Music as Therapy International

20/08/2026

https://primaryadvantage.co.uk/embracing-the-child-led-approach-interactive-music-making-in-the-early-years/

For Primary Advantage – a group of 7 federated primary schools in East London – music is central to their early years approach.

With many of their staff now trained in Interactive Music-Making and as hosts to our next course starting in November, click to read their reflections on how the training is already enriching staff confidence and creating meaningful musical moments for the young children they support.

Apply NOW for our 2026/27 Interactive Music-Making course, open to all early years practitioners in London and beyond!
Free training places, support cost contributions, and musical instruments available to early years settings.

Visit our website for full details, or contact [email protected].

17/08/2026

At Bombolulu School of Promise in Kenya, music has become a regular part of the school week, giving pupils opportunities to take part, build confidence and enjoy time together.

Head Teacher Miriam shares how Music as Therapy International’s Tailored Training has supported her team to continue using music with their pupils — and some of the changes they have noticed since the training.

“Music gives them freedom.”

Read Miriam’s story to hear directly from Miriam about the impact music has had at the school.

Link to the stories section of our website in our bio!

Miriam is the head teacher of Bombolulu School of Promise in Kenya, a school supporting children aged five to twelve, many of whom are orphans or come from families facing hardship. The school was founded and set up as a charity by Jacqui Furlepa, a music therapist from England. Katy and Sarah, who....

14/08/2026

(This post was created in Georgian. You may be reading an auto-translation. You can find the English below.)

სწავლის ახალი შესაძლებლობა საქართველოში!

ჩვენი დისტანციური სწავლების პროგრამა 2026 წელს ბრუნდება — განახლებული სასწავლო გამოცდილებით, სპეციალურად შექმნილი ახალი ონლაინ პლატფორმითა და პრაქტიკაში ცოდნის გამოყენებაზე კიდევ უფრო მკაფიო აქცენტით.

ქართველი მუსიკოთერაპევტის, თაკო ჟორდანიას, ხელმძღვანელობით, 12-თვიანი პროგრამა განკუთვნილია იმ პრაქტიკოსებისთვის, რომლებიც უშუალოდ და რეგულარულად მუშაობენ 10 წლამდე ასაკის ბავშვებთან, რომლებსაც სწავლის ან სოციალური სირთულეები აქვთ. პროგრამა მათ ეხმარება, განივითარონ პრაქტიკული უნარები და თავდაჯერებულობა მუსიკის თერაპიული მიზნით გამოყენებაში.

ონლაინ სასწავლო შეხვედრების, დავალებების, 2-დღიანი ინტენსიური სასწავლო შაბათ-კვირისა და ზედამხედველობითი პრაქტიკული სწავლების საშუალებით, წლევანდელი პროგრამა მონაწილეებს სთავაზობს შესაძლებლობას, შეისწავლონ, თუ როგორ შეუძლია მუსიკას ხელი შეუწყოს კომუნიკაციას, ურთიერთკავშირს, ჩართულობასა და განვითარებას.

💬 გაიცანით შარშანდელი მონაწილეების გამოცდილება და გაიგეთ, რა არის ახალი 2026 წლის პროგრამაში.

📅 განაცხადების მიღება იწყება 2026 წლის 14 აგვისტოს.

გსურთ მონაწილეობა? დამატებითი ინფორმაცია იხილეთ ჩვენს ბიოში მოცემულ ბმულზე.

A fresh way to learn is coming to Georgia!

Our Distance Learning Programme is back for 2026, with a refreshed learning experience, a new purpose-built online platform and a renewed focus on putting learning into practice.

Led by Georgian music therapist Tako Jordania, the 12-month programme supports practitioners working with children under 10 with learning or social difficulties to develop practical skills and confidence in using music therapeutically.

With online tutorials, assignments, an Intensive 2-days Study Weekend and supervised practical learning, this year’s programme offers a new way to explore how music can support communication, connection, participation and development.

