Making Music 4 Health & Well-being
Playing musical instruments in a group, for fun or recreational purposes, can positively enhance your well-being - from exercise, intellectual stimulation, social connection to peer support & a greater capacity to cope with life’s challenges.
We provide opportunities to actively make music through our:
- Drumming 4 Wellness Program - designed to energise, encourage free expression, decrease stress levels & enhance well-being!
- Ukulele 4 Beginners Program - enjoyable, accessible & fulfilling group-based activities to stimulate your mind, body & soul.
What is Music Therapy?
Music therapy, unlike music entertainment or education, focuses on meeting therapeutic aims for individuals and groups to assist them in attaining & maintaining health & well-being.
Research supports the effectiveness of music therapy in promoting wellness, and in particular the positive effects that actively making music can have on the immune system. Making music has been shown to:
- Provide relief from daily stressors
- Enhance mood
- Increase energy levels
- Provide an outlet for the expression of feelings
- Reduce anxiety
- Motivate and empower us
- Encourage free expression
- Alleviate pain
- Promote relaxation
- Encourage socialisation
Music therapy is an allied healthcare profession practiced in over 40 countries around the world. Within a therapeutic relationship, the qualified music therapist will seek to address the physical, psychological, emotional, cognitive and social needs of individuals utilising various music-based techniques, for example:
- Composition and song/lyric writing
- Drumming
- Guided and music imagery
- Improvisation
- Instrumental playing
- Music and movement
- Music listening
- Singing/vocalising
In Australia, a Registered Music Therapist is a qualified professional who has completed an approved music therapy program as recognised by the Australian Music Therapy Association. People of any age or ability may benefit from a music therapy program regardless of musical skill or background.
Music therapists operate in a variety of community and private settings with individuals and groups across the lifespan, including early intervention, special education, community-based programmes, correctional facilities, medical facilities, drug and alcohol services, mental health, rehabilitation, hospice, aged care/long term care facilities, and private practice.
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