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‘We all have unique relationships with music’
... for an NHS Trust. But back in 2006 I was researching what music therapy is, and I had perhaps my first encounter with the impact and power of music. I was with a music therapist working with a group of older adults with ...
Music and change the Rowley Way
Some people call the Music and Change project a Trojan horse,’ says Charlie ... during her training were important in developing Music and Change. ‘Working in the NHS, I thought one-to-one ... of gang culture in New York was another influence on Music...
'They should embrace that oddness'
... fourth album. I’m currently in LA just about to shoot a music video for a song called ‘Turn’ and we are about to ... so personal, or do you find it therapeutic? All forms of music and art and writing are a form of therapy and it seems ... to find it! There have...
From A&R man to assistant psychologist
... study history and economics. I was trying to avoid doing music, since my family was so involved with it. But I was drawn in and took a music degree. My rebellion failed. My degree was in classical music – I wrote my long essay on the use of...
One on one… with Susan Hallam
... career and influenced me to research the wider benefits of music. One favourite film Farewell My Concubine. This film ... turning point in my life On leaving the Royal Academy of Music I became principal second violin in the BBC Midland ... for Oxfordshire...
A glimpse of our potential
... darkness: Group flow and environmental expression in the music of Black Sabbath and Joy Division. This combines two of his great interests – psychology and music – which threaded our conversation. I first asked ... Pepper came out and from a very young age...
One on one ...with Raymond MacDonald
... to finally play for Celtic. One therapeutic application of music Daniel Barenboim in his BBC Reith Lecture series ... to address why many adolescents lose interest in formal music education around the time music becomes their most important...
One on one... with Jaak Panksepp
... minds. One way of understanding ‘the chills’ evoked by music ‘Skin orgasms’ may be closely linked to our primal ... similarities between the chilling emotions evoked by music and those engendered by separation distress and grief. I talk about this in my 1995...
One on one... with Tom Dickins
... released by WARP records, 1995. I was introduced to their music when I was a PhD student at the University of ... by this cool, creative place he belonged to. Autechre’s music is beautifully pared down, creating melody and mood from rhythm. As with exquisite...
Careers
Mindsets, music and magic Ian Florance meets Roberto Forzoni St Pancras ... outside work: playing football, DJ-ing and listening to music. ‘I DJ-ed on Solar, a pirate radio station, and ... Roberto’s website ( www.robertoforzoni.com ) calls music ‘...
‘I took the plunge and chose the risky option’
... jazz band – how did that come about? I always loved music, and being a musician helped me become financially ... my PhD, I had to decide – should I continue playing music on stage or leave that behind me and aim for an ... good money, much more than an...
John Booth Davies 1944-2017
... years, was a psychologist with a wide range of interests: music, addiction, human factors and safety. He was born near ... Big Band for many years. His first book T he Psychology of Music (1978) dealt largely with the cognitive psychology of music...
Careers
... a classical pianist since the age of four. My interest in music and performing is a continuing one. I did Maths, Physics and Music at A-level and became interested in sound recording. I ... a small Maryland Liberal Arts College, double majoring in Music...
‘What is therapy’s value, and how do we decide this?'
... She initially studied the violin at the Royal Academy of Music, and later qualified as a music therapist. Her work in the field of music therapy led to an undergraduate degree in psychology ...
How to get ahead in the psychology of advertising
... them with huge enthusiasm. The first looks at the role of music in advertising, which, as will become clear, is central ... or do the “incidentals” – the particular scene, the music – actually cause an advert to be successful or not? ... I’m researching “...
‘Psychology sang to me’
... isn’t particularly associated with psychology, but with music and creativity. It was celebrated by the folk singer ... multi-ethnic restaurants, coffee bars, street stalls and music shops. Jake Farr – the founder of Alchemy Personal ... of people write, play...
‘You don’t have to stay within the barriers’
... and semantic memory.’ Nick has written on the role of music in a variety of areas and, since I have music playing all the time while working in my office, I was ... his paper in Applied Cognitive Psychology on ‘Disliked Music can be better for...
One on one... with Dr Michelle Hamill
... dose of supervision. One composer I’d be lost without music. Einaudi is a favourite, especially I’m when travelling on the tube. I work with some brilliant music therapists, who are based on our inpatient wards. Their ... which sets the tone nicely. Thankfully...
‘See the great picture, and don’t get lost in the daily tasks’
... or Kirill Petrenko). It is one of my favourite pieces of music. I am a music lover, and most activities in my life have a music track. One alternative career path you may have chosen ...
One on one... with Jeune Guishard-Pine
... Courtney Pine CBE, is pretty amazing! Oh, and his music’s not too bad either! Seriously, to hear great jazz ... hear outstanding musicianship. Jazz musicians are creating music instantaneously rather than writing and rewriting it ... career path I would have...
Tics in the room and tics on Zoom
... exercise, and meditation and calming techniques… music is the best thing for me actually, I never tic at all when I’m listening to or playing my music or my instruments. The worst thing for me is probably ... pandemic? What coping strategies have you used?...
One on one
... moment that changed my career Deciding that the career in music I was following was not ‘my first love’. I took the radical step to leave music college and take up a post as a Student Registered ...
'It is diverse brains and the consequent breadth of talents and abilities that are pivotal to our future'
... for boys, with some unqualified teaching in English and music, as the men were being called up into the Forces, ... Meanwhile I received a scholarship to Brighton School of Music and trained to be a singer. Peer pressure then led me ...
Allan McNeill 1958-2016
... important. One thing that defined Allan was his love of music. In his teenage years and early twenties he had an ... were too good to let them get lost in the jungle of the music business and he became their manager. Later, Allan went ...
William M. Cheyne 1938-2020
... Outside of academia, Bill’s great love was music, nurtured during his early years. He particularly loved ... Wagner, on whom he was something of an authority); choral music; and the traditional music of North-East Scotland. He was a fine singer...