Hayley as Patron for Music Therapy Centre

[dick]

A video of a visit from Hayley at www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOkZD40hE9g

[Joe]

May 10, 2011 22:23:16 GMT dick said:

A video of a visit from Hayley at www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOkZD40hE9g

Hello Dick!

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks for posting video from the Raukatauri Music Centre... you'll be pleased to read that NZ TV One did this amazing report. You can find this news story here ... hwi.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Media&thread=5883&page=1

Isn't it amazing that music and voice can work wonders? And Hayley is the perfect medication...take two songs at least once a day! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Thanks again Dick...hope to read more from you soon!

Best wishes,
Joe

[Richard]

Hello folks!

The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre in Auckland is holding an Open Day on Wednesday 31 October 2012.

www.voxy.co.nz/health/throwing-light-music-therapy/5/138258

Throwing light on music therapy

Friday, 19 October, 2012 - 12:46

New Zealand's sole music therapy centre is opening its doors so New Zealanders can gain a better understanding of the work the centre does in achieving sustainable, permanent growth and development for children and young adults with special needs.

The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre open day on October 31 will include presentations from music therapists and parents of children the centre is currently working with.

The centre is a non-profit charitable trust primarily financed through fundraising efforts.

It is keen to demonstrate how music therapy can reduce the sense of isolation, improve communication, build self-esteem and self-confidence and help develop life skills for people with special needs.

Clients of the centre include children and young people with emotional, physical, intellectual, developmental or behavioural issues.

Director Carol White says more than 800 children and young people have accessed music therapy via the centre and its outreach programme since it opened in 2004.

"The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre changes lives through music," Ms White says. "We currently offer services to more than 200 children and young adults with special needs each month. Services are provided by a team of nine registered music therapists - all of whom have masters degrees in addition to being passionate and practising musicians.

"We have capacity for new clients so via the open day we hope to spread the word about the services we provide and encourage parents and caregivers with special needs children to come and see the work we do."

Parent Anna Featherstone highlights the growth and development her son Kori has achieved with music therapy this year.

"Kori was diagnosed with hypotonic cerebral palsy when he was about one and a half. Now at nearly three, he still cannot stand unaided. However since he began music therapy in February this year we have seen great improvements in Kori's physical abilities. "Kori has spent 45 minutes a week with his therapist Yair for just two months and he is sitting up for the first time.

"Now after two terms of music therapy he is much more stable right through his body, and is able to sit unaided playing with both hands for long periods of time. You cannot imagine how exciting this development had been for us."

Patrons of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre include noted Kiwi musicians Hayley Westenra, Boh Runga and most recently Dame Rosie Horton.

The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre open day details are:

Date: Wednesday 31st October 2012

Time: 2.00 - 6.00pm

Venue: Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, 15 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn, Auckland

Theme: "Changing Lives through Music"

Richard

[Richard]

There's more information about the Open Day on the Raukatauri Centre's website:

www.rmtc.org.nz/news.cfm#faq129571

OPEN DAY - 31 October 2012

Changing Lives Through Music

In the past eight and a half years, hundreds of children and young adults have experienced the life-changing effects of music therapy through the work of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre. And more recently we have expanded our services to working with adults in the community. We would love you to join us on Open Day 2012 for the unique opportunity to hear from our Music Therapists and Parents about the work we do here and the impact this has had on the lives of their children and whanau.

Our team here at Raukatauri are passionate about their work, and will share this with you via a selection of informative and authoritative presentations throughout the afternoon. You will hear about the work we do with children and young people with cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, autism, learning difficulties and behavioural problems, and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities. Included in the presentations will be footage of music therapy sessions, input from parents, and question and answer sessions.

The programme for the day includes:

2pm onwards Afternoon Tea

2.30pm - 5.00pm Presentations and talks every half hour

5.00pm - 6.00pm Drinks and nibbles, and a chance to mix and mingle.

We very much hope you can join us on Wednesday 31 October for this special event.

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Whanau is a Maori word meaning extended family.

Richard

[scoobedoo]

Hi everyone just to explain

Whanau is a Maori word meaning extended family.

Richard

This is relatively easy to pronounce it is the Wh is treated as an 'F' so it is spoken as "Far Now" One of the more common words used as Family.


cheers,

Rodders

[Richard]

Hello folks!

The Raukatauri Centre's website has been updated with details of the presentations at this Wednesday's Open Day:

www.rmtc.org.nz/news.cfm#faq129571

Richard

[Juliette]

Hi everyone,

I was at a Christmas concert performed by the Auckland Symphony Orchestra the other day and I saw in the programme that, on March 3rd, they will perform in a charity concert benefiting the Raukatauri centre. It was not mentionned if Hayley would be part of it or not, but I guess it's an event to keep an eye on

Juliette x