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Dr. Simon Gilbertson
Regional Liaison for Europe
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After returning last week from the 3rd Norwegian Music Therapy Conference in Bergen, Norway that I featured in my last blog entry, my attention has been drawn to the recent news of the announcement of the establishment of the British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), a new national organization of music therapy in the UK. From April 6th 2011, the BAMT replaced the former Association of Professional Music Therapists and the British Society of Music Therapy.
The British Association for Music Therapy will be celebrating the first National Music Therapy Week from 6-11 June, 2011 which, as described on the Association’s website, ‘aims to increase awareness of how music therapy can improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities’ (see link below). As part of the week, the BAMT have planned ‘Different Grooves’ an improvisation extraordinaire in which musicians, music therapists and the general public in live and networked music improvisation and performance in mass music group format of Pachelbel’s Canon. You can read more about the details of ‘Different Grooves’ by following the link below.
Certainly, music therapy around the World reaches not only out into the community but also exists deep in communities. By providing opportunities of an increasing awareness of not only what music is, or how it can be used as an experimental stimulus, but of what people do together in music: listening, playing and improvising to achieve their best, and help others to do their best. All that remains for this blog entry is to wish the new British Association for Music Therapy all the best for a bright and successful future!
Simon Gilbertson
Regional Liaison for Europe
Link:
http://apmt.org/Info/NationalMusicTherapyWeek/tabid/307/Default.aspx
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