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The Souls and Shadows Foundation is a charitable trust set up to promote the relief of physical, emotional and spiritual pain in patients and their families by providing music therapy on an individual and group basis with particular emphasis on composition and song writing. This applies mainly to terminally ill patients and their families before bereavement but where appropriate music therapy will also be available to surviving family and friends after bereavement.

In addition, should suitable candidates present themselves the foundation will provide bursaries to students for education and training in the use of song writing as music therapy.

Our focus will primarily be in the United Kingdom and Denmark.

If you are terminally ill and feel that you and your family could benefit from Music Therapy then contact us - we may be able to help.

Alternatively, we may also be able to assist if you are involved in providing Music Therapy to terminally ill patients but need funding for related training or perhaps computer software for song writing /composition. 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. His words say it all and below are the words to the song that provides the foundation with its name : -

'SOULS & SHADOWS'
copyright Caspar Barlow-Olsen 2006

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

The Souls and Shadows Foundation

Telephone number 01865-331322

Address: -

13 The Broadway,

Charlton-on-Otmoor,

Kidlington

Oxfordshire

United Kingdom

OX5 2UB

Email Address:

paulbarlow@SoulsandShadowsFoundation.org

Caspar, Lois and Liva in August 2005 a few months before Caspar's tumour was diagnosed. They are all referred to in Caspar's 'Souls and Shadows' song

There has been quite a lot of publicity for the foundation since it was launched including a guest appearance by Paul Barlow, Lois Barlow-Olsen and Bob Heath on the Bill Heine programme on BBC Radio Oxford in April and newspaper articles both in the UK and Denmark . The Danish one is reproduced on the 'The Danish Connection' page.

An hyperlink to the article in the Oxford Mail, Oxford Times and Bicester Advertiser is provided below in case you missed it: -

http://www.oxfordmail.net/media/audio/display.var.1375457.pod.0.php

The Souls and Shadows Foundation

Enhancing the lives of terminally ill patients and their families through Music Therapy. Charity No.1119440