Anita Holford talks to Catherine Birch from York St John University about trauma-informed practices in community music and music education.
Tag: Music education
Music for education & wellbeing podcast: How we use reflective practice – with music tutors from Hertfordshire Music Service
In this new podcast, Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, is talking with Ije Amaechi, Victoria Port, and Ross Lanning who are all music tutors working for Hertfordshire Music Service.
Music for Education & Wellbeing podcast: Music as a tool to connect and heal – with Laura Hassler, Director, Musicians Without Borders
In this new podcast, Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, is talking with Laura Hassler, Founder and Director of Musicians Without Borders. It’s a charity based in Amsterdam that uses the power of music for peacebuilding and social change, particularly in areas of war and conflict.
Music for Education & Wellbeing Podcast: Pandemic mini-series
Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, spoke to seven music education and community music professionals about how they’re continuing to provide support and music services to young people during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Music for Education & Wellbeing Podcast: Working with disabled people and those with additional needs – Elle Williams, one-to-one music tutor
In this new podcast, Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, is talking with Elle Williams, a classically-trained guitarist who specialises solely in one-to-one music lessons with disabled people and those with additional needs.
Music for Education & Wellbeing Podcast: The role of freelancers in the arts and music sector – with Ruth Jones, youth arts specialist
In this new podcast, Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, is talking with Ruth Jones about the role of freelancers in the arts and music sector.
Music for Education & Wellbeing Podcast: Young people, music mentoring and digital stories – Simon Glenister, Noise Solution
In this new podcast, Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, is talking with Simon Glenister, Director of Noise Solution, a social enterprise based in Bury
Youth Music calls for an inclusive, relevant and creative music curriculum in England
A four-year study of young people involved with Youth Music projects in England, shows that they prefer to have autonomy over their own learning, and be able to choose music which is more relevant to them.
Music for Education & Wellbeing Podcast: Wiltshire Music Connect’s community development model for a music education hub
In this new podcast, Anita Holford, co-editor of Music Education Works, is talking with Nick Howdle and Sophie Amstell of Wiltshire Music Connect, which is a music education hub.
Using music as a coping strategy for mental health – blog
With Olly Murs and other stars performing in a major mental health fundraiser a couple of weeks ago, Music 4 Mental Health, music and mental health is in the headlines again. Most of us have used music at some point to improve our mood or add atmosphere to our surroundings. But how does music impact on our emotional wellbeing and how can you use it to improve your own or others’ mental health?
We’re in the Top 10 of music education blogs and websites!
Feedspot has recently put us in the Top 10 of music education blogs and websites to follow in 2018.
How piano lessons can improve language skills
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Beijing Normal University have found that piano lessons help improve children’s language skills.
