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

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 can lose its meaning when we start learning and practising for the sole reason of clearing exams. In the work with children of all abilities, we see how music mean a lot more than just certifications. It is always heartening when we see a child taking his own initiative to figure out tunes to play and enjoy with the skills he has picked up

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 and stress. (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/sports/olympics/eileen-gu-skiing-fear.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur ). It was interesting to read about what goes on in the mind of an Olympian. What struck me were her words on “bolstering her self-esteem” and “minimizing her need for external validation”. This was something that I hav