Its been a while！

Hello all，

Its been a while！ive been doing a few exciting things！

US- I flew to Boston for a few weeks to attend the Neurological music therapy course in the Berklee college of music. It was a great time to meet music therapists and learn a lot of knowledge about it. I also visited a few institutes and hospitals that offers music therapy services. Boston is a great place of art, culture and history. The weather and environment is Amazing, with this season or fall leaves. 

 

The course was an international course that music therapists from different countries come and attend the course. Michael That, the founder of neurological music therapy was our lecturer. Neurological music therapy has demonstrated 29 techniques to treat stroke, rehabilitation and Parkinson's. 

 

Have a look what Neurological Music Therapy looks like :
(Credits to MedRhythm)

 

http://www.medrhythmstherapy.com/

I have been involved in the mental health month（october）- we had a high tea event opening. A lot of agencies，mental health related agencies and communities were there. It was a fabulous gathering and networking event，not just with great food，but great advocacy for mental health awareness.

 

a few events are coming up：
1. Music therapy concert
We have organised a community concert on Dec 10. Come along to the Thornleigh Community Centre at 10am for music，food and laughters！：）

Anyhow，I would like to  share a few story of some clients that might be inspiring to you...

I've been working with a wonderful 7-year -old little boy that has total blindness, but also total gift of.muaicality. He came with a rather closed posture, mumbled articulation, and many repetitive gestures.  He has learnt to verbalize and sing a lot with confidence over time. After a terms lesson, he has learnt to sing and play (out loud ) at the same time -" music day "(The day we have lessons) was the favorite day of the week. At the day of the end of term concert,.his family was able to enjoy him playing confidently on the piano. He sings and plays together!  His brother also worked on a song together as an ensemble , with little instruments playing together musically.

Stay tuned：）

Hanna

Music and the brain

Music and  the brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=713&v=NlY4yCsGKXU

Hanna will be heading to Boston to study Neurological Music Therapy!
See you all soon.

Best regards,
Hanna

OLIVER SACKS QUOTES

Dear All,

Oliver Sacks, a neurologist that has contributed greatly to psychology and music psychology has just passed away after a long battle of cancer. He's a man of soul and humanity.

Here are some quotes from Oliver Sack's  books on rhythm, dementia, music, human beingg-


















His books has greatly contributed and inspired my thoughts on music. It reminds me how music is inside our minds, inside our hearts.

For more, please click
http://mic.com/articles/111150/11-beautiful-oliver-sacks-quotes-that-capture-the-power-of-music

best regards,
Hanna

Artwork at the clinic

Dear all ,

 

Hope you're all doing well! Just showing you all some amazing artworks about music -

 

 

 

Music can also align with artworks too!  These are artworks of clients after music therapy sessions. 

Best regards,

Hanna

Cancare talk

Dear all,

 

How have you been? Hope life is treating you well :)

 

It was delightful to give 4 talks across sydney this year at a cancer organisation - an organisation with a lot of care and love. I've been grateful to help with volunteering at Cancare- attending their support groups and chatting with the caregivers...  helping with music at their talks and events. The trainings they provide are not just informational, but yet supports a lot of their needs, from themselves to the whole family. I really Appreciate the heart and effort by the staff and I hope they can help more people in need

Here are some photos

 

It was great seeing a lot of people engage, ask questions. Some were interested in music therapy, some were interested in purchasing the instruments.

There was a lot of great feedback about how music could calm patients and carers  down. It was a great afternoon for me to spend time with them too!

Music therapy can assist people with cancer to

Help you to express your emotions

Help you cope with symptoms of a disease and its treatment

Improve your emotional and physical well being

Develop self confidence and self esteem

Develop or re-kindle a sense of creativity

Help you to relax and feel comfortable

In a music therapy session, musical experiences may vary from

• Listen to music
• Move to music
• Sing
• Make music with simple instruments, with the music therapist
• Write and discuss song lyrics
• Use guided imagery alongside music

More information, please visit
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancers-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative/therapies/music-therapy

Visit Cancare
http://www.cancarecentre.org.au
https://www.facebook.com/cancarecentre

Courage.
Conviction.
Commitment.


Best regards,
Hannahannatsoi213@hotmail.com

SBS Radio Interview

Dear all,

It's been a cold winter holiday here in sydney, yet I've been lucky enough to have some rest (finally)!

 

I'm honoured to be interviewed by the SBS radio for an on air interview, by Seline and Ivan. We talked a lot about What music therapy is,  what it involves, story sharing and a lot more. Thanks so much for the wonderful opportunity to be able to share music and my passion to the audience! (Of course, I was a bit nervous as well!)

Please check more details below:
Interview - http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/cantonese/zh-hant/content/wu-suo-bu-tan-zhu-ce-yin-le-zhi-liao-shi-cai-xiao-ming?language=zh-hant

https://www.facebook.com/SBSCantonese

Hope to hear more from you all :)

Best regards,
Hanna
hannatsoi213@hotmail.com

It's been a few weeks!

Dear all,

 

 



How's your week been?

My work has been incredibly busy, luckily I could sit down and write my blog still! As it's the start of the term, there's an incredible amount of adminstration and work I need to do... fingerscrossed x

This term has been quite draining for myself, emotionally and physically, as I need to get use to all the driving, with a lot of work before and after the sessions. I've been sick for about 3 weeks, and there's been a few changes in my life as well.

If you want to know more, here's a video about what a day is like as a music therapist:

The joy of seeing the clients is yet my drive of my work!
However, as the pic says, "It's always impossible until it's done!"

Best regards,
Hanna