Musical Between - Inclusive Music & Art Centre

30/12/2025

This year has flown by in a whirlwind — relocating our Musical Between centre, changes to the NDIS, a sudden panel presentation at the AMTA Conference, several concerts including the Musical Between concert… and it was already the end of the year! There are quite a few things I never quite managed to share this year, and one of them is this: right in the middle of preparing for the AMTA conference, I received the news that my presentation proposal for next year’s World Congress of Music Therapy was accepted. The congress will be held in Bologna, Italy, in July next year. I’ve only been to France and Spain in Europe, and Italy has been a country I’ve wanted to visit, so I’m really excited. Authentic pizza, pasta, coffee, wine… 🍕🍝☕️🍾 (yes, that part too 😁). There is still significant preparation ahead, and the first half of next year will be dedicated to developing this work in preparation for the World Congress.
I first presented at the World Congress in 2020, but it was held online due to COVID, so this will be my first in-person presentation at the actual venue. The video from my previous online presentation was uploaded to YouTube at the time and shared after the conference. If you haven’t seen it yet and are interested, please feel free to watch the video below.

This is a joint presentation video with my client’s mother at the online World Congress of Music Therapy 2020. I've included the online greeting, so you can ...

24/12/2025

21/12/2025

From our community band’s Christmas concert at an aged care centre on 14 December. We loved sharing the Christmas spirit with the residents🎄🎶

18/12/2025

We had our end-of-year staff celebration at a cozy local bistro tonight 🎉�So much fun chatting endlessly!😆 I’m so lucky to have such lovely people working as therapists and staff at Musical Between. Thank you for all your genuine work this year and I’m looking forward to working together in the year ahead. - “Musical Between power!✊”

27/11/2025

It was such a delightful time at our Community Concert last Sunday! Many inspiring performances, happy faces, and warmth filled in the church hall✨The concert environment really encourages everyone to be brave, confident, and to flourish!🌸It truly was music therapy in the community. Our collaborative art-making was fun as well🎨Thank you to our wonderful team, volunteers, brilliant performers, and all the families, friends, and staff. We are so lucky to have you all!!
More photos and videos are coming soon — stay tuned!💜🎶

17/11/2025

🎉 Our Community Concert is back! 🎉✨
We had to miss it last year due to our big move - but now we’re returning!
Join us for an afternoon celebrating diversity, creativity, and togetherness! Enjoy inspiring performances by our music therapy clients, our community program participants, fun audience participation, and an art & music collaboration! 🎶🎨✨

🗓 Sunday 23rd Nov | 2:30pm–5:30pm
📍 St Peter’s Anglican Church, Hornsby (207 Peats Ferry Rd — car park behind the church or street parking available)
💜 Free entry for audience — bring friends and family!

17/11/2025

From the last Community Band session🎶

16/11/2025

I reconnected with my old prac student, Edmund Ma, from 14 years ago at the last AMTA Conference — he came from Hong Kong to present! After the conference, he visited Musical Between and joined Luke’s session, which he had also attended as a prac student 14 years ago. Both Luke and Edmund are great drummers, and it turned into such a fun session! 🥁🥁

16/11/2025

At the 50th Anniversary Australian Music Therapy Conference, I was invited to join the Scientific Review Committee. It was my first time reviewing presentation abstracts, and I learned how the review process works. I can now see both the reviewers’ and applicants’ points of view more clearly. I also enjoyed reading many wonderful abstracts I reviewed.
Thank you for this opportunity, Australian Music Therapy Association.

17/10/2025

Huge thank you to the Australian Music Therapy Association conference committee for the wonderful 50th anniversary conference in Melbourne and for inviting me to be part of the Practice Wisdom panel. It was such a precious experience, and I was deeply honoured to share the panel with Australia’s iconic music therapists with kind hearts and deep wisdom — Dr Denise Grocke, Dr Clare O’Callaghan, and Catherine Threlfall.

I was also so glad to introduce the unforgettable and inspiring work of our beloved late mentor, Robin Howat, founder of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy course in Australia. His spirit and music continue to live on in all of us.

02/10/2025

🌟 We’re excited to launch two new community programs – “Singing Circle” and “Sign Choir”! 🎶
Come join us in making music and connection.
📩 For more details, contact us at info@musicalbetween.com

29/09/2025

I’m honoured to have been invited as one of the panelists for a spotlight panel at the upcoming Australian Music Therapy Association 50th anniversary conference this month! The topic is ‘Practice Wisdom in Music Therapy’, moderated by Dr. Denise Grocke, a legendary pioneer of music therapy in Australia. I hope my experience for 20 years in Australia (+5 years in Japan) exploring the theory and practice of music therapy will add a unique perspective to the discussion. I’ve given many conference presentations before, but this will be my first time on a panel. I’m honestly a bit nervous, but will just be myself and enjoy celebrating this milestone in our profession! 🎉✨