💬 Hear from last year’s participants and discover what’s new for 2026.

📅 Applications open 14 August 2026.

Interested in joining us? Find out more via the link in our bio.

Read this post in English. განახლებისა და მოდერნიზაციის შემდეგ, მოხარულები ვართ, რომ წელს კურსს პრაქტიკოსთა ახალ ჯგუფს ვთავაზობ....

10/08/2026

Have you seen our Fundraising Manager vacancy?

If you know someone who might be a great fit, please do share this post or pass on the link.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a small, innovative charity doing meaningful work across 11 countries, helping more than 25,500 people access music in care.

📋 Role: Fundraising Manager
📍 Location: The Oval, SW9 (4 days a week)
💰 Salary: £29,600 actual (0.8 WTE / £37,000 FTE)

You'll lead on six income streams — from trusts and foundations to major donors, corporate sponsorship and legacies — working closely with our Director at an exciting moment in our development.

Interviews are rolling, so don't wait — apply as soon as you're ready.

🔗 Find out more and apply: www.musicastherapy.org/work-for-us/

06/08/2026

We're proud that several of our Care Professionals at Home Instead Bromley, Chislehurst & Orpington took part in the Music Helps pilot, developed by

The course explores how music can support people living with dementia by encouraging communication, reducing anxiety and creating meaningful moments during care. It's another example of how ongoing training helps our Care Professionals continue delivering personalised, relationship led care.

A special thank you to Music as Therapy International for developing such an inspiring programme and for the fantastic work they do to make this training freely available.

You can read our latest article here:
https://www.homeinstead.co.uk/bromley-chislehurst-orpington/blog/home-instead-bromley-care-professionals-take-part-in-successful-dementia-music-course/

To find out more about the free Music Helps course or the work of Music as Therapy International, visit:

https://www.musicastherapy.org/

06/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our newest Interactive Music-Makers! 🎉

After nine months of learning, reflection and practice, we're delighted to celebrate 11 early years practitioners who have graduated from our Interactive Music-Making (IMM) programme.

This year's cohort has already made an incredible impact:

~ 67 children took part in tailored music sessions
~ 1,434 children now have the opportunity to access ongoing music-making in their settings
~ 11 practitioners are equipped to use child-led music to support children's communication, confidence and development

A huge congratulations to all of our graduates, and thank you to our Associate organisations, guest tutors and Course Leader Lucy Osborne for making another fantastic year possible.

Applications for our 2026–27 Interactive Music-Making programme are now open! If you work with children under five and would like to use music to enrich your practice, we'd love to hear from you.

🔗 Read the full story and find out how to apply via the link in our bio.

We are thrilled to celebrate our newest cohort of eleven Interactive Music-Making (IMM) graduates, who have spent the past nine months building their musical skills to transform the way they support young children. After coming together for their final Presentation Day in June, the group received th...

31/07/2026

Help us bring the benefits of music to more people in care.

We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to play a key role in our next stage of growth, securing the support that will extend our reach to even more caregivers around the world.

This is a 4 day a week post and a fantastic opportunity to join a small, innovative charity doing meaningful work across 11 countries, helping more than 25,500 people access music in care.

📋 Role: Fundraising Manager
📍 Location: The Oval, SW9 (4 days a week)
💰 Salary: £29,600 actual (0.8 WTE / £37,000 FTE)
You'll lead on six income streams-from trusts and foundations to major donors, corporate sponsorship and legacies, working closely with our Director at an exciting moment in our development.

🔗 Find out more and apply: www.musicastherapy.org/work-for-us/

Please share this with anyone you think would be a great fit

30/07/2026

(This post was created in Hungarian, English And Romanian. You may be reading an auto-translation.)

