SMT Catch up October 2021 |
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Kia ora! Southern Music Therapy team here. Welcome to our latest newsletter, we have exciting news to share with you. But firstly we invite you to follow us on our social channels and also visit our updated website! |
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Introducing Val, Nicole and Megan |
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| | Valentina is now our Music Therapy Assistant and also Student, from the University of Barcelona. She has been with SMT since last February when she first moved to Christchurch to observe and learn with Southern Music Therapy and the Cantabrainers Choir while studying her Music Therapy masters from Aotearoa. She is passionate about integrating music and vocal work with other holistic practices. | | |
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| | Nicole, graduated with a Bachelor of Music Therapy from Acadia University in Canada, has worked with a wide variety of populations, and has dedicated many years to teaching music and adapted piano and singing lessons to children. Nicole loves helping people gain self-confidence and creatively express themselves through music-making. Her main instruments are piano, guitar, and voice. She is now offering adapted music lessons at SMT. | | |
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Megan Spragg is our specialist in Telehealth Music Therapy. She is a Registered Music Therapist, based in Melbourne, Australia and trained in New Zealand. Megan is working with our remote clients in Timaru and in special education. She has worked in special education settings for over 20 years. She has a passion for working with clients with physical disabilities and complex high health needs and has recently create a resource called “We can Play”, suitable for use in home, therapy and educational settings | | |
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Workshop with Christchurch Symphony Orchestra |
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Our director Kimberley zoomed in to give a presentation to the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra musicians last August which is going to open up some exciting opportunities. Watch this space! |
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Save the date:SMT 10th Aniversary! |
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Mark your calendar on the 19th of November and celebrate with us with a Concert, Cupcakes, and Cuppa. 3pm – 5pm Cupcakes and Cuppa at 3pm Followed by Concert at 3.30pm The Common 365A Ilam Road, Bryndwr, Christchurch Please check in with us about this event due to covid restrictions closer to the time. Send an email admin@smt.nz to register and easily find the event on Facebook. |
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SMT at Music Therapy NZ Symposium |
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Lucy Kelly presented "Music Therapy as an intervention for children who have experienced trauma". A talk on how early trauma can impact brain development and how music therapy can provide a different approach to trauma intervention. |
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Cantabrainers Choir opened the first day of lectures. An interactive rehearsal with the Cantabrainers Choir members ‘scattered’ amongst the audience. Some of them also spoke about the reasons why they joined the choir, and how they have found it beneficial to their recovery and/or quality of life |
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Register your interest to hear these presentations in early 2022. |
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Facts about SMT. Did you know? |
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- Did you know that is it possible to use your Individualised Funding to pay for Music Therapy? |
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- Did you know that we collaborate with physiotherapists to help children/adults to increase their movement or relearn/learn to walk? |
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- Did you know that we now work with ACC Sensitive Claims Clients? |
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- Did you know that we have now 3 clinic spaces – Halswell, Barrington, and Ilam? |
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Jenny and Kim spent some time setting up our new clinic space at The Village, Ilam road (just down from Jelly Park) We have hired this great space a couple of days a week. We had a little trouble with setting up the tray table with lots of laughter and managed to fit most of the instruments in the cupboard. Yay! |
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We are happy to announced that we have just joined Instagram. Follow us to stay connected! You can learn more about what we do and who we are on our last shared video. | | |
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Cantabrainers is an Award-winning choir! |
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We are honoured to have been recognised in the national Arts Access Aotearoa Creative Spaces Awards this year with a Highly Commended certificate "for transforming the lives of its singers and building community, social connection and joy in singing". We are so excited to have this national recognition! If you know someone who has a neurological condition or brain injury and might like to join our wonderful choir, please get in touch! | | |
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Donation – We work within the neurological facility of Burwood Hospital and we are looking for a piano that is tuneable and of good quality. Contact us if you know of one that could be donated to a very worthwhile cause. | | |
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Southern Music Therapy Ltd is growing. Therefore we have had many behind the scene changes. WARNING: Please check your invoices as our account number has changed.You may also notice a change in providers to XERO. |
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Adapting to Telehealth During Lockdown |
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| | Telehealth sessions were a definite positive from lockdown and online. Many of our clients continued with therapy online this year. We are so proud of how well everyone managed this year. This is Megan taking an awesome telehealth session, enabling connection even through a screen! We take groups and individuals. Megan is also able to work with people outside of the Canterbury region this way. "we have been so suprised at how well it works, it's like she is in the room with us" Principal of special school. | | |
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| | We also decided this lockdown to jump onto other therapy sessions as guest artists so clients could get to meet more of our therapists (with their permission, of course!). This was extra special. At the Cantabrainers Choir we invited special guests to join us. The above photo is of the lovely Ali Harper joining us for a session. There are positives to online. One client said "it's great as i get to see all the group members faces and not just the conductor, i feel like i'm getting to know people better". | | |
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