HANLEY, Shellie

Shellie suffered a brain injury in December 2017. She lost her short term memory and part of her language but gained an extraordinary ability to hear and compose music.

In January 2018, a harp came into her life through the kindness of a complete stranger. Without any formal music training, she started learning the harp under the guidance of Rod Thomas and picked it up very quickly. She then began composing music and performing concerts. Shortly afterwards she took this gift to many places within our community: rest homes, hospices, psychiatric wards, dementia units and the Palmerston North Intensive Care Unit’s Neo Natal Ward.