Charity number 1185310 Registered September 2019
"Music in the Ville brings us light. We feel better, different, like normal people"
ELMO's current project is Music in the Ville, bringing professional musicians of all genres into HMP Pentonville to perform and to run workshops and open mic sessions on the wings.
"Really needed this in a stressful environment"​
How did the East London Metropolitan Opera start?
"Music breaks down barriers and brings hope
in the most challenging atmosphere"
Emma Dogliani
ELMO is making high-quality live music accessible to everyone. We work with a range of musicians and actively cast our performers from diverse community backgrounds.
By working with a broad range of musicians and musical genres, from rap to opera, the initiative creates a unique, cross-genre experience that resonates with the diverse backgrounds of the men at HMP Pentonville.
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Music in the Ville is bringing creative opportunities to men living in prison and building bridges between the men themselves and the staff working with them.
Music in the Ville 2024
is currently being supported by Friends of Pentonville, Postcode Society Trust and the Hilden Charitable Foundation
We are grateful to our current funders for enabling us to continue with weekly ongoing sessions at Pentonville which we have now managed uninterrupted for over a year. This is a great improvement after all the frustrations of Covid.
We are currently seeking funding to continue our work through 2025 and to sponsor a fund raising event at Conway Hall. If anyone could help us with this, please contact us via the Contact page.
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Emma Dogliani, Director of ELMO said: "Our weekly music activities support prisoner wellbeing and lift the prison community in the most challenging circumstances."