Music as Therapy

Shortlisted for an Advancing Healthcare Award

We are terrifically excited to announce that the Interactive Music-Making Learning Programme has been shortlisted for an Advancing Healthcare Award "Achieving Excellence in Learning and Development".  We are due to present to the judging panel on Wednesday 8th February and the winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on Friday 30th March.  Wish us luck!

Manual for Trainers (Romania)

In response to our Local Partners in Romania, we spent time last year developing a manual to help them prepare to share their music as therapy skills and to develop their own ways of training other people.  The Manual for Trainers has been very well-received, but it is always rewarding to receive feedback direct from our Local Partners, as we did in an email today:

"I wanted to let you know that I received the Manual for Trainers and I am delighted with the fact that its concept reflects humanist values.  I think it will be a useful work tool."

Distance Learning Course 2012

We are excited to launch this year's Distance Learning Course for people in Romania currently working with young children with disabilities and who are keen to start using music in their work.  We have twelve students participating, from 10 locations around the country.  Although the majority of the teaching is online, we are looking forward to meeting them when we all come together to practise some music skills at the Intensive Study Weekend in February.

Merry Christmas!

We would just like to say Merry Christmas to everyone involved in this years projects. We couldn't have done any of it without such a dedicated team of volunteers and Local partners!