Author Archives: lornasherwin

Music and laughter echoed through the rooms of the Bremer Community Child Care Centre as children celebrated World Down Syndrome Day with a music therapy session last Thursday. Continue reading →

Children with Down Syndrome are discovering the joys of music at special therapy sessions on the Gold Coast. Continue reading →

Three Ballarat women are using art to raise vital funds for the Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre. All of the proceeds from the event will go to the Wellness Centre at BRICC, to fund such things as art therapy, music therapy and massage equipment. Continue reading →

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne will benefit from more than 140,000 hot cross buns to be baked by Bakers Delight Victorian bakeries during the Good Friday Appeal. Money raised will assist the hospital’s music therapy department, a beneficial initiative for patients, regardless of their age, disability or injury. Continue reading →

Pete Murray has kept his promise to record songs written by two cancer patients who later died. A hospital report tells how since 2004, Murray has been visiting patients at the Royal Melbourne Hospital as part of a music therapy program with RMT Emma O’Brian. Continue reading →

The school is scheduled to open late next month, providing singing and acting classes, music lessons and music therapy to children living with a disability. Continue reading →

A group featuring prominent Horsham business operators and a community service representative have shut the bar fridge and put a lock on the wine-cellar door — for at least a month. They are also are busy practicing a profound ‘thanks, but no thanks’ response to offers to share in alcoholic beverages as part of a commitment to Febfast. Febfast raises money to support vulnerable young people affected by issues such as drug and alcohol use. It asks program participants to abstain from drinking alcohol for a month.
Continue reading →