'I thought I would never play an instrument again'

"I used to play instruments all the time and then I thought that was over for me, but actually it was only beginning."

Christine Williamson is speaking about her life before she had a brain aneurism.

It caused her to lose some function on the left side of her body.

The Dundonald woman feared she would never play a musical instrumental again, but that changed when she joined a unique group.

Christine has been part of a music research programme at local charity, Brain Injury Matters.

The research based in Northern Ireland uses Virtual Reality (VR) to allow disabled musicians to play specially-designed virtual instruments.

The project is a collaboration between Queen's University Belfast and Drake Music Northern Ireland.

Video journalist: Niall McCracken