Rejoice Creative Music
Values
Just a couple of days ago, one of the young lads came for his lesson. He realised that he forgot his bottle of water which he always...
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Musings
Music therapy and music education is an organic process. There is never one session that can be the same.
Each session is usually teeming with lessons for the therapist or the teacher.
Here are some thoughts which arose from sessions, conversations or readings.
Do note that the posts here are reflections of the team
and should not be regarded as a consultation nor a therapeutic intervention.
Rejoice Creative Music
- Feb 15
- 1 min
Rehearsing!
The creative arts therapy space is also a little “rehearsal space” for children. Many things happen during the week of a child. Their...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Sugar Rush?
We met a few kids post festive period who had a good laugh about having "sugar rush". I asked them what they meant by it ( I already know...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Jan 20
- 1 min
The goal of learning music
I enjoy it most when a student has gotten to a level of proficiency that we get to play a piece together OR if is it is a solo work,...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
Celebrate successes
Nearing the end of the year, we tend to do a little stocktake on how each student had progressed. We were reminded that just as there...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Thoughts about "Supervision"
The journey as a therapist can be very intense. There is so much going on in a single session - The needs of the client, the...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Dec 4, 2022
- 1 min
Counting down to Christmas
Many learn and practice music for the exams and certifications. While it is certainly helpful to keep progress in check, music education...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Identification!
Recent conversations with different people reminded us how there are times when we identify and judge a child by his/her diagnoses. While...
Rejoice Creative Music
- May 2, 2022
- 1 min
Musical Contexts
Reflection from sessions: Sometimes, I meet with children who prefer to play in the way that they like all the time - e.g. loud and fast....
Rejoice Creative Music
- May 1, 2022
- 1 min
Being Musical
I have been reading for inspiration the last few days. Yes, Music teachers and music therapists do need to be invigorated and...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Apr 24, 2022
- 1 min
Working through Playing
It has been an interesting season. A mentor once shared with me about how Spring seems to bring about behavioural changes in children....
Rejoice Creative Music
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
Being Child-centred is an art!
The practice at Rejoice Creative is a child-centered one. I remember speaking to a parent of a child who just started sessions and she...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Mar 9, 2022
- 1 min
Expecting the unexpected
Every child we work with connect and learn in different ways. While working with children of all abilities, we are like investigators,...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Mar 8, 2022
- 1 min
Thought of the week: Breakthroughs
We always look forward to breakthroughs in our sessions. These breakthroughs can come in many forms including: a meaningful glance from a...
Rejoice Creative Music
- Feb 13, 2022
- 2 min
Of Rewards and External Validation
Recently, NYTimes published an essay written by Eileen Gu, one of the Winter Olympic gold medalists, about her relationship with pressure...
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