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Music Therapy
The inaugural Ribbon Rhythm Festival will provide a weekend of great music in aid of a good cause in the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny on Friday, February 26, and Saturday 27, 2011.
This brand new two-day musical spectacular has already attracted a stellar line-up of acts and it is planned to run it on an annual basis. The 2011 festival will raise much-needed funds for the Donegal Autism Parent's Support Group and to increase awareness of its work in the county.
Music Therapy Ireland
Invites you to a presentation:
Music Therapy: Special Needs and Autism
Venue: The Factory, Galvone Industrial Estate, Southill, Limerick
I’m a superhero. By day I parent two little boys with Autism, by night (and weekends) I don an evening gown, grab a radio mic and perform soul music in front of crowds of people. I’m lucky to have such a release, but so many autistic families aren't.
...I’m every kind of excited to announce that our Charity this year is the Autism Family Support Group, Donegal. This organization helps families by providing seminars, summer programs, and family support as well as creating Autism Awareness.
Photo: Copyright AngloCelt.
Story: By Sinead Horgan, Anglo Celt, 27/May/2009.
How do you solve a problem? - Like Maria!
Whether it comes from the heart, the soul or somewhere even more mystical than that, Maria Greenan’s piano-playing and singing is positively goose-bump inducing. The 20-year-old music student from Cootehill wowed the crowds at Cavan’s Got Talent with performances of songs ranging from Hot Stuff to Tears From Heaven and Billie Jean - scooping the first prize of €7,000 which she plans to put towards her education.
![How do you solve a problem? - Like Maria! [AngloCelt, May 2009]](http://www.rainchild.ie/files/images/upload/Maria.thumbnail.jpg "How do you solve a problem? - Like Maria! [AngloCelt, May 2009]")
"John Lubbock and Christine Cairns, musicians and parents of a son with autism, established Music for Autism in the United Kingdom in 2002 to share their love of music with other individuals with autism and their families. Their journey began by organizing a series of fundraising concerts and producing Songs for Alexander, a music compact disc dedicated to their son, to fund their charitable organization. ".
"IACAT is the national registration body for creative arts therapists in Ireland. As a professional reference body, it promotes, regulates and upholds the work of creative arts therapists, including Art Therapy, Dance-Movement Therapy, Dramatherapy and Music Therapy.".
"Jason is a qualified music therapist with a background in psychology and special education. Currently, he works in the fields of neurological rehabilitation, developmental disability and physical disability. He has conducted research into a developing area of music therapy: sensory integration.".
"Every child deserves the chance to sing every day. Singing improves learning, confidence, health and social development. It has the power to change lives and help to build stronger communities ... We want to give every child the chance to sing, with opportunities to develop their singing and performance skills."
"The Arts & Disability Forum (ADF) was formed in 1993 by a group of like-minded people who aspired to create a forum for people with disabilities in the arts. The Forum exists to facilitate the empowerment of people with disabilities through the development of Arts and Disability culture, promoting equal access to mainstream arts for people with disabilities (as both consumers and participants) and campaigns for increased opportunities in arts education, training and employment.".
"The Academy of Music educational programme for students with Special Needs".
"New Zealand songstress Ladyhawke aka Pip Brown - currently enjoying extensive airplay with her latest single My Delirium." She has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome.
THE LEGENDARY Pyros are back this weekend when they play two concerts in aid of Scoil Iosagáin’s music therapy programme in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel. The Pyros – Kevin Doherty, John Cutliffe, Ciaran Tourish, Paul Rodden, Michael Gallinagh and Laurence Doherty – will be joined by Altan accordionist Dermot Byrne and renowned fiddler Tommy Peoples on Friday night. Meanwhile, they’ll be joined on stage by the Henry Girls on Saturday night.
"Louise Kelly is a music therapy teacher who works with pupils with special needs at Scoil Iosagain.". [source: Derry Jounal, 20th March 2009]
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