Mewsic has been blessed with four final-year music therapy students from the University of Melbourne! Read about these talented young ladies who are here doing wonderful things for the cancer children from underpriviliged backgrounds at st. jude childcare centre, as well as their supervisor Lucy, Mewsic's 2013 partner representative from Australian Music Therapy Association!
Introducing Ashleigh, Angelie, Emily and Vanessa and their Supervisor (as well as representative from Australian Music Therapy Association) Lucy!
Angelie
Angelie is from Melbourne, Australia and has a great passion for using her music skills to help children of all ages achieve their potentials in health. Angelie loves to sing and play piano, and enjoys spending time with her teeny tiny dog! She loves good food, engaging conversations and groovy music.
Ashleigh
Ashleigh completed her bachelor in contemporary music at JMC academy in Melbourne in 2010 majoring in vocals and will complete her Master of Music Therapy at the University of Melbourne at the end of 2013.Through her clinical placements Ashleigh has had experience working in aged care, palliative care and general paediatrics within the acute hospital setting. Outside of university life, Ashleigh works as a vocal and piano teacher and performs regularly around Melbourne as a vocalist in several bands.
Emily
Emily completed her Bachelor of Music (studying double bass) at the University of Western Australia in 2010 and will complete her Master of Music Therapy at the University of Melbourne at the end of 2013. Through her clinical placements Emily has experience working in paediatric oncology, early intervention, and neurological rehabilitation. In her spare time Emily likes to bake!
Vanessa
Vanessa studied at the Sydney Conservatorium where she completed a Bachelor of Music (first class honours) in 2007 and a Masters of Music (Performance) in 2009, majoring on flute. Having toured extensively overseas as Principal Flutist with numerous orchestras throughout China, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and the Netherlands, Vanessa has also toured and performed nationally with chamber ensembles and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Vanessa continues to play as a freelance musician in Sydney while also completing a Masters of Music Therapy. Vanessa’s music therapy experience includes working with children in palliative care and respite, adolescents with autism, and in a residential nursing home for patients with dementia.
Lucy - Supervisor & Representative from Australian Music Therapy Association
Lucy has recently submitted her PhD at Melbourne University studying the process of collaborative music participation with communities supporting marginalised young people. She is committed to participatory approaches to clinical practice and research.
Recent clinical practice working in a women and children’s refuge in Bangladesh prompted an interest in the potential role and subsequent responsibilities of music therapists working in community and international development settings. This experience has fuelled a broader interest in sustainability and collaboration in music therapy practice, which has informed in her recent music therapy action research projects and practice, both in community and education settings in Melbourne, Australia.
Recent clinical practice working in a women and children’s refuge in Bangladesh prompted an interest in the potential role and subsequent responsibilities of music therapists working in community and international development settings. This experience has fuelled a broader interest in sustainability and collaboration in music therapy practice, which has informed in her recent music therapy action research projects and practice, both in community and education settings in Melbourne, Australia.
Looking forward, Lucy has just taken a position working as a course tutor for the graduate certificate of music therapy in Delhi, India. She looks forward to further exploring notions of collaboration, music and health in the South Asian context.
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