TAHLEE COLLABORATING IN IMPROVISED MUSICAL PLAY
Take a look at this beautiful improvised musical exchange between Tahlee and her music therapist, Pete McDonald! Tahlee showcases her emerging jazz ‘chops’ in this wonderful collaboration between two great musicians. Tahlee was initially drawn to Pete’s chord progression, feeling her way through the music. As the improvisation progressed, she engaged in more melodic improvisation […]
Awesome Teamwork from our music therapy group performing “On My Own” (from Les Miserables)
Awesome teamwork by one of our Saturday Music Therapy Groups – Tahlee (piano), Andreas (cello), Hannah (vocals), and Karuka (tone chimes)! They have been hard at work practising this musical arrangement of “On My Own” (Les Misérables) over the past few weeks, supported by their music therapist, Rob Devlin, and music therapy assistant, Damian Khoury.
Building friendships through group music therapy
Have a listen to these lovely voices from our little people who attended group music therapy at our clinic! Sound Expression conducts group music therapy for children on a weekly basis, helping them to form friendships and supporting each other, learning various social skills.
Group Music Therapy for Young Adults
Our Group Music Therapy at Sound Expression provides opportunities to develop friendships in a social environment of shared acceptance and creativity. This group of young adults meets every Tuesday morning to jam
Discovering my voice – a peek through Sam’s music therapy journey
Sam attends music therapy at Sound Expression to work on his communication skills, emotional regulation and self-expression. In this video, you will witness Sam gradually coming out of his shell and exploring his voice.
Alex learns the process of music production by recording a song!
Alex is a 12 year old boy who has a strong passion for music. Over the past few months we have been exploring the wonderful world of chords in his supported music lessons. This is a project which initially began with Alex learning more complex piano chords with the support of Iani Sujono, which then […]
EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH MUSIC
Tahlee comes to music therapy to assist with her verbal language skills, but in this beautiful video, Tahlee is choosing to communicate and express herself through the piano. Here she has a spontaneous musical conversation with her therapist Iani Sujono, demonstrating
Andy finds his voice!
Andy attends music therapy to work on the prosody and volume of his speech. Andy’s speech is often equally stressed and monotone. As music and language are processed in similar areas in the brain, various musical interventions are used to support Andy’s goals.
Group Music Therapy addressing social communication and emotional regulation goals
One of our therapists Pete McDonald has been running Saturday groups at Sound Expression this year with the help of volunteer Izzy. One of these groups includes Sacha, Evan and Tadgh.