Music Therapy for Palliative Care Patients

Inclusion Criteria: Only patients deemed able to engage with interactive music therapy will be invited to join the study. Eligibility will be assessed by a clinician during inpatient admission using the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scale and the Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT). * Patients will be eligible if they have an ECOG performance status of 0, 1, 2 or 3 (0 indicating the patient is asymptomatic, 1 the patient is symptomatic but fully ambulatory, 2 the patient is symptomatic and confined to bed for less than 50% of the day, and 3 the patient is symptomatic and confined to bed for more than 50% of the day)) indicating they are able to engage with interactive music therapy. - Eligible patients will also have a score of 7 or more on the AMT, indicating they are capable of providing meaningful informed consent and accurate responses to the study's primary outcome measurement tool. * Patients with communication difficulties will also be eligible if they are able to indicate their responses to the questionnaire. * Musical skills are not required. Prior musical skills will not lead to exclusion from the study. The patient must freely consent to participation following receipt of information about the trial. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients will be excluded from the study if they have an ECOG performance status of 4 (4 indicating the patient is severely symptomatic and completely bedridden) or a score of 6 or less on the AMT, indicating they may not be capable of providing fully informed consent or accurate responses to the study's primary outcome measurement tool. * Participants who decide not to consent will be excluded from the trial. Patients will be assured that this decision will have no implications for the care that they receive.