  Yet it still feels like a taboo topic…