MUSIC 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Music Therapy, 4Music, Self-Concept

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC 2MT3
• Professor: Rachael Finnerty

Document Summary

Collaborative work: negotiations between mt"s and community musicians in the. Non-for profit, founded in 2003 by 2 mt"s. Purpose of the clinic is to provide mt to previously disadvantaged communities in cape. Town, south africa (and different forms of music making) Issues: poverty, unemployment, gang violence, hiv, aids, -- fragmentation and disintegration of many communities. Employs 4 music therapists, 4 community musicians, and 5 projects. Found with this clinic that there were a lot of kids that needed to be engaged in something that was healthy and productive outside of school. Purpose of the whole article is to recognize the importance of collaboration because the. Mt"s who are running this project in sa are british. 1960"s forcibly moved from inner city cape town. Started mt at a school in heideveld, 2003. Referrals from teachers (from all 9 schools in the area) Children who have been abused, lost family members (gang violence, hiv/aids, drugs), parents in jail.