The Australian campaign, Making Music Being Well, was launched for the second time in Hong Kong in June 2012.

Poster designed by Sharmie Fan.

On 17 June 2012,

Music Therapy Workshop on Early Intervention was held in Hong Kong as part of the Australian Making Music Being Well campaign.

7 accredited music therapists from Australia and UK shared with almost 100 participants some music therapy techniques they have been using with young children, focusing on the development in social, communication, cognitive, motor and emotional areas.

Social Motor Emotional

Communication

Visuals prepared by Ashley Spears, MT-BC.

Making Music Being Well 2012 Supporting Organizations

(in alphabetical order):

1. Making Music Being Well (Australia) 2. Music: Play for Life (Australia) 3. The Kiddiz Castle Development Centre 4. Yip’s Children’s Choral & Performing Arts Centre

Voluntary accredited Music Therapists included (in alphabetical order):

Jenny Lam (AMTA, Australia)

Jacqueline Leung (AMTA, Australia)

Fanny Lo (BAMT & HPC, UK)

Raymond Ng (BAMT & HPC, UK)

Carol Sou (AMTA, Australia)

Bettina Wan (AMTA, Australia)

Millie Wong (AMTA, Australia)

Photo taken with the Supervisor of our Sponsored Venue – Yip’s Children’s Choral & Performing Arts Centre

(Left to Right): Jacqueline Leung, Shirley Bolen (Supervisor), Bettina Wan, Fanny Lo, Millie Wong, Raymond Ng, Jenny Lam

Voluntary Assistants included (in alphabetical order):

Christina Fok (Public Relations Officer)

Dickson Kwok (Information Technology Officer)

Elaine Li (Public Relations Officer)

Michael Tsui (Sponsor & Person-In-Charge of Sound System, HK Folk)

Terry Wu (Photographer from Alain Yip Photography Alumni )

Alfred Yu (Photographer from Alain Yip Photography Alumni )

Voluntary Guest Speakers & Performers included (in alphabetical order):

Beverly Leung (Pianist)

Mo (Parent Speaker)

Photo taken after our Music Therapy Workshop on Early Intervention.

First Row (Left to Right): Jenny Lam, Bettina Wan, Fanny Lo, Jacqueline Leung, Millie Wong,

Raymond Ng, Michael Tsui

Second Row (Left to Right): Christina Fok, Dickson Kwok, Elaine Li, Alfred Yu, Terry Wu

promote the benefits of music making for the body, mind and soul

enhance public understanding of the

therapeutic use of music

increase public awareness of the recreational advantages of

active music making

We aim to

Date: 17 June 2012

Event: Music Therapy Workshop on Early Intervention

Supporting organizations: 4 Supporting Registered Music Therapists: 7 Supporting Guests & Volunteers: 8 Number of people participated in MMBW event : 92

The world is not the same

with the love and joy we're sharing

Let our worries be yesterday

with our voices to colour the days

Making music being well

The path we're going on is a mystery

Making music being well

Open your eyes,

open your mind, open your heart

and be free

Opening: Theme Song

Music: Kenneth Wong 黄耀光 C.A.S.H. Lyrics: Nathan Tsang and Jacqueline Chow

Making Music Being Well 2012

Introduction to Making Music Being Well & Music Therapy

After the opening song, Jacqueline Leung (RMT) shared with the audience the rationale behind

MMBW, the definition of Music Therapy and examples of

populations that can benefit from music therapy.

Parent Sharing (Testimonial)

Video Sharing (Group Session)

Jacqueline Leung (RMT) read out a

testimonial written by a parent whose child has received

music therapy services for 7

sessions.

A group music therapy session video that targets

on the development of social foundation skills was

shown in the workshop.

Music Therapy & Social Development

Raymond Ng (RMT) shared with the audience the concepts and examples of the 5 components of social skills – eye contact, verbal communication,

body language, co-operation, and sincerity.

Parent Sharing

Mo, our parent guest speaker, whose child has received music therapy services for over 2 years, shared with the audience her impression of music therapy and how music therapy has brought joy and happiness to her child.

Music Therapy & Communication Development

Bettina Wan (RMT) demonstrated on the piano how music can be used as a medium to stimulate verbal as well as non-verbal

communication.

Music Therapy & Cognitive Development

Jenny Lam (RMT) invited the audience to participate in an interactive activity targeting auditory attention skills as well as visual attention skills.

Music Therapy & Motor Skills Development

Millie Wong (RMT) illustrated the use of guitar and songs to describe motor actions

and invited the audience to participate.

Music Therapy & Emotional Development

Fanny Lo (RMT) shared with the audience case examples about how music therapy can address emotional issues and invited the

audience for reflections.

Q&A Session

Video Sharing (Individual Music Therapy Session)

Raymond Ng (RMT) made use of the egg shaker and the djembe to illustrate his answer during Q&A.

Carol Sou (RMT based in Macau) supported MMBW in Hong Kong by sharing a video footage of an individual music therapy session with a child with autism.

Closing: Improvisation

Mass music making - improvisation on the

pentatonic scale.

Piano Performance

Beverly Leung (concert pianist) supported

MMBW by performing Mozart’s Twelve

Variations (Variation 1, 2, 11 and 12) on the

piano during her short visit back to Hong Kong.

Audiences’ Feedback Results

More than 90% of the audiences have indicated positive feedback of the MMBW workshop.

Audiences’ Feedback Results

The audience appeared to find our workshop useful in general.

Audiences’ Feedback Results

The audience showed strong support for future MMBW events.

Guestbook

Special Thanks to all supporting organizations, music therapists, guest speakers, performers, sponsors, volunteers and audiences for your support in our 2nd MMBW event in Hong Kong!

We hope MMBW2012 has rekindled your passion in music making. Thanking you once again for your support for active music making, and health and wellbeing in our community.