Introduction
In this episode, I’m talking with Dr Simon Procter who is Director of Music Services (Education, Research and Public Affairs) for Nordoff Robbins, the national music therapy charity.
You may know Nordoff Robbins because of famous supporters like Nile Rodgers, Sting, Ricky from Kaiser Chiefs (and The Voice), and many others, as well as fundraising events given by people like the Premiere Football League and the Music Industry Trusts Awards.
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What’s in this episode?
We talk about:
- how Simon became involved with music therapy
- what music therapy is and does
- the intersection between community music and music therapy
- evaluation and evidence for music work with people, and some of Nordoff Robbins’ current research projects
- balancing advocacy and evidence, with communicating the craft of music work with people
- and we finish with three pieces of advice for encouraging more communication and learning between music therapy, community music and music education
Scroll down for the transcript of the podcast (coming soon).
Links for this episode
Simon Procter, Nordoff Robbins & music therapy in the UK:
Nordoff Robbins website | Centres | Videos | Research | Short courses
Video mentioned by Simon – young person, music therapist and piano
British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT)
Ken Aigen | Mercédès Pavlicevic books | Colin Lee
Recommended reading & definitions:
RCTs = randomised controlled trials
Cochrane reviews = systematic reviews of primary research
Music for life by Gary Ansdell
[PAPER/BLOG] Community music therapy by Gary Ansdell
[BOOK] Invitation to community music therapy by Brynjulf Stige, Leif Edvard Aarø
[BOOK] Community music therapy by Gary Ansdell & Mercedes Pavlicevic
Music for education & wellbeing podcast [2] TRANSCRIPT: Dr Simon Procter, Nordoff Robbins
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