Our Social Mission:
To provide accessible, best practice Music Therapy services to community organisations supporting families with young children.
We Value:
Collaboration | Community | Communication | Connection | Creativity
Our Goals:
We encourage positive Parent-Child interactions
We support Early Learning and child development
We believe in the importance of Creative Fun together
About Us
MusicConnect
MusicConnect is an innovative Music Therapy program. We collaborate with community organisations supporting families with young children who are in challenging and complex situations, to provide Music Therapy services.
Music Therapy is used as a fun and creative medium to connect parents and their young children so as to further develop bonding and attachment and to highlight the importance of focused and fun time together. Activities such as action songs, playing instruments, dancing and singing address early learning and child development goals such as communication, social interaction, cognitive learning and motor skills.
The MusicConnect team includes highly trained and experienced Music Therapists, all with Music Therapy university qualifications and registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA). They are an amazing, passionate and talented team of people with the common goal of helping families through Music Therapy.
The MUSICCONNECT Music Therapy Team
Contact Us
admin@MusicConnect.net.au
al@musicconnect.net.au
WEB
www.MusicConnect.net.au
post
MusicConnect
PO Box 510
NARRABEEN NSW 2101
Roxanne McLeod
Lauren Bortolazzo
Al Fuller
What We Do
Community Organisations please contact us for further information on any of the following MusicConnect services.
Music Time twist
Music Time Twist is our weekly group for parents and young children aged 0-5. We focus on positive and fun parent-child interaction, with plenty of motivating musical activities that provide opportunities for early learning and development across the areas of communication, social interaction, cognitive learning and motor skills.
Big School Boogie
Big School Boogie is our weekly group for parents and children aged 4-5 who are preparing to start school in the following year. We focus on the important school readiness areas of social development (turn-taking, leading, sharing, group skills), cognitive learning (songs using numbers, alphabet and other concepts) and emotional learning (speaking up, expression).
WORKSHOP Wiggle
Workshop Wiggle is our one-off workshop for parents and young children aged 0-5. We focus on how families can include musical fun into everyday routines (brushing teeth, change time), family play (mini music time, pack away time) and outings (driving time, park play time).
Families interested in Music Time Twist, Big School Boogie or Workshop Wiggle please contact your local community organisation to ask them about the possibility of us partnering with them to bring MusicConnect to your community program.
Music Therapy
The Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA) uses the following definition:
Music therapy is a research-based practice and profession in which music is used to actively support people as they strive to improve their health, functioning and wellbeing.
Music therapy is the intentional use of music by a university trained professional who is registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association Inc. Registered music therapists draw on an extensive body of research and are bound by a code of ethics that informs their practice.
Music therapists incorporate a range of music making methods within and through a therapeutic relationship. They are employed in a variety of sectors including health, community, aged care, disability, early childhood, and private practice. Music therapy is different from music education and entertainment as it focuses on health, functioning and wellbeing.
“Music expresses that which cannot be said, and on which it is impossible to be silent.
....Victor Hugo”