Monika Manases a Music as Therapy International egyik romániai partnere, aki a nálunk tartott bevezető képzést követően saját zenei tapasztalataira építve kidolgozta saját képzését, és a Music as Therapy International által ajánlott trénerré vált. 2010 óta Monika 21 alkalommal tartotta meg a Sound Art E-Motion Egyesület által támogatott „Zenei terápiás munka a fogyatékkal élők felépülésében” című kurzusát Románia-szerte. Nemrégiben izgatottan hallottunk két, csíkszeredai (Erdély keleti része) képzésének végzőséről, akik a tanultakat mélyen beépítették munkájukba.

Monika Manases is one of Music as Therapy International’s Romanian Partners who built on her own use of music following introductory training with us to develop her own training course and become a Music as Therapy International recommended Trainer. Since 2010, Monika has delivered her course - “Therapeutic work through music in the recovery of people with disabilities”, supported by Sound Art E-Motion Association – 21 times across Romania. Recently we were excited to hear about two graduates from her training in Miercurea Ciuc (eastern Transilvania), who have taken their learning and integrated music deeply into their work.

Monika Manases este unul dintre partenerii români ai Music as Therapy International, care și-a dezvoltat propria utilizare a muzicii în urma unei instruiri introductive cu noi pentru a-și dezvolta propriul curs de instruire și a deveni un formator recomandat de Music as Therapy International. Din 2010, Monika și-a susținut cursul - „Lucrul terapeutic prin muzică în recuperarea persoanelor cu dizabilități”, susținut de Asociația Sound Art E-Motion - de 21 de ori în România. Recent, am fost încântați să aflăm despre doi absolvenți ai instruirii sale din Miercurea Ciuc (estul Transilvaniei), care și-au integrat cunoștințele și muzica profund în munca lor.

You can read more in the story section of our website (link in bio!)

További történeteket olvashat weboldalunkon (a link a bemutatkozásban található!)

Puteți citi mai multe accesând linkul din bio (mai sus!)

28/07/2026

Next week marks an exciting milestone for Music Helps: India as it moves to its new home on our new Music Helps training platform. Migrating the course to our own platform means that we can now ensure every step of the learning journey, from signing up, viewing subtitles, to submitting surveys, will be fully translated across all three available languages: Hindi, Telugu, and English.

This has been a significant project, made possible only by the generosity and expertise of our volunteer contributors! Through the power of social media, we were fortunate to connect with Debashree Dasgupta, Music Practitioner & Researcher for Education, Health and Society, based in Mumbai.

We are incredibly grateful to Debashree for dedicating hours of her time to thoughtfully review the entire Hindi course subtitling and website content. With this strengthened platform, Debashree shares our hope that Music Helps will continue to reach a greater number of caregivers and to strengthen dementia care across India:

“As part of the linguistic and cultural review for the English-to-Hindi translations, I was struck by how thoughtfully this course was built - precise, context-specific, and easy to understand, with a team that made the whole process smooth and collaborative. I deeply appreciate the thoughtfulness behind translating it into Hindi and Telugu, a huge step, and one of the first of its kind, that will carry this course from the metro cities to the villages.

Drawing on my own work in music therapy with people living with dementia, it also affirmed core principles I hold dear: autonomy, listening, patience, validation, with music based techniques. I believe this course will certainly open perspectives and can become a strong, evidence-based adjunct to dementia care in India, almost like a music therapy first aid, simple enough for any caregiver to use.”

Our thanks to Nick at Southbrae Digital who has skilfully brought the multi-lingual platform together.

Please watch this space for news of our official launch very soon…!

24/07/2026

Did you know that 96% of Music Helps UK graduates said they felt their personal experience was represented in the course?

This reflects the care and attention at the heart of Music Helps UK - a course built around the real lives of carers supporting people living with dementia, not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Music Helps UK is a free, modern and online course professionally crafted to provide dementia carers with the necessary tools and confidence to use music for quality, person-centred dementia care.

Visit musichelps.training to enrol on Music Helps or share this with someone you think might benefit!