Showing posts with label Music Therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Therapy. Show all posts
Saturday, April 7, 2012
The power of music
This video shows the amazing power of music for older folk. One reason that it makes people come alive is the way it brings back memories of happy times enjoying music from our past.
It makes sense to get those happy experiences happening now, so that you do have something to recall later.
Some of the most enjoyable things we can do musically are to sing and play music with others. Do you have memories of singing with friends, playing in a musical group or even listening to music together?
Are you doing any of this currently? Mitchell Conservatorium provides many opportunities for music-making in Bathurst and Forbes, including Mitchell Young Voices, various chamber music ensembles and we also have The Allegri Singers and Bathurst City and RSL Band which meet at the Con each week.
Please ring Mitchell Conservatorium during office hours on 6331 6622 for more information.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Music therapy: a satisfying career
If you would like a career which engages your musical creativity and which makes a worthwhile contribution, you should check out the terrific article by Sue White on page 9 of The Good Weekend, October 8, 2011.
Verena Clemencic-Jones is a musician who works with children who are patients at Sydney Children's Hospital. She has trained as an early childhood teacher and has specialised in the specific field of music therapy.
She says that
The Good Weekend article shows that this vocation allows musical people to use their skills creatively to engage people in experiencing the joy of musical creation. An experienced therapist can enable a client to discover their own musical ability, which, in the 21st century, might involve a teenager composing a song using an iPad and conveting it into an MP3 which can be shared with family and friends.
There is some sadness in the job, too, because working with clients with cancer can involve losing some to the disease. Ms Clemencic-Jones says that this made the first year of the job difficult, but that therapists develop ways of taking care of themselves when they experience these situations.
This Youtube clip shows a Brisbane music therapist working with Baby Flynn.
Jammin Jenn, a New Jersey music therapist, shows how she can assist children with autism through her music therapy skills in the short film here.
Mitchell Conservatorium's Graeme Hunt and Kerrie Davies are music therapists who have worked with clients in a variety of locations, including Lithgow Correctional Centre, at St Vincent's Hospital, Bathurst as well as in the conservatorium itself.
If you would like to know some more about music therapy, whether as a career or for a music therapy client, please contact the conservatorium on 02 6331 6622 for more information.
Verena Clemencic-Jones is a musician who works with children who are patients at Sydney Children's Hospital. She has trained as an early childhood teacher and has specialised in the specific field of music therapy.
She says that
the best thing about being a music therapist is being able to sing for a living while facilitating creativity, self-expression, relaxation and laughter in families of children with life threatening illnesses.
The Good Weekend article shows that this vocation allows musical people to use their skills creatively to engage people in experiencing the joy of musical creation. An experienced therapist can enable a client to discover their own musical ability, which, in the 21st century, might involve a teenager composing a song using an iPad and conveting it into an MP3 which can be shared with family and friends.
There is some sadness in the job, too, because working with clients with cancer can involve losing some to the disease. Ms Clemencic-Jones says that this made the first year of the job difficult, but that therapists develop ways of taking care of themselves when they experience these situations.
This Youtube clip shows a Brisbane music therapist working with Baby Flynn.
Jammin Jenn, a New Jersey music therapist, shows how she can assist children with autism through her music therapy skills in the short film here.
Mitchell Conservatorium's Graeme Hunt and Kerrie Davies are music therapists who have worked with clients in a variety of locations, including Lithgow Correctional Centre, at St Vincent's Hospital, Bathurst as well as in the conservatorium itself.
If you would like to know some more about music therapy, whether as a career or for a music therapy client, please contact the conservatorium on 02 6331 6622 for more information.
